There are several clichés about the desi look - that it never goes out of fashion, that it's the most graceful, and so on - prove all of them right this week. Watch out for ethnic shoes and hand-painted sarees, and lots of handicraft to let everything else around you go with the mood.
If today's body-building contest is nowhere on your radar, there's little to fret about. And if you like to get in touch with your feminine side, there's even little, with dancing and shopping on the to-do list. For the rest, there's a nursery mela, and a spot of patriotism greening up the day.
Make merry on the house at Edge or Firangi if you're a girl. The rest could consider places that thankfully don't mind staying open on a Tuesday, there's 10D and B&C to go to.
A very feminine day would consist of plants, garlands, handicrafts, and an exhibition of colour. Which is what you have today, apart from sport tournaments that bend the body and the mind.
The coached are going all out with landscapes, water colours and drawings, but that doesn't mean you can't get artistic too - get tutored in a little art yourself. Also on is an exhibition of photographs of engravings of milestones of the Indian Freedom movement - check it out before they take it of'.
Ultimately, it's a question of whether the human body's still working as designed, or not. Swimming and body building test some limits of endurance, whereas Judo packs in a stuffed-up punch. With both OU and YMCA kicking off serious sport, there's much cricket and volleyball to watch out for as well.
Kids learn to paint, dance and write, and grown-ups catch up with handicrafts, plants, basketball and more. And for those who want to catch up with the kids, there's plenty of salsa, starting from today.
There's something for everyone. We are not talking about the bride and groom exhibition, which anyway doesn't seem the kind that Rakhi Sawant went through. And if that's disappointing, then there's plenty of music - both classical and film - a rock walk, a kids' event, and a make-over session.
There's patriotic fervour of the kind not even an India-Pakistan match can generate. A bicycling marathon, independence day competitions, and a lot of sporting activity - are all saluting the anniversary of the nation's first official milestone.
Call it the freedom drug - the pubs are making the most of the Independence Day fever, as guest DJs are called in to ring in the anniversary of when the world woke up to a free nation. And making the most of the day before a dry day.
Janmashtami gives enthusiastic moms something to do about with their toddlers' hair, but those who aren't armed with toddler-decorating fetishes are busy, too. Pre-independence day fever catches on at a sports tournament, and at a resort, and there's a musical evening ata cultural venue.
Someone's birthday's on this weekend, and that's more than enough reason to paint the town saffron, white and green. The bicycling club's gearing up for a freedom ride, and a lot of sporting events are taking over the celebrations, but there's food and music to partake of, too.