Actress Aashka Goradia, popular for shows like Kkusum, Laagi Tujhse Lagan and Naagin recently made her debut as a keynote speaker at TEDx Talks wherein she spoke about a number of issues including the influence of social media, the importance of inner beauty and mental stress.

Talking about the definition of beauty, Aashka said that one should identify the inner beauty in them then falling for the beauty parameter various brands have been selling over for the past so many years.

Further, she added that the brands sell almost everything under the garb of beauty and we buy it because of the rampant social media influence. "You don't need make-up, good for you, good genes, BUT god forbid if you do... it's a given that you're fake, you're insecure," the actress said. She made it clear that while beauty is in the eye of the beholder, there is no denying that the reason all of us want to look better and cosmetics are hence a result of the demand. She said, "If you wanna wake up, look into the mirror because there should be no one to judge you, there should be no one to tell you what you should do.  And make that happen today when you are alive and breathing because we can get some time so bad.”

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Talking about Bollywood actress Sridevi’s sudden death without mentioning her name, Aashka further added, “To give you a recent example - a legend left this planet, and by all means, media and fans wrote - too many surgeries, the cause of death, too much dieting - cause of death, what about the mental stress?”

She further questioned as to why we end up labelling people as good or bad based on their preferences. " Why are we labelling people fake or real as per the choices they make, the clothes they wear, the makeup they use?" she asked.

Lastly, Aashka also spoke about the art that continues to impress us till today.  She emphasized how the painters and sculptors illustrated their innermost desires in the form of art and had a universal approach to it. "Poets, authors wrote poems & sonnets about their muse with a perfect hourglass frame, moon shaped breasts, sharp eyes, lustrous hair," said Aashka Goradia.