I have changed drastically from what I was years ago. In fact, my house in Goa is called Birdsong."Once the life of all A-list parties, Bina shares, "I don’t like going to parties anymore. Those are lovely memories. People have become more independent now. "My company is called Lady Malabar and I am trying to imagine that’s me. My tastes and desires have changed. Initially, I felt like an intruder. "The chapters in this memoir are of varying lengths.Even after years of ups and downs in a colourful and happening life, with many troubled and difficult phases, the charming Bina Ramani is still brimming with life."

Is it a coincidence that her art works focus on cows during a political atmosphere that focuses so much on this animal? She clarifies, "It is very sad that this animal is being used politically."Tech, gadgets and gizmos are not quite her thing. I believe let’s enjoy what we have now and enjoy this natural way of being creative."A dreamer, she found a fresh space in Hauz Khas Village and transformed it, "I knew the future would be good. I enjoy smaller affairs, like dinners and lunches with friends where we do tastings. I wanted to be in Mumbai, my family wanted me to be in London but the only easy and affordable access I could have to my daughters was to be in Delhi. I have grown older and wiser. A lot of Bollywood actors like Rajesh Khanna, Rekha used to come to Hauz Khans and sing songs into the sunset. I recreated a happy life after 13 years of misery. I used to love to dance to music, I don’t like it that much anymore."A lover of many things fine, she is also drawn to spices and is all set to launch several culinary products — such as flavour enhancers for water — based on the Indian spices. I left behind a business and came to Delhi. So many people and experiences have moved me in life, and so many things have made me who I am, I need to share them," she signs off. My husband Georges is my mentor, he nudged me to paint. I call it India in a bottle.

While some are only three pages, others stretch to even 30 pages.. Also, I am not inspired just by cows, birds too inspire me. I followed a dream and it exploded. "I try to make at least four short trips there every year. But when urbanisation happens, it is impossible to control people’s minds and aspirations."Bina shares that she is still a Mumbai person at heart.Socialite turned artist Bina Ramani talks about the cow being the leitmotif in her works, working on her memoir, and times when Rajesh Khanna sang into the sunset in Hauz Khas. I rented an apartment and started afresh. She says, "This new era of technology is formidable for me. I feel we humans need to realise and recognise how acrylic resin manufacturers blessed we are to be creative. Goa also inspired me a lot to paint. After months of just playing, I was able to exhibit my first set of serious work at the Trump Tower. Her recent works feature a lot of cows and she says, "I was drawn to cows, so this exhibition came about." Asked how the party scene has changed in the city, she reminisces, "I can think of so many ways in which things have changed. I sold all of my works and realised that I could work on this later in life and gradually this obsession started.The socialite has now turned artist and is exhibiting her works, along with her husband Georges Mailhot, at Art Konsult in Hauz Khas Village.She is also working on a memoir. I started noticing pieces of art in my daily life. When I hear about artificial intelligence and all the changes coming our way, I feel thank god my life will be over before that, and happy that I belonged to a generation that grew up in simpler times. I love water and this is one way to make people drink it," she smiles, sipping her flavoured water. It is always evolving. My daughters were sort of kidnapped and put in a school in Delhi, which kept me in this city.

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