By Imran Inamdar & Sobiya Inamdar
Nadia Aslam, a young cake artist, has set up an inspiring example of entrepreneurship by starting her own business from home and becoming a known cake artist in Goa capital city, Panjim, within the span of a few years.
Nadia graduated in home science. One of her hobbies was stitching. Despite being a mother of three kids, she preferred to follow her passion and prepare bakery stuff on the special occasions of her close ones. She then realised that she can turn her passion into a business, with her mother’s support. She began to accept customized orders from people and is now one of the best cake artists in the city.
Nadia also takes cake making classes regularly under the banner of “Nadia’s Sweetooth”. she has trained dozens of girls to become “Atmnirbhar’ [self-sufficient].
Speaking to Muslim Mirror Nadia said, “Muslim women in Hijab can take up a business and support the family, as an entrepreneur. I realised that all we need are opportunities, and support from our family to exhibit our ideas and creativity in business.
”We can support our families financially while practising Islam and following its guidelines,” she added.
The reason why Nadia’s mother was her biggest supporter was that her mother was also a beautician long back and as it is said “An artist can only understand the definition of art”. Maybe Nadia has also inherited the art of creativity and beautification from her mother as can be clearly seen in her work. The startup wasn’t a child’s play.
Coping up with the timings of household chores, care of three kids and baking ruined her sleep several times. She hardly has time to rest as one whole cake took 17 hours of preparation to get completely ready. Also, it became tougher when she began to receive orders from the corporate sectors and grand parties. Keeping taste, decoration and creativity on a track called “perfect” is her art, and she handles it in a perfect way. And people give a lot of love to it.
In five-year span, Nadia has made approximately 2000 cakes and other bakery products including cupcakes. She says that customers command more concentration on the decoration and overall presentation of the cake, which requires a lot of time and efforts.
Orders from wedding parties, corporate sectors, birthday parties, festival celebrations and many more huge functions requires a perfect decoration with eloquent creativity. To provide a perfect taste while handling the measures of sugar syrup and fondant is also a task.
Nadia has bagged the Achievers award 2018, Proud award 2019. Gowomania Goa has also felicitated her with “star of the month 2017” and 2018 consecutively.
Speaking with Muslim Mirror, Nadia’s husband Rehan Shaikh expressed happiness over her success. He further said that there is nothing if a woman pursues her career while following Islamic guidelines. Men should support their wives to prove their abilities.
Dr Afreen Karol, who is one of Nadia’s ”satisfied” customers, said, ”Nadia is the one who makes my dream cakes into a reality, whatever the occasion, and however weird my request for the cake might be, she nails it every time and it tastes heavenly, good looking cakes can also be tasty, only if Nadia bakes them.”
Lovely I just liked to read it the marvelous technique of making cake is not an easy job and this Nadia Aslam has done or must say mastered the Art
Courageously …….wow……wow…this surely manifest how we can follow our passion which later turns out to become a business which Nadia has done it congratulations Nadia ,.,….if you would be in Pune we would have oredered the enticing looking cakes
Marvelous you and your cakes
Stay blessed
Mother was beautician, and she also mastered high level make-up deception: family Genes.
Eyebrows, eyeliner, glowing lipstick, fairest porcine foundation.
She has double skills, give her credit. She is encouraging Hijaab with full make-up like Bollywood heroine.(Tabarroj) Of course she is Hijaabi and uses the make-up and photo advertisement only to please her husband. 🤭 Others should not see this photo, Close your eyes, she maintains Purdah. (Full irony and satire intended for this make-up cancer of deception & hypocrisy in Muslims)
Moderator and Editor”s family & ladies is probably also on full make-up steroid for #PawriParties & they too love Bollywood heroines. They will surely not allow this comment. Tabarroj-masters.🤭🤣
The purpose of Hijab is to conceal/veil/hide a woman’s body from WANTON/LUSTFUL/SLEAZY/LUBRICIOUS GAZES of MEN or PERVERTS. Anything that BEATIFIES HIJAB is NOT HIJAB as it betrays the essence of ISLAMIC MODESTY. If a woman puts on Heavy Make-up while wearing what she calls a “Hijab” is committing a grave injustice to pristine and sublime Hijab in Islam and will be in perpetual sin until she reforms her “Hijab” To true Hijab. This disease in Muslim girls and women MUST be cured and they MUST adopt the real Islamic Hijab as Commanded by Allah SWT, The Master and The Creator of Universe.
Have you seen the full-make up & lipstick photo of the Dr girl who got admission to MCh (Neurosurgery) in OBC quota, being Ansari in Hyderabad?
She is getting proposals in comments section, bcos of fools becoming attracted by the deception. Many marriages lose their Barakah bcos of these deceptions nowadays.
Her photo with full make-up looking like “Barbie doll” will shame Rihanna and ilk .
Qualified Drs are supposed to be known for intelligence, service to mankind , modesty and simplicity.
May Allah grant us the modesty and balanced wisdom of Bibi Fatima RadhiAllanhu the beloved daughter of the noble Prophet Mohammed sallallahu alayhi wassalam.
Yes, and that was quite bad. Very bad. It gives a very bad image and impression of Hijab. If a woman LOOKS BEAUTIFUL in a “Hijab”, then DEFINITELY IT’S not Hijab. If a ” Hijab” FAILS to discourage the lustful/wanton gazes of men, then it’s anything But Hijab which Islam COMMANDS.
Allah is Beautiful and loves Beauty.
So, sisters in hijaab can look naturally good & beautiful with proper choice of deeni dress and grooming-this does help in daawah of Deen to both Muslims and non-Muslims, if only it is also supported by exemplary modest behaviour.
But should not resort to over-doing deceptive make-up to seem what they are not actually by Allah’s will, and not try to tempt & lure the other sex with ”artificially created lustful looks”; thus also pulling all Muslim women into this vicious cycle-bcos of wrong competition and inferiority-complex, they also have to keep up with the false-fairness, expensive chemical-make ups, and indecent lipsticks to look equally attractive & get attention.(women have inherent natural tendency to compare and feel envious)
Best beauty is your Deeni character; and it is also best form of Daawah.
Balance is important in Deen in every aspect. No exaggerating or going to extremes, always the middle-path.
Agree with everything but one.
I am NOT speaking about Beauty of Character, which by the way BOTH MEN AND WOMEN MUST HAVE. I’m speaking about BEING PHYSICALLY BEAUTIFUL adorning “Hijab”. THE MOST IMPORTANT OBJECTIVE OF HIJAB IS TO HIDE WOMEN’S BEAUTY. So, garment CAN’T POSSIBLY BE MODEST IN THE ISLAMIC SENSE, if it beautifies a woman PHYSICALLY. That’s what I’m trying to say.. Other than that, all is good and fine
Beautiful. Many many congratulations 🎉