“Diamonds never leave you, men do”. This statement which was mentioned by Shirley Bassey, the beautiful Irish singer has rung true for many a woman. There is something about these precious stones which has every girl out their salivating and yearning. Men have long used these as weapons to win the hearts of women.

A woman is a beautiful creature sent by God as a gift to mankind. An equal in every right and in many ways better than a man. So if a man intends to woo the woman of his dreams, the sure shot way to her heart would be diamonds. That beautiful stone cut and developed into a flawless beauty and stuck on a ring. And the answer to the question “will you marry me?” is much dependent on the size of the ring as mentioned in so many evergreen romantic movies and plays. It shows the dedication of the potential husband and how far he is willing to go to make his future wife happy.

Jewellery has long been a measure of how passionately a woman is loved by her man. It’s a very primitive way of measuring things, but still an indicator used by other women. It is a very popular concept in the nouveau riche circles, but not limited to them alone. A visit to a social occasion proves that jewellery is a measuring instrument for women through whom they figure the earning capacities of their husbands or households. Read the rest of this entry »