SHILPA MASKEY, ACTOR & SAKCHHI MASKEY, MAKEUP ARTISTE, CO-FOUNDER MAXIMALYSUM
What’s your favourite childhood sibling memory that never fails to bring a smile to your face?
Shilpa: Well there are countless memories but the first thing that comes to my mind is spending Saturdays with my sisters. Sakchhi and I used to watch cartoons and play with her Barbie doll house. I used to help Shradha with house chores, she was quite a strict older sister. I miss getting ready and going to school together with both.
Sakchhi: Shilpa making me a dollhouse and going to school together every day. And Shradha always buying me new art supplies and feeding me pizza.
What did you think your sibling would choose as a career?
Shilpa: Shradha has always been very creative, she used to do my makeup for my school dance performances. So, I knew she would be an artist or a fashion designer or a makeup artist. Sakchhi also knew how to handle money from a very young age, she always has been very ambitious and smart. She handled her Dashain money very well and I knew she would be very successful in whatever field she chose.
Sakchhi: I have always imagined Shilpa as an actor, and Shradha as a fashion designer
The most memorable adventure or misadventure you have had together
Shilpa: The memorable experience would be travelling during our school holidays. We used to travel a lot, only three of us because of our parent’s jobs. I don’t know how we managed it but it used to be fun.
A hidden talent about your sibling that not many people know about.
Shilpa: Sakchhi is really funny, she has this straight face but not many people know she’s the comedian of the house. Shradha’s hidden talent would be that she can cook really well.
Sakchhi: Shilpa is good at art and Shradha can cook and she is good in crafts.
An item on your bucket list with your siblings that you are determined to check off someday
Shilpa & Sakchhi: Travelling or going on a holiday together.
If your sibling could have a superpower, which one would they choose?
Shilpa: Shradha would have made multiple versions of herself to be everywhere and work more. Sakchhi would have chosen teleportation power as she loves to travel.
Sakchhi: For Shilpa, it would be telepathy and for Shradha, fast as flash so that she can finish every project because everyone wants her as a makeup artist.
What’s the best piece of advice you have ever received?
Shilpa: Not to give up! I think being an actor, it’s very important to have patience with your work and sometimes we tend to give up easily. Our job needs constant self-motivation and perseverance.
Sakchhi: It’s to keep working harder no matter how far you have come.
Where do you see your sibling in five years?
Shilpa: Professionally I think Shradha will be more successful in her field creating her own brand value. Personally, I think she will be wiser and content and happy. Sakchhi will be a successful entrepreneur, she has ideas in different fields so whatever career path she chooses, she will make a mark. She will also be more mature and understanding.
Sakchhi: Both – in a happy place, full of life doing what they love in their careers as well as in their personal life.
What is your sibling’s major strength and weakness?
Shilpa: Shradha’s strength is that she can be friends with anyone, very helpful and giving. Her weakness is that she easily trusts people and not everyone is kind.
Sakchhi’s strength is that she is highly motivated and ambitious. Her weakness is handling stress.
Sakchhi: Shilpa is very consistent but she is too emotional. Shradha can work 24/7 but often is too kind to everyone.
PARAKRAM SJB RANA, DIGITAL CONTENT CREATOR
SUNAINA SJB RANA, HATHA YOGA TEACHER
What’s your favourite childhood sibling memory that never fails to bring a smile to your face?
Parakram: It was the time we both used to act out our favourite movies in front of our families. They would have to pay to get a ticket to watch us perform. And we, including cousins, went all out directing, scripting and enacting the movies.
Sunaina: Dancing for hours to Bollywood songs during our holidays in Nainital as children.
What did you think your sibling would choose as a career?
Parakram: I loved the idea of my sister becoming a Bollywood actor. Growing up, all the boys would be in love with my sister and I saw it as a potential for her to be actor (laughs). Now that she’s grown up, she is in a completely opposite field of spirituality and I am so excited about her journey.
Sunaina: I thought Parakram would be a movie director as he was really into movie making and plays, and is really good at it.
The most memorable adventure or misadventure you have had together
Parakram: It would definitely be the time when we would travel to boarding school together. The journey made me really sad and homesick but having her also made it so much better, so it was both an adventure and misadventure.
Sunaina: A memorable adventure is our trip to Maldives and misadventure is our fight on a cruise in Greece.
A hidden talent about your sibling that not many people know about
Parakram: She can sing very well and I hope that sometime in the future she can share her singing skills with the world.
Sunaina: He is a great actor.
An item on your bucket list with your siblings that you are determined to check off someday
Parakram: To travel together to other parts of the world. When we did a sibling’s trip together to Maldives, we really did have a good time.
Sunaina: Travel to many countries around the world together. So far, the two of us alone have done only Maldives.
If your sibling could have a superpower, which one would they choose?
Parakram: She would choose to bring more love to the world. We desperately need more loving to do.
Sunaina: I think teleportation.
What’s the best piece of advice you have ever received?
Parakram: To be proud of where you have come, be grateful, and keep striving to be the best version of yourself.
Sunaina: In the last few years, he has given me crucial advice which has helped give me immense positivity and strength.
His vision of the future, positive outlook on life, determination, hard work and focus to achieve his dreams have helped influence me in a significant way.
Where do you see your sibling in five years?
Parakram: Personally, I see her being even more elevated as a human being on her path. Professionally, I see her having even more responsibilities with all her hard-work, being a part of such a big foundation like Isha Foundation.
Sunaina: I see my sibling happily settled with a loving partner and professionally I see him making a global impact.
What is your sibling’s major strength and weakness?
Parakram: Her major strength is her ability to love others so purely. Her weakness would be how affected she could be by the wrongs that take place around her. She gets really affected by it and I keep telling her to not let it affect her as much.
Sunaina: His strength is his one-pointed focus, commitment and positive approach in life. Also, you barely see him get into conflict with anyone. His weakness is his inability to sit still.
MAHIMA UDAY SUNDER SHRESTHA &
PRATHANA SHRESTHA FOUNDERS, STYLED BY MP, MP LUXURY BRIDAL AND EDEN
What’s your favourite childhood sibling memory that never fails to bring a smile to your face?
Mahima: It was the end of the day to pick up Prathana from her kindergarten school when she was about six years old. Like any other normal day, we went to pick her up at 2 pm in the afternoon. When we reached her school gate, the school looked quite empty and it felt quite odd. We went inside and to our surprise we found no other kids or teachers but only found the guard and some helper staff. And then we saw Prathana crying a mountain of tears; and when she saw us, she cried even more. We were shocked at why she was crying and why there were also no other kids. We asked the staff why there was no one around and why Prathana was crying. The staff replied, “Everyone already went home, it’s 4 pm already.” To our surprise, we realised that the clock at home was running slow and it was already 4 pm and not 2 pm.
Prathana: My favourite memory from our childhood would be when we used to have Hannah Montana karaoke sessions. The second would be when we were travelling and she was talking about not being messy while making food and how she is the tidiest cook, and immediately spilling a opened can of tuna on the hotel bed.
What did you think your sibling would choose as a career?
Mahima: I thought she would be a Veterinary Doctor or a Surgeon. Her interest in reading and writing also made me think she would become a writer or editor of a magazine.
Prathana: I thought she would be a musician or an architect. She became the architect.
The most memorable adventure or misadventure you have had together
Mahima: Attending a Prabal Gurung talk show together and getting inspired and motivated by that event and then taking a risk to put our business on hold and heading out to Bombay to pursue Fashion Education and career is one of the biggest adventures we have embarked on in our lives together.
Prathana: I think it would be the time during Buddha Jayanti when she went missing for more than two hours at Boudhanath Stupa and everyone was panicking and it turned out that she was waiting for us on a bench all the while.
A hidden talent about your sibling that not many people know about
Mahima: She has great harmonising skills in singing. She even wrote and composed a song in her school days.
Prathana: She has the talent of making and styling new outfits from my closet when I myself give up and sit saying ‘I have nothing to wear!’
An item on your bucket list with your siblings that you are determined to check off someday
Mahima: Going to Disneyland, Orlando, watching the light show and Disney Pparade wearing Mickey and Minnie coordinated outfits and living our childhood dreams and memories.
Prathana: It would be to go to Jeju Island and become our own “Geum Jan di and Gu Jun Pyo,” from the hit Korean drama of our childhood ‘Boys Before Flower.’
If your sibling could have a superpower, which one would they choose?
Mahima: To read people’s minds.
Prathana: To travel or fly anywhere she wants without having to worry about visa approvals or plane tickets.
What’s the best piece of advice you have ever received?
Mahima: The best piece of advice would be: Don’t think about what others are going to tell you or think about you. Do not compromise. Do not settle for your dreams. You can never please everyone all the time.
I guess this is what keeps pushing and influencing me to keep doing what we do together in life and work.
Prathana: The best piece of advice would be to read Harry Potter as it has allowed me to broaden my imagination which has led us to this point of bringing imagination to life with ‘Styled by MP and MP Luxury Bridal’
Where do you see your sibling in five years?
Mahima: Having the best life manifested from the hard work she does. Professionally I see her getting a PhD degree as well as achieving great heights in a new venture that we will be starting soon.
Prathana: We are working together professionally so I hope to see our brand become internationally recognised. We also want to open our dream fashion school in Nepal. Just for her, I hope to have nieces and nephews so I can start making them future leaders of our fashionable army.
What is your sibling’s major strength and weakness?
Mahima: Her combination of creativity working and brains is her major strength. Not speaking out when needed is her weakness.
Prathana: The major strength is having me as her sibling. She is also a very creative person. Her major weakness in life would be chocolates and chicken biryani and her struggle with laziness.
AMRIT DAHAL & AMAR DAHAL, DIGITAL CREATORS
What’s your favourite childhood sibling memory that never fails to bring a smile to your face?
Amrit: The fun we had together playing outdoors, and which caused a lot of trouble in our neighbourhood. Having each other as friends was the best.
Amar: All the wonderful memories from festivals that we used to celebrate together, the silly fights, playing outdoors all the time.
What did you think your sibling would choose as a career?
Amrit: I thought he would be a cabin crew member or an entrepreneur.
Amar: I thought he would be in the army or police, but later he was more interested in the entertainment industry.
The most memorable adventure or misadventure you have had together
Amrit: A misadventure happened when Amar had an accident. We were together at a junction with some friends when all of a sudden, a vehicle came from behind and hit Amar injuring him.
Amar: Adventure would be the times when all our family used to travel together to Jhapa, our hometown, by bus for Dashain. The long journey by bus was an adventure in itself. We used to look forward to it every year.
A hidden talent about your sibling that not many people know about
Amrit: I think it’s still hidden as I haven’t seen it.
Amar: He can fall asleep very easily.
An item on your bucket list with your siblings that you are determined to check off someday
Amrit: Explore different remote places in Nepal.
Amar: Travel to new places.
If your sibling could have a superpower, which one would they choose?
Amrit: He would love to have the superpower to be invisible.
Amar: To fly
What’s the best piece of advice you have ever received?
Amrit: Go after your dreams and do what you love.
I try to live by this.
Amar: What you think you will become.
This helps me think positively and look for positive things in life.
Where do you see your sibling in five years?
Amrit: I hope he will get married. Professionally, I think he would be involved in the work that he loves.
Amar: Happy with his work. He might start his own business. Explore new places.
What is your sibling’s major strength and weakness?
Amrit: Strength: Positivity. Weakness: Over thinker
Amar: Strength: Hardworking. Weakness: self-criticism
