MUMBAI: Sushmita Sen says she does not allow anyone to gift her diamonds

MUMBAI: Sushmita Sen talks about the
importance of women buying diamonds for themselves, adding that she does not
allow her friends to gift her any diamonds. 

Sushmita Sen famously said a few years ago
that women must buy their own diamonds. In a new interview, she has now
revealed that she does not even let her boyfriend Rohman Shawl buy her
diamonds.

Asked if
she holds any diamonds or jewels gifted by boyfriend Rohman Shawl close to her
heart, Sushmita Sen told Zoom TV, “I do not allow friends to gift me
diamonds. That does not happen. I buy them, I like gifting them.” She also
remembered the first diamond she bought and said it was a “ten-cent diamond
with a pure gold band that had an open-ended thing” that could be adjusted for
size. “After that, I graduated slowly to 22 carat.”

She also
elaborated on her famous statement on women buying diamonds for themselves.
“This I hold to this day. Size matters so that you can let the man know and see
that either you match the size of my diamond or the size of my heart. Heart is
going to be tough so work on the diamond please and make it bigger than this.
It’s important to set benchmarks for yourself,” she added.

In a 2016
Instagram post, Sushmita Sen wrote, “A #diamond is #forever my most #famous
#rock a #massive #ring I gifted myself a while ago that gently stated
“either beat the size of my stone or match the size of my heart”
#celebrateyourself #itsempowering #women #diamonds #facets #brilliance.”

When she
was spotted with a ring, rumours about her engagement started doing rounds.
However, Sushmita shut down
the rumours and said, “This ring is to remind me and all of you that I don’t need a man in my
life to have diamonds. I can own them myself.”

Sushmita
recently wrapped up shoot for the second season of Aarya.