Fashion designer Hima Sailaja Theerdhala poses with two fashion dolls she designed at her Shel design studio in Hyderabad yesterday. Sailaja hit on the idea of bringing out an Indian teenage doll as many children around the world proudly own the Iranian “Fulla”, the Korean “Pullip”, the Chinese “Sara” and the US “Barbie” while the world’s second largest country does not have a doll which they can claim as their own. The teenage fashion doll, with an Indian face and named “Kiyaa” meaning “Cooing of the Bird,” comes with five traditional outfits and is due to be launched in the October.
