What Anushka Sharma can teach Amal Alamuddin about being sexy

Uh oh! There's a new forbidden "S" word in town that's not being used in the most flattering way towards women. No, it has nothing to do with sexual liberation (or promiscuity for that matter) - what it does have to do with is their body shape. Being skinny is no longer considered "hot" or "sexy" (even though the unhealthily thin thigh-gap epitomised it the whole of last year). Dieters be warned: You could be the fresh target of infamy and concern among doctors, fitness enthusiasts and internet commentators alike.

Let's consider the facts. The venerated (and drop-dead-gorgeous) Amal Clooney née Alamuddin, who won heads and hearts across the world with her strong and career-oriented persona while coolly snagging bachelor numero-uno George Clooney on the side; and by making intellectual beauty worthwhile on the red carpet once again, has apparently fallen from her high pedestal of worship. Yes, it appears that "London's hottest barrister" has become prey to Hollywood's unreal standard of hyper-glamour at glittering events even while running basic errands like buying groceries or tying a shoelace. The 37-year-old was recently featured on the cover of UK Grazia with headlines, "Amal Under Pressure?", "Sudden Fame Taking Its Toll" and "Struggling To Be 'Mrs Clooney'", with a picture of her pencil-like legs in a pair of denims, a loose floral top and oversized sunglasses. If reports are to be believed, the 5ft 8in (approx) beauty has dropped in weight to only 100 pounds (45kgs) in recent months, and her once fine figure has been reduced to a pack of bones. The comparison is up once again between the new Mrs Clooney and her supposed rival - her husband's best-friend's wife, Angelina Jolie - who also became distressingly frail in her attempt to show solidarity with her actors filming for her latest film, Unbroken.

Incidentally, all's not well in the music industry either. Pop icon Taylor Swift left many fans worried as she cradled eight whopping Billboard awards in her fine arms recently, dressed in a white Balmain cut-out jumpsuit and shaggy cut hair that only added to the overall waif-like appearance. Social media site Twitter was abuzz with concern for her skinny frame, though some fans did wish that they could be as talented and as skinny as she is. Sadly, and funnily enough, American DJ Diplo (Katy Perry's boyfriend from last year) started a campaign called "Get Taylor Swift A Booty" in November 2014, which resulted in a backlash from musicians as well. Either way, the 25-year-old Taylor Swift sure seems to be shrinking in frame while growing in fame by the day. Perhaps it's the influence of hanging out with her new posse of Victoria's Secret supermodels Karlie Kloss, Martha Hunt and Gigi Hadid, who are also all known for their attenuated figures.

Luckily for B'town divas, most are blessed with curvaceous bodies, and flaunt their hourglass figures in sexy saris with ease. However, fashionistas will remember the allegations made against Anushka Sharma in 2011 for being anorexic during her role in Ladies Vs Ricky Bahl. The actress denied the claims vigorously, stating in an interview to DNA that she was naturally lean and that her exceedingly thin frame could be credited to it. On a side note she added that she didn't consider being skinny much of a compliment anyway. Today the actress looks healthier than her then-gaunt appearance, and reigns strong with a fitter body and a thriving career.

Clearly, the days of wafer-thin Paris Hilton and Victoria Beckham are over and yummy curves are the in thing. However, we need to consider that reverse body shaming isn't exactly correct either, and needs to be shown the back door pronto. Fat, thin, dark, fair - it seems that the physical measure of women finds its way back into nearly every conversation.

Rather than looking at the great work done by ladies accomplished in the public domain, judging them on their appearance/looks/bone structure tacitly reduces women once again to physical/sexual commodities. It's time we took the focus away from how a girl looks, and instead put it on what she does and how she is as a person.

As for being a walking-talking-scarecrow, it's time everyone updated their inner fitness dialogue/levels and realised that looking like a pack of bones isn't cool, "in" or attractive to anyone. Stop obsessing over your body and find a more worthwhile cause for your time. Really, there's a whole lot more to life that deserves our attention.