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This author honours 'The Iron day' - Irom Sharmila and highlights her sacrifice for her people in Manipur in this thought-provoking yet beautiful poem.
In this intriguing and captivating poem the author honours ‘The Iron lady’ – Irom Sharmila and highlights her sacrifice for the people of Manipur.
She was born in the ‘Seven Sister States’,
which witnessed insurgency since decades.
An activist and someone, who heralded the urgency of human rights,
she protested when the ‘Malom massacre’ brought forth, fellow men’s plight.
Treading the footsteps of the Mahatma, to hunger strike she resorted
A tube inserted through her, her spirits could not be thwarted.
Sixteen years transpired but she carried on undeterred,
Her ideals of peace and democracy were all that mattered.
Felicitated with an array of awards, she was declared a ‘prisoner of conscience’,
also christened ‘The Iron Lady’, she rose to prominence.
The support of people came from far and wide,
It steered her through, and she took things in her stride.
On August the ninth, sixteen years after she took the vow,
she declared her will to break the fasting row.
She wished to live, she wished for matrimonial bliss,
But her own people made her feel that something was amiss.
She longed for love, she longed for a life less ordinary,
She, who was a paragon of steadfastness and love,
But the world had arrows in its trove.
Unwavered by the world’s indifference, she held her ground,
No wonder she was called ,
Iron Sharmila – The Iron Lady !
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UP Boards Topper Prachi Nigam was trolled on social media for her facial hair; our obsession with appearance is harsh on young minds.
Prachi Nigam’s photo has been doing the rounds on social media for the right reasons. Well, scratch that- I wish the above statement were true. This 15-year-old girl should ideally be revelling in her spectacular achievement of scoring a whopping 98.05% and topping her tenth-grade boards. But oddly enough, along with her marks, it’s something else that garners more attention – her facial hair.
While the trolls are driving themselves giddy by mocking this girl who hasn’t even completed her school yet, the ones who are taking her side are going one step ahead – they are sharing her photoshopped pictures, sans the facial hair, looking nothing less than a celebrity with captions saying – “Prachi Nigam, ten years later”.
Doctors have already diagnosed her with PCOD in their comments, based on photographic evidence. While we have names for people shamed for their weight – body shaming, for their skin colour- racism, for their age- age shaming, for being a female- sexism, this category of shaming where one faces criticism for their appearance has no name. With that, it also has zero shame attached to it.
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