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We often make choices that shackle us, but freedom from them is not far, if only we gather strength to stand up for our rights!
When our own decisions shackle us
And our choices lead to an impending doom;
Then we realize that with our own hands we closed the doors
And chose the four walls.
It’s then standing in front of the mirror
We are caught by the stare of a Bandini;
Caught in some illusions of endearment
And a fallacy of providence.
But that can’t stop us from unchaining the self
None can halt us from getting the sunrays—
waiting against those closed doors.
The shed tears bear us the strength to fight,
And solitude teaches the essence of amity,
Faded dreams starts twinkling
And identity asks for freedom.
Shall rebel to be the self
And breathe in free air
Embrace those unfulfilled ambitions
With a faith deep within the pulsating heart.
Author’s note: Dedicated to all anonymous women who chose family over their dreams, yet remained unnoticed and unacknowledged.
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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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