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"The undaunted me will not remain fettered by your patriarchal chains," says the woman in this evocative poem.
“The undaunted me will not remain fettered by your patriarchal chains,” says the woman in this evocative poem.
I kicked off Your decrepit shield of norms And I lifted my veil You frowned and fussed Used your feigned chivalry To let the fear prevail
I dared to hold a hand Love, endear and rebel You condemned, commanded Abused and butchered For you wanted me In silence to dwell
With the power of my pen I voiced my dissent You gave me lessons in morality A string of ‘fatwas’ you sent Unabated I surged ahead Without any remorse For the rules I bent
I vowed to learn To keep the flame Of education kindled You put a gun on my head There I was An unwavering soul Not once I dwindled
I defy your whims and fancies For I am here To carve my own path I will ascend, assert and aspire Demand and desire Renounce, love and dream Don’t you scare me With the aftermath!
I will dare and dazzle I will challenge Rise and roar The woman in me Will keep yearning for more!
I shall continue To walk the unconventional lanes Wearing my vigour and resolve You may warn, thwart Repress and restrain me Nevertheless, Like a phoenix I shall evolve!
Yes I have a Taslima A Malala and a Gurmehar in me I will indeed speak my mind And this is the way Undeterred I shall be!
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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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