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The poet laments putting friendships on the back burner once a woman gets married, and celebrates the revival of these friendships one realisation sets in.
You grow up, find the right man, get married You grow a family, soon you are a mother harried Your life revolves around work and family
When one fine day, quite suddenly There comes a message out of the blue From your old girlfriend, reminding you Of priceless moments spent in the company Of each other, there and then you get an epiphany-
In your near-perfect life, that is the void Your familial obligations have left you devoid Of the magic that being with girlfriends can create The high-pitched laughter, the giddy state- While the town is painted red by you You long for it, and wonder if it can come true…
One thing leads to another and you find Your old friends tucked in corners of your mind Have all come together, you plan an all-girls’ getaway From your monotonous lives, the very next day You catch up on gossip, giggle aimlessly Shop till you drop, then collapse listlessly On the bed where you exchange some more Stories (gossip), you do not get bored
When you are back home, you are rejuvenated Being with girlfriends has some desires satiated- For who else but your old friends would tolerate You in your most unhinged, unrestrained state?
What you’ve been missing, you have now found Life is less stressful with good friends around They are your safety valves, your punching bags too You need them in your life- that’s absolutely true!
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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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