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With her spirited pursuit of people’s welfare, Devi Ahilyabai Holkar set the benchmark for ideal rulership.
Devi Ahilyabai was the legendary Holkar queen, who ruled Malwa in the 18th century. Her 30-year reign was marked by spectacular peace, progress and prosperity.
Most notable among her achievements were the renovation of ancient Hindu temples and pilgrim spots as well as extensive provision of civic amenities to the people. She was equally accessible to the dispossessed sections of the society, and addressed their smallest grievances. Ahilyabai was also a patron of all that was good and enriching, both in the cultural as in the commercial spheres of life.
Devi Ahilyabai is remembered today not only for her magnanimity, but also for the impetus she gave to the handloom industry. The Maheshwari sari, which derives its name from Maheshwar, her administrative capital, was made famous by her.
Why we find her inspiring:
– Because she was impeccably fair and level-headed
– Because she was a humane ruler, synonymous with utopian governance
– Because in her progressive outlook, she was way ahead of her times
– Because she believed that it was more important to win hearts rather than kingdoms
Suggested Readings:
A divinely gifted queen
Sari Safari: The Maheshwari Sari
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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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