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Hailed as one of the best women journalists of India, Barkha Dutt is a name that is instantly recognized in the Indian media industry today.
Hailed as one of the best journalists of India, Barkha Dutt is a name that is instantly recognized in the Indian media industry today.
In a male-dominated world, Barkha Dutt has portrayed fierce journalism through her coverage of the Kargil war and the 2004 Tsunami.
Barkha Dutt is an inspiration to budding journalists with her in-your-face attitude and prowess for news – she is one of the most inspiring women who has immensely contributed to the field of media.
With two masters degree, one from Jamia Milia and the other from Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism, it was Barkha’s coverage of the Kargil war in 1999 that brought her to the limelight. Prior to that, she headed the news wings at NDTV, the television company she started working with.
Barkha’s coverage of the 2004 Tsunami earned her a Padma Shri and she has also been at the receiving end of a number of award and accolades. She received the award for the Most Intelligent News Show Host, the Commonwealth Broadcasting Association Award for Journalist of the Year in 2007 as well as the Society Magazine Young Achievers Award. She was also twice renowned as one of the “100 Global Leaders of Tomorrow”.
Why we find her inspiring:
– Her fierce intellectual journalism.
– She remained undeterred by both dangerous situations and criticism in her quest for news and information
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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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