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Koneru Humpy, Indian’s chess Grandmaster and the second highest ranked female chess player in the world.
Born in 1987 in Andhra Pradesh, Humpy was smitten by chess as a toddler and under the guidance of her father, went on to win the Under 8 National Chess Championship in 1995. The rest is history and there was no looking back. She continued winning accolades in the Under 10, Under 12 and Under 14 age groups. At 15, she became the youngest woman to ever become a grandmaster.
Humpy was awarded the Arjuna Award in 2003 and the Padma Shri in 2007.
Why we find her inspiring:
– For being the perfect combination of beauty and brains
– For carving a niche for herself in a sport which has few prominent Indian women champions
– For making her country proud by her numerous awards and recognitions
– For her dedication to her passion from an early age
*Photo credit: GoddessChess
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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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