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In post-independence India, a few brave women came forward to do pioneering work with a strong focus on a social cause. Pupul Jayakar was one of these.
Pupul Jayakar, who was also involved in the Indian freedom movement, is best known for her work in reviving India’s impoverished handloom sector and working to improve the lives of handloom workers. Besides her work in the textiles sector, she was also instrumental in setting up the the Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH), a trust that continues its work in restoring and preserving valuable heritage buildings in different parts of India.
Her career was controversial, in that she was often accused of being a torch-bearer for the Nehru-Gandhi family and part of a ‘coterie’. Yet, her achievements were significant too. For her contributions to the cultural heritage of India, Pupul Jayakar was awarded the Padma Bhushan in 1967.
Why we find Pupul Jayakar inspiring:
– Because she moved beyond her comfortable, ‘swish set’ world to work for a larger cause
– Because Indian handlooms are glorious and need more such champions
– Because she was a multi-tasker, with two biographies to her credit besides her work with culture and heritage
– Because she had immense confidence in herself and her eye for talent in art and craft
More reading:
The tapestry of her life
Obituary
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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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