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Clothes. We decide that a lot of the stuff we have is not in fashion anymore. We buy new ones. Our wardrobes overflow with them. So much so that we need help on how to declutter our lives and give away the ones we don’t need. For many though, even the most basic clothes are not available. I’m talking about – Undergarments.
To be honest, I’ve never really given a thought to it, that the lack of underwear could be a problem for many women in our country. Even those of us who donate old clothes, obviously, can only donate outer wear. And it’s not just a question of money. Apparently, there is little awareness of the benefits of wearing underwear or the problems that can occur due to its absence.
What problems, you ask? I learnt from NGO Ahambhumika, which works with women and girls in Madhya Pradesh, that not wearing underwear leads to greater chance of vaginal infections. Plus, of course, it pretty much spoils the outer clothing and leads to a higher possibility of one’s coming into contact with any discharged bodily fluids. I’ve been following Ahambhumika’s activities for some time via Twitter, and it seems like they’re doing some good work. How can we help them?
Simple! They’re asking us to “donate new and clean cotton underwear for the girl child and young women”. If you live in an apartment or colony, perhaps you could even spread the word to a few others, and put together a parcel for them jointly.
Donations of underwear to be sent to: Subrat Goswami, Ahambhumika, C/o Archaeological Survey, 4th Floor, B- Block, G.T.B. Complex, T.T. Nagar, Bhopal-462003. If you need any clarifications, do mail them at [email protected] or contact them at Twitter.
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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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