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What does Freedom mean to you? Here is a list of ten things that define freedom for the average Indian woman.
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The #FreedomIs campaign asked readers to share their idea of what freedom is, and what freedoms they wanted, through a selfie with a message. The results were varied and beautiful.
You can see the collection of #FreedomIs selfies here.
To me, #FreedomIs
Not being judged by what we wear
Being able to feel safe in any part of the country
To be able to hang out with our buddies and have night-outs just like guys do.
Not having to worry about shaving our legs
Instead, respecting our bodies and understanding that inner beauty is what matters.
Not being stereotyped
Because many of us hate cooking and no, we don’t like owning kitchens at home.
Because not all of us like pink and it is not the only color that exists for us.
Because we cry when we want to let out our sadness and no, it is not a sign of weakness and we are not ashamed of it.
Being able to live without fear
Not observing the meaningless practices set up by the patriarchal society
Because, we are not some commodities to be sold off, or a burden to our families.
Providing education to all girls in a family
Because knowledge is power, and a girl deserves to be educated as much as a boy does.
Letting us decide about the important things in life
To have the liberty to choose our jobs, to decide whether or not to have kids;
To decide where and how our money should be spent
By not enforcing the feeling that we are solely responsible to do all
Not make us feel guilty when we try hard to juggle between home and work and having it all- But understanding that both the partners are equally responsible in running a home.
Letting us pursue our dreams, and follow our passions
By not tying us down and binding us by emotional manipulation. But, by letting us chase our dreams and find ourselves in the journey of life.
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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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