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When we are in pain, what if we can reassure the struggling woman inside us that she is not alone? A sensitively expressed poem.
Hey! Did I just hear something
Was it you screaming
I am sure to hear that loud scorching heat.
But I see your eyes, they are as cold as that of a dead person
Would you ever let me in your eyes?
I am in search of the voice that haunts me
Why don’t you let me know if it’s you
Did you erect a wall to suppress it?
What have they done to you?
You told me that you wanted to sing but
I see there is no music now in your soul
You said you once danced when stars twinkled but
Why are you now still when lightning strikes?
Can I please ask you to dream like you did?
Can I please ask you to ignore or fight back your hurdles?
Can I please ask you to create the best portrait of yourself?
Can I please ask you to be you?
Would you mind putting your happiness ahead of others?
Would you mind stop fearing threats and start to embrace?
Would you mind defining happiness again?
Would you mind If I help you to preserve you?
Come on darling! If you get rejection,
I will be with you
If you feel shaky, I will wrap around.
I am nothing but you.
You have lighted me
Now its my turn.
Try me
Lets begin afresh…
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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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