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A new web series called Mothers & Daughters, starring Lilette and Ira Dubey promises to be warm, interesting and complicated - just like our relationships with our moms!
A new web series called Mothers & Daughters, starring Lilette and Ira Dubey promises to be warm, interesting and complicated – just like our relationships with our moms!
Ma, mummy, amma, ammi, aayi, mom…these are some of the words in which we call our mothers. Each word generating a sense of warmth and protection, perhaps a cocoon of unconditional love in most of our minds. And yet, it is undeniable that we daughters have such a gloriously messy and complicated relationships with our mothers as we grow up.
For example, I used to love my mother for being so supportive about my education and yet I couldn’t stand her strictness when it came to dressing up or being friends with boys. The relationship is never monochromatic and I think you too will have such mixed emotions tucked into the corners of your minds when you think about your relationship with dear old mom.
Hence, the moment I came across this upcoming short film web series by Blush and Chhoti Productions called ‘Mothers & Daughters’, I knew I had to share it with you all. I’m sure you too will be bubbling with excitement to watch this series, as soon as you watch the making of it.
What I found interesting about the concept was how the actors and the makers kept underlining the message that they wanted to explore the different facets of this beautiful relationship, not only the superficial ones mostly portrayed by media, but also the deeper aspects.
I have always been fascinated by this relationship. Being raised by a single mother, Ma has been the biggest source of strength and inspiration in my life. I have witnessed how our relationship has changed over the years and how different aspects of my life has been shaped by my relationship with my mother.
I’m sure that a lot you will identify with this feeling. If you do, then please don’t miss this one!
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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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