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This very onomatopoeic poem records the relentless drudgery of a working woman's morning rush, juggling home, husband, children, and so much more!
This very onomatopoeic poem records the relentless drudgery of a working woman’s morning rush, juggling home, husband, children, and so much more!
Tick tock tick tock…..the tireless clock ticks on. Clannnggg…’wake up’, the alarm calls, ‘it’s morn’. Zzzzz…wish I could catch just a few winks more. Sighhh…no way! Who would do the daily chore?
Drip drip drip…water trickles from the kitchen tap. Am hungry….the baby snuggles in mommy’s lap. Sleep more kiddo, Mommy needs to get into action. Grrrr…the mixer grinds tomatoes to perfection.
Flap flap flap…clothes rinse in the washing machine. Mommy, the older one yells, ‘my shoes are not clean’. Ting ting…veggies are blanched, microwave beeps. Cough cough…Where’s my tea? Man-of-the-house peeps.
Hissss…potatoes are done, the cooker whistles. Sssss…on the hot tawa masala omelette sizzles. Muaahh…Take care child, here’s your tiffin box. The husband calls, ‘have you seen my socks?’
Ting…out of the toaster a brown slice pops. Pick me up Mommy, down the crib the baby hops. ‘Are you ready, sweetheart?’ the husband calls. ‘Not yet. Please take baby to the creche’, she howls.
Tan tadan…’meeting today’, reminder on her phone pings. Trriinngg…amidst the pervading chaos, the door bell rings. Hehehe…madam, your maid won’t come today! Boom, bang! the last bits of peace are also blown away.
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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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