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Every day, the news speak of violence against girls, women, babies... how much do we really empathise with them, secure in our own lives?
Every day, the news speak of violence against girls, women, babies… how much do we really empathise with them, secure in our own lives?
As we sleep tonight
For the rape hasn’t happened with anyone we know.
As we kiss our daughters good night
For they are safe and with us
As we smile today
For our children are peacefully tucked in their beds
As we plan a tomorrow for our little ones
For its not engulfed in darkness and pain
We must not forget
There are families
That can’t sleep,
Can’t kiss their daughters goodnight,
Can’t smile with them,
Can’t see their children growing up…
Let’s not forget them
Let’s put an end to it
Let’s break the silence
Unite and demand justice.
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Image source: By Pulakit Singh [CC BY-SA 4.0], from Wikimedia Commons
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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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