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Young people, with stars and dreams in their eyes... what happens as they grow older, life happens, and one day, find themselves middle-aged?
Young people, with stars and dreams in their eyes… what happens as they grow older, life happens, and one day, find themselves middle-aged?
I am young, and have stars in my eyes I need to work hard, and that’s no surprise I know academic excellence shall pave the way For a better future that I strive towards every day
I should have my life figured out- I am seventeen My admission essay should spell out what I have not yet seen- I should have a clear vision of my future, that’s expected Being competitive is a trait I have perfected
An Ivy league education followed by a six-figure salary Are prerequisites to being successful and happy Ambition and drive I think I have in plenty A prosperous life for me they should guarantee…
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My fortieth birthday I celebrate today That ambitious adolescent has come a long way That driven girl of yester-years did achieve Her professional goals– what is generally perceived As success, I think I can claim I have in hand
Yet the parameters of happiness, I now understand Are very different from what I thought they would be As a seventeen year old aspiring for a college degree The competitive streak that I had in me Was not conducive for happiness, I now see To excel at everything I had been striving for throughout Be it work, or being a supermom- even at the risk of burnout..
Turning forty, however, has made me evaluate What I really want from my life, on my plate I have stopped competing with others around me I’m trying to focus on my passions, what makes me happy…
By the way, the girl who at the age of seventeen believed Her life was figured out, at forty, is still trying to figure out her life indeed!
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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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