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As women, specially as working women, we are often expected to play and excel at various roles in our lives. But sometimes, these roles can overlap and become a little too heavy.
As women, specially as working women, we are often expected to play and excel at various roles in our lives. But sometimes, these roles can overlap and become a little too heavy. These roles often go unnoticed when you lead a double life of a supermom.
About time we appreciate these women in our lives.
All working mothers, I’m reaching out to you We are in the same boat, juggling work and home too Orchestrating lives of our families and our own Pirouetting precariously, afraid of being thrown Out of balance by a mild gust of air One tiny drift from “normal” and beware- The world we have created collapses around us Leaving us dealing with tears, meltdowns and fuss We revise our strategies, plan things anew It might not work, that would be too good to be true Then calamity strikes again, keeping us on our toes Our sanity is threatened, we are in the throes Of self-reproach, fearing we have failed From our situation, we’d love to be bailed..
Then once in a while when stars are aligned Just when you think you are going to lose your mind Your work-life balance you think is flawed But your “perfect” life leaves someone awed And you get the question that you claim you hate- How do you juggle so many things on your plate?” Asked in a tone of wonder, almost reverential You shrug modestly, glad someone saw your potential Say you try your best, give your partner credit You are grinning inwardly, happy they said it This moment of glory prompts you once more To morph into the supermom that your kids adore Suddenly all your trials and tribulations Seem worthwhile, as a result of this validation.
First published here.
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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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