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Navratri is here! During these nine days, there will be only devotion and piety all around. Everyone will be engrossed in the bliss of devotion, and adoration of Durga Maa.
It is written in “Durga Saptasadi” that all women are the faces of Durga Maa, some are Laxmi, some are Saraswati, and some are kali. But what does it really mean? Just for the sake of talking, all the women are venerable as a deity, but when it comes to complying, these thoughts are limited only to the epics. It is miles away from realness.
Well, Saraswati is known as the goddess of knowledge, but there are many girls who long for going to school, there are many who can’t build their career as per their choice. Isn’t it funny… The goddess of knowledge is tantalized to get knowledge.
Laxmi is known as the goddess of wealth, but how many women are financially independent? There are few and who are standing on their foot, even they can’t make the decision to spend the money on their own. The so-called Laxmi of the home has no money but she is called Laxmi.
Parvati is known as the ‘ardhang’ or half part of Shiva. That’s why Indian women are called ‘ardhangni’. But are they? No, not at all. Our society is a male dominating society where men take all the decision, and women are only informed. Ardhang means who has half rights for everything. Yes, she becomes half part when problems or troubles come.
Kali is known to be in a killing spree. She killed many demons to save this world. That’s why she is the most venerable goddess among all. But if any girl is born with dark skin in our society, her complexion become the biggest curse for her life. Since childhood, she has to go through the lewd and nasty comments for her skin colour. She is advised to use fairness creams which tear to shreds her confidence.
There is no end for ordeals of women in the name of the goddess. She is expected a lot, but given nothing in return.
Let us pledge on this Navaratri that no Durga is aborted, no Saraswati is stopped from going to school, no Laxmi has to beg for money from her husband, no Parvati is sacrificed for dowry, and no Kali is given a tube of fairness cream.
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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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