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"Life should never be spent caged inside a box. Sometimes life knocks us down lower than we have ever been, before we are able to stand up again- taller- than we have ever been". When life gives you lemon, make lemonande!
“Life should never be spent caged inside a box. Sometimes life knocks us down lower than we have ever been, before we are able to stand up again- taller- than we have ever been”. When life gives you lemon, make lemonande!
“You have lost your spark Sneha. This is not why I married you. Remember how we used to take spontaneous vacations, go on long drives and get sloshed on weekends. Now you are always tired and whiny”, Avinash had rambled on that fateful night five years ago.
“Avi I left my job to manage home, take care of your parents and our kids, one with learning disability. You can’t expect me to be cheerful always”, Sneha sobbed, tears flowing down her eyes.
“This is not how I pictured my life. I can’t spend the rest of my future caged inside a box. Roohi makes me feel alive”. Avinash had walked out, without looking back, leaving behind a broken home and shattered Sneha.
Seven years later, as Sneha was about to finish her acceptance speech on receiving the very prestigious ‘Sashakt Naari Award’ from the Chief Minister of the state, she caught a glimpse of her estranged husband from the corner of her eye. A few minutes before the ceremony started, Avinash had apologized to her and begged Sneha to accept him back in her life. Sneha reminisced how tough the journey had been to gain confidence, stand on her feet, and make peace with her situation until she had arrived where she was at present. In clear terms Sneha told Avinash that her life was now full and there was no space left for him anymore.
“And finally I would like to thank my ex-husband for teaching me that life should never be spent caged inside a box. Sometimes life knocks us down lower than we have ever been, before we are able to stand up again- taller- than we have ever been. I am blessed I could give wings to so many women deserted by their families to live a life of dignity and respect.”
As cameras flashed and crowd broke into a thunderous applause; two pair of eyes were wet again – one out of remorse and one with contentment.
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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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