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What is the Geneva convention? What rights does it accord captives or prisoners of war? Given the social media usage of this term, here are some things you need to know.
Since Wing Commander Abhinandan has been in the captivity of Pakistani army since yesterday, an increased mention of the Geneva Convention in public discourse is visible; however in this particular case the following points need to be considered.
(यह लेख आप हिंदी में भी पा सकते हैं: जेनेवा कन्वेंशन क्या है? यह कैसे युद्धबंदियों की सुरक्षा करता है?)
The convention was framed in 1949 although parts of it had been created in the 1920s, and has been ratified by 146 countries, including India and Pakistan. These are some important aspects about the Geneva convention and it’s implementation that we need to understand, especially when we consider the emotionally heightened atmosphere at present. Let’s make sure we get our facts right before we rush to expound on serious issues which many of us know little about.
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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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