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Love, hope and the will to live... trees teach us so many simple lessons of life!
The world calls her “a Gulmohar tree”
A mere tree? No, she is a beautiful reverie!
My soul mate, my muse! Much more than what the world can see!
Holding up her green silk gown, she dances gracefully to the wind’s tune
She teases the sky and breaks into a giggle
Spiritedly, she does a tango with the moon.
Vivacious, yet so womanly and chaste
She stands, firmly grounded on her roots.
Savours every moment of life, never in haste.
Resplendent with flaming red blooms, she is the new bride in town
Her eyes are pregnant with her dreams, her hopes
Waves of emotions rise in her heart. New and unknown!
Many moons later, I met her again one winter
Destiny, man, social order! Whatever you name it, had cast its evil eye on her.
She stood bare and withered, notwithstanding their banter.
The sight was more than I could bear
Yet, I went my way
Alone, we fight our battles here.
The world had written her off, while I lingered on with hope
From a distance, fingers crossed, I watched
Gallantly, she walked the tightrope.
She persisted, I prayed. Yet recouping seemed a far-off cry
Invincible that she is, she sprang to life, by and by
The dogma that the world had about her, she did defy!
She is in full bloom again. Oh! What a view!
There’s a song in my heart and a tear in my eye;
whilst she does a jig crooning, “Life’s calling, where are you?”
This time I can’t help but, smile and salute
This ode is for her;
A Tribute!
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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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