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She had been abused, left to her fate, written off. But he had reckoned without her inner strength, and the strength that a sisterhood could give her to rise... again!
She had been abused, left to her fate, written off. But he had reckoned without her inner strength, and the strength that a sisterhood could give her to rise… again!
Like the proverbial phoenix, from her ashes she arose What would you call such a woman – Kali, Durga or more? Bathed in translucence, from the fire that burned within, She stepped off of her pyre and breathed in her strength.
He thought he had slain her for she had lain prone But he forgot even Ahalya had arisen from the stone. With every measure of her being, calling valour from within She rose up from the embers, fiercely resolved to win.
Her tribe of sisters awaited, patient in their state; She went forth on her path, approached with measured gait. Raising her arms high, she embraced destiny’s call. She encircled fate in her palms and held it in enthral.
She cried, “Sisters I am reborn, I beat the ire of man. Time has bowed to my resolve, I pledge myself to you, my clan.” “It would take one million of him to make even a single you,” Chanted her sisters together & sky high their voices grew.
They held hands and emerged, into the world anew; Burgeoning in numbers they grew, much more than just a few. The time was now ripe, to make their voice heard; And deep into man’s world, they cleaved a fjord.
They charted a course deep, into the heart of mankind; They sailed the turgid waters, resolute and of one mind. They had arisen, these maidens, from the bowels of the earth; It was time to tell man, their essence was more than just the hearth.
Editor’s note: This story had been shortlisted for the Muse of the Month March 2019, but not one of the winners.
Image source: a still from the movie Kahaani 2
Sonal is a multiple award winning blogger and writer and the founder of a women-centric manpower search firm - www.rianplacements.com. Her first book, a volume of poetry - Islands in the stream - is slated read more...
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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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