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Shouldn't talent be judged on the basis of itself without needing a sad story of struggle to win? These are questions actor Sanya Malhotra posed on a recent Facebook post.
Shouldn’t talent be judged on the basis of itself without needing a sad story of struggle to win? These are questions actor Sanya Malhotra posed on a recent Facebook post.
I was just browsing through my Facebook account and came across this interesting post by actress Sanya Malhotra for Humans of Bombay. She revealed that she loved dancing and dreamt of becoming an actor, but got rejected by ‘Dance India Dance’ because her backstory wasn’t strong enough. That’s when she started doubting herself.
This really made me think. Why do people get attracted to sob stories? Why do we always appreciate only those people who have achieved something after going through a lot of pain?
Why does the head line of a newspaper “Taxi-driver’s Son Stands First In UPSC Exam” find more readers?
I think it is because most people, who were in a similar situation, find it comforting that someone has succeeded with so much pain. Maybe they relate to the story.
I know it is really very difficult for people with financial, health, family problems to overcome and succeed.
I really feel proud of them and my confidence to do better and give my best in everything I do increases manifold. I discuss about it with my friends, and we are in awe of such people.
Coming back to what Sanya said, when it is a competition of singing or dancing or any fine arts, or any competition for that matter, when all the participants are giving their best, they should be judged without any bias.
No one should lose because you don’t have a sad story of struggle to tell. It’s very unfair.
They can be given opportunities otherwise, but should not be judged because of their stories.
Maybe, the TV channels do it to get more TRPs, because the single most important element of any reality show is these stories, but as Sanya has said, it’s unfair to those who haven’t, and are equally talented.
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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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