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My mom withdrew into herself on 'those days of the month', but I need to be a different kind of mom, so that my kids understand why, and not feel ignored and confused.
My mom withdrew into herself on ‘those days of the month’, but I need to be a different kind of mom, so that my kids understand why, and not feel ignored and confused.
I did not like when she ignored me When she did not talk to me When she left me on my own To succumb to confusions.
What could be the reason I struggled to figure out But always failed Succumbing to silence.
Minutes of silence stretched to hours Hours to days and days to a week And then all came back to normalcy I succumbed to the situation.
My best friend, my role model My confidant and my support All dissolving into thin air I succumbed to defeat, unaware.
Now, years later, I am a mother to teenagers I now understand the reason Why my mom chose to be silent She was living her life with her ups and downs.
Having experienced the consequences I cannot see my kids withering To whatever I am facing in my life Be it my hormonal imbalances or health issues.
I choose to make it clear, my reasons for silence I take my time out to reconcile For, I want to leave a beautiful image etched In the hearts of my kids to remember, long after I am gone.
A mother, a wife and a woman defines me. I became a homemaker by choice and turned into a writer by chance. Now, looking forward to try my hand at new styles of writing and 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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