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The tussle between the past and the future... when the future beckons you but the past is not willing to let go off you!
I emerge from the shadows of the past that have railed against my fatesI shrug off old memories, I cast aside doubt, walk out of depressed gates.I peer, I look ahead to the future; confidently it meets my tentative smileIt extends a kind hand, emboldens my resolve and I walk that last mile.
Alas, but he past refuses to stay quiet, it rises up again warring with meMuch as I refuse it still badgers me, harangues me to look back, to seeWhat a pitiful state was mine, what depths of sorrow I have called homeMuch as I try to shake off the dread, I fear that it still lingers in me, some.
Its clutches may have weakened as my intent strengthened but alasIt still has the power to shatter my will, strew it like shards of glassFor I have to admit, my past has weakened me, it has enfeebled meIt debilitated me, blinded me to a degree that I was unable to see
I stand at the crossroads looking at the path behind and ahead,Unsure of how to move past this turmoil that rages in my head.Then, taking a leap of faith, I gather my courage and walk onAhead on the path, embracing what fate and the future bring on.
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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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