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When everything appears through a veil of brokenness, can there still be hope? Yes, there is always hope...
When everything appears through a veil of brokenness, can there still be hope? Yes, there is always hope…
she crouched in the shadowsdespair engulfed her shallow breathsbroken cries rackedthe heaving frame.
doors had closed in on herlike catacombs; a torn calendar-from the sullied wall-mocked her.reminded her of days past
of moments and occasions lostof how he was her sail, her mast.the promises they madethe love tales-together they readthe babies they planned and named.the mornings they hugged and kissed
then suddenly the evening dates he missedthe nights he swore, screamed and dissed.the air still smelt of himstale, dank, toxic-his masculinity,the evil sneer, the deadly demeanour.
in its bed, night was drowningdesperate, twisting and turningwaiting for a hint of distant dawn.
outside, the half moon scowleddesolate, wrapped in a shroudcrawling on the back of a lonely cloud.
something inside her cracked,is this my fate, my destiny?deluged – on her tears she choked.
a warbler sung a beauteous paeansuffocated, she flung the door openinhaled the refreshing night jasmine.
I am diminishing, so are youbut I will rise and shine againthat has passed, this shall too.
the moon whispered from behind the cloudsa tiny smile slowly lit up her facevanquishing the veil of brokenness.
First published here.
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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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