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There are extremely strong women like Laxmi Agarwal and Anmol Rodriquez who did not give up hope of living inspiring lives even after being acid-attacked.
Acid attacks are very common in India. These attacks reveal the huge gender-gap prevailing in our country. Even though, there are lots of efforts being made by the government of India and some social activists to bridge this gap and bring women at par with men in every field, the age-old ego of men in this country especially of those who are lesser educated, makes them feel women are just objects made for their fun. If a man likes any girl and proposes her and she refuses his proposal as she doesn’t like him, he sometimes takes out his revenge and satisfies his ego by destroying the girl’s face through acid attack. Of course, there are a number of other reasons as well responsible for such attacks but here I have mentioned one of the most common reasons for such cowardly attacks, intended to rob off a girl of her beauty and confidence.
There are extremely strong women like Laxmi Agarwal and Anmol Rodriquez who did not give up hope of living inspiring lives even after being acid-attacked. These women are shining examples of a woman’s strength and their true beauty. I have dedicated a short poem to such amazing women with the aim to tell the world that women are far more stronger than such coward men who attack them and that they can NEVER be robbed of their beauty and confidence! Here it is:
I Am Beautiful
People call me ugly and kids are scared of me,I have deep scars all over my body and face,
When I look at my old pics I am not able to recognize myself,
I look normal as any other girl,
These scars and this pain is the result of my saying NO to a man who wanted to own me,
Should I regret saying NO to that man double my age?
Should I regret being a girl?
Should I believe the world which calls me ugly?
No, I don’t regret anything, I don’t think that I am ugly!
I have a beautiful loving heart and a forgiving soul.
I forgive the man who caused me this pain and I forgive those who want to make me feel ugly not because they deserve forgiveness but because I deserve my peace of mind!
I am beautiful and no one can make me feel ugly…
I love myself and feel proud to be who I am- a woman, a wonderful woman!
The image is a still from the upcoming movie Chapaak
Deeksha Tripathi is a Psychology Lecturer and an author. She is also pursuing a Diploma in Psychological Counselling. Having a background in Psychology and a love for writing makes her writings helpful for people to 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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