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Having no newspaper to read would do so much damage to my personality.
Today all hell broke loose, the newspapers didn’t arrive due to heavy rains. A companion in my procrastination, sigh. What on earth am I supposed to do for those two hours, which were devoted to reading them for many decades?
It would be weird if I change the routine of my lifetime by talking to hubs or working out in that time.
And please tell me, how do I get my daily fix of ministers putting their foot in their big mouth. Frankly they are best read rather than heard, except maybe Narendra Modi and Shashi Tharoor. It’s a pleasure to hear Modi and Tharoor speak in their shuddh Hindi and impeccable English respectively. How else would I increase my vocabulary without knowing words like mitron, notebandi and floccinaucinihilipilification from them?
Oh these news channels and news apps are no alternative for the papers, they are my go-to after I’m done with my papers. The anchors ruin it by being loud and opinionated. So I prefer to read, even though the lines are blurring between newspaper, television and digital. The content registers and stays in my mind when I read it on paper.
How do I go about my day without knowing my daily astrological predictions? Good Lord, what if my actions change my destiny. Of course, the power of crosswords, sudokus and scramble should not be underestimated. They have kept my brain free from Alzheimer’s.
And I have to know if Gaurav Dahiya has another wife tucked in somewhere. How will I know what this world is coming to? To google the likes of him I have to first know of their existence, and that’s where my papers come in handy.
Keeping aside my total disinterest in cricket, at least I can knowledgeably talk about the undercurrents between Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma.
What if I missed out on seeing a friend’s pic attending some social event. [Did I hear grapes are sour?] That would be a catastrophe, having no fodder for my gossip sessions.
Having no newspaper to read would do so much damage to my personality. Please delivery boy, you have been very diligent in your job, but don’t let the rains deter you. I will forward you some Ted talks to motivate you further. Thank you for bringing the sunshine into my life.
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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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