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I live in a society infested with humans who irrespective of being educated or uneducated can harm me.
Beware of Dogs Growing up as a child reading this signboard always scared me. The owners of the house always welcomed me saying that these creatures are harmless. In my defence, I would always say they are animals after all and not educated enough to make the decision and can harm anybody anytime. With my initial apprehension I would enter their house and after a while I would feel comfortable and realised animals wouldn’t harm unless provoked.
Where are the signs today??
Beware of humans.
I live in a society infested with humans who irrespective of being educated or uneducated can harm me. And I cannot even read the sign “Beware”!! Do we really need to be educated to simply understand brutality and crime. They do not need any kind of provocation to commit such heinous crimes. I am soon to be 40 and my daughter is soon to be 10. Are any of us safe? Are we safe at any time of the day? Can I be guaranteed I am safe at 10 a.m. in the morning? Are we safe in any particular city be it Kolkata, Bangalore, Gurgaon or Hyderabad or any remote village of the country? Are we safe if we are wearing a full clad salwar kameez Or a short dress?
Are we really safe even with the ever evolving technology? Can help reach me at the touch of a button just as easy as food arrives at my service? Can you assure me rape happens only when provoked? Is there any statistics which says such crimes are only committed by illiterate people who do not have a sense of judgement? Can you assure me I am safe driving my own vehicle and not booking a cab late at night?
The bigger question “Am I even safe in my own home or school or office or travelling in a public transport? ”
Can I be guaranteed 0 rape by any political party I expectantly vote for? Why should I keep demanding for justice for a crime which is unprovoked and uncalled for?
This post is not about any one off case which gets highlighted by the media . This is about a crime which is getting committed every breathing second of our lives, pardon my statistics.
Will any new hashtag created on web stop this crime? Will any amount of media hype stop this crime?
Because I do not want to plead for justice.I just want to breathe in safe air . And no, the pollution in the air is not what I am talking about. Please let us live.
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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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