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With public places being perceived as increasingly unsafe, with sexual harassment making headlines every day, here are some words to pay heed to.
Girl, should you venture out, alone in the dark Beware of the devils, the shadows that lurk. For they lie in wait to pounce, nab and ravish. Alas! Fair maidens like you, in the night, vanish.
So, beware of the hand that extends to help you. It may accost and hold you, till the morning dew. Listen to your gut, your instincts, and your mind. Trust no one, but yourself at the warning sign.
Should you find yourself ever in a rut or a bind; Keep your wits about you and outwit the fiend. Let not yourself fall prey to their heinous lust, Run, kick or fight; do everything that you must.
Girl, your wits are the only thing that will help Do not cower, whimper, freeze or in pain yelp. Go for the eyes, scratch and poke the sockets out. Every chance you get, yell; fight them and shout.
Darling, life is no fairy tale for a girl in the dark. Equality be damned, don’t listen to politicos bark. Your life is more valuable than illusions of parity. Keep yourself safe, do yourself this much charity.
Author’s note – This poem is a dedication to our daughters
A version of this was first published here.
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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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