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As a menstruating woman, I bleed every month. It is biological, powerful, and no matter what society feels, it does not make me shameful or impure.
Yes, I bleed
Life exists within my blood You, me and the human breed,
Childhood is lost Over period cramps The confusion of tampons and use of pads And not to forget the mud, newspaper, soiled cloth, n hey Scores of us struggle For five days of dignity And keep the mood swings at bay,
The spots stopped me From my whites Nonetheless The peering eyes As I carry wrapped whisper In my stride
I have been hushed up For my pain The do’s and don’ts there’s a list I gain As the festivities are coming In a fleet I need to calculate My days to be neat
Lest I will be away Just a spectator Won’t be allowed to touch The idol of clay She doesn’t …bleed But her part in me does I won’t be inclusive in ritual Celebrate or sway I bleed hence I will be away
I cannot go in the kitchen not touch the utensils sauce and pickle the worship place is out of reach you are meant to follow this, they preach
Am I dirty Am I impure? I defy you I am everything but not this for sure I am on a journey to womanhood I am on a journey to progeny I am on a journey to bring nature within me
I defy your norms I defy what you preach I take pride in my blood and say Yes, I bleed.
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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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