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Why does nobody realize that women have always been under lockdown, bearing mental, emotional and physical violence to uphold the "culture and traditions" of society?
Why does nobody realize that women have always been under lockdown, bearing mental, emotional and physical violence to uphold the “culture and traditions” of society?
How many days more, terrified, she swallows a wail the continuous throbbing the pain is getting unbearable after sleep deprived nights the noise outside is deafening the silence within is oppressive it’s killing her slowly
The TV blares news of the deadly virus as she battles her personal demons the vitriol rises, outside and inside her personal space that he’s threatening to override
Who would kill her first, she shudders the virus or the ‘pati parmeshwar’ he has not left the house for eight days and one hour
There’s no escaping his ominous presence the stench of his possessive manliness the monster is appropriating more power his caustic tongue makes her cower raging, screaming, thrashing for the hot tea and the cold shower for the damp floor, for the baby crying for being cold to his lusty overtures
Stay home, the virus is fierce, don’t break the lockdown the leaders, the doctors advise or you won’t see another morn.
Why does nobody realize women have always been under lockdown bearing mental, emotional and physical violence to uphold the lofty culture and tradition
Stay home to break the chain only ‘I’ and ‘U’ can stop the virus exhort the wise men and women. shhh…don’t you dare step outdoors don’t think of speaking to anyone menacingly the demon glowers the chains around her are closing in ‘I’ can break them but who will be ‘U’, she cries.
Image source: a still from the film Soni
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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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