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A Housewife. She is not another woman without a salary. There is much more to her than you can ever see.
She doesn’t just marry the man, She marries, The kitchen knife, The talcum powder, The choked sink, The mess of toys, The humid kitchen, The whistle of the pressure cooker, The snuggles, The ruffles under the bedsheet, The unexpected visits to the doctor, The loud banter of her children, The continuous sound of the TV, The faraway look of her husband, The clothes getting wet in a sudden spell of rain, The foamy bathroom, The quiet cup of tea, The calculator for monthly groceries, The recipe notebook, The crayons spread all across the floor, The sleepless nights, The kittie parties, The surprise birthday parties, The cold stares, The long phone conversations, The spilled milk, The filled dustbin,
Like a fish in the aquarium, She marries the house, By love, by choice or by fate.
She is not another woman without a salary, There is much more to her than you can ever see.
Love her more than you judge her. This is the least you could do for her,
And for yourself.
First published here.
Image source: a still from Tumhari Sulu
Sarba is a Cybersecurity and Privacy technologist, a bohemian spirit and a creative writer by passion. She has been a volunteer and mentor at Women in Cybersecurity and continues to mentor students and young professionals 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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