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When the unfit shoe caused me pain, I complained to everyone I knew. So now I had to take charge of my pain all by myself!
The shoe dad bought Was smaller in size When I tried it first I complained. First to mom, Who said I will get used to. Then to dad Who expressed Since there was no return policy I must bear with it.
I tried and tried To fit in the “unfit” shoe But my feet hurt, blistered. Again, I complained To everyone dear to me. They all said it takes time to ‘adjust.’
Oh! I thought, May be the shoe will grow In size! And kept mum for a while Bearing the pain And blisters it caused. To my dismay It didn’t grow!
By now I had complained To everyone I knew. So now I had to Take charge Of my pain All by myself!
I couldn’t get rid of it Until I destroyed it So I cut it from the front! All screamed!! Oh! You have messed it ‘Walk barefoot!’ they pronounced.
Yes I will I thought. It was the shoe that was ‘unfit’ I wasn’t a ‘misfit,’ As you would like me to believe. And walking barefoot seemed More comfortable than with that unfit shoe!
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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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