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A short and witty poem on women which we all will surely admire!
Don’t raise your eyebrows when you see her acting differently. When she is caught staring bewildered at the gulmohar Lost in thoughts And in a parallel world of words Of her own. Don’t disturb her as she empathises with the faceless mannequins Glistening in bright hues And sparkling sequins. Don’t accuse her of her indifference to the shopping spree. She’s broken… And this is her way of mending herself.
Prabha Prakash is a Chartered Accountant, based out of Kerala. Her first collection of poetry, “Lost Monsoon” was published by Writers’ Workshop, Kolkata in 2018. She is the recipient of the Reuel International Prize for 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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