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How does one quantify or qualify grief? Does it hurt less if a loved one lived well, lived a full life, or died peacefully?
Trigger Alert: This deals with death, loss, and grief, and may be triggering to survivors.
Does it hurt less because the one who died had come of age?
Does it hurt less because the one who died lived well?
Does it hurt less because the one who died was not stuck to their bed when they passed away?
Does it hurt less because the one who died, died a peaceful death?
Or does it hurt less when the memories of the one who died play in front of you like a movie when you close your eyes?
Or does it hurt less that the fear of waking up tomorrow and not seeing them does not allow you to sleep?
Or does it hurt less when a part of you has left you forever?
Or does it hurt less when society expects you not to grieve because a life was well lived?
I have not and never will understand how this ‘society’ works. And neither do I care.
Image source: a still from the film Masaan
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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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