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It’s a trap. What now? What beyond it?This abyss. There lies, their lies-utterly undetectable, perfectly undecipherable.
It’s a trap. What now? What beyond it? This abyss. There lies, their lies-utterly undetectable, perfectly undecipherable.
What are these multitudes? Trying to boggle me down, gobble me up…. All these voices, surrounding me – like echoes from a far-away land, like fireflies floating inside the heart – buzzing, beaming, full of frivolous energy. And they unsettle. The edges of quietude.
Isn’t it supposed to make one feel – at home? But somehow, it almost doesn’t. Lead –
Home – what is that anyhow? A space – for self, for safety, for comfort. Or just a place – where you return, because there’s nowhere else to go?
Whatever it is, chaos is it? Or a zone with – white noises floating freely All around….. Serving some weird purpose – like mere creation – of voices, noises.
Where does it leave one then? What does it do? What purpose?
To unsettle, control, rephrase- Even when it shouldn’t. But yet, it does- in the name of norms- to justify it all- the mess, the decisions, the arbitrariness.
It pushes, shoves, threatens- attempting to overthrow- over the edges-of sanity. reshaping, molding understandings, overpowering- the right noises.
It’s a trap. What now? What beyond it? This abyss. There lies, their lies- utterly undetectable, perfectly undecipherable. And amidst it all, screaming for the guts to speak – wanting to be heard, beyond voices, there is – shrill, noisy silence.
Can you hear it?
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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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