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Child sexual abuse. Rape of infants, toddlers, children,... why does it happen? A cry in the words of one such infant, if it could speak. Horrifying.
Child sexual abuse. Rape of infants, toddlers, children,… why does it happen? A cry in the words of one such infant, if it could speak. Horrifying.
Trigger Warning: This has graphic descriptions of child sexual abuse, and may be triggering to survivors.
What did you see in me uncle? How could you even hold me tight? I was born just a few months ago My tender body still didn’t grow.
I slept by the side of my mom You have shown her the smell of chloroform You took me away from my lovely home You made sure that I am all alone
I opened my eyes to the harshness of your touch I realised that I’m no longer safe and sound I cried in pain until your palm closed my mouth I shook with fear and my eyes searched for mom
You didn’t just squeeze my skin but crushed the puny bones beneath it You didn’t just kiss my lips but caused my tender tongue to bleed Your fingers ran across every corner of my shivering little body Your pricky moustache irked every bit of my trembling nudity.
I tried hard to shout but my voice melted in the fearsome silence of the lonely night My eyes searched for my mom’s arms but I couldn’t realise that they were beyond reach My breath choked to survive under your violent paws My life helplessly moaned beneath your wild claws
Who are you to pluck this mom’s little flower? Who are you to burn down a father’s happy hour? Who gave you the right to vandalize my unborn future? Who advised you rack my bones to showcase your musculature?
Goodbye world, I’m leaving. Your retribution on him should serve others, a learning Don’t just do a few candle rallies and forget me For, within no time, another tender stem falls out from a green family tree.
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The Master's holder in English Literature from the English and Foreign Languages University, Swetha is a Content Producer and an author. Her "Letters to touch the petals of your heart" was published in 2019. 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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