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How does it feel to just be yourself in a world that constantly wants you to be someone you are not? Do you even feel anything anymore?
How does it feel?
Having so many things to say,
But biting your tongue,
May it never spill out,
They might slip and fall on it.
Seeing the world,
But squeezing your eyes shut,
May it never emit a light,
They might lose their sight.
Living in vibrations,
But knitting your palms,
May it never wield,
They might lose grip on their shields.
Feeling no hunger,
But filling yourself up with your saliva,
May it never make a noise,
They might realize what they are feeding on.
Walking on the beating of your heart,
But living like dead,
May it never make someone dance,
They might know it’s still alive.
Knowing this won’t last,
But believing it would,
May it be closed in a box and forgotten,
They might know the key was never made.
Do you even feel anything anymore?
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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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