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This thought-provoking and deeply moving poem explores women's rage and the reasons behind it. Are women justified in expressing their rage?
Rage, rage, go away
Come back another day
Take a deep breath
Get some rest
Pretend it’ll all go away
The hand that touched your breast
Not at your behest
Think of it as play
Rage, rage go away
His demand for food
Closed fist to show his mood
It’s just part of the day
You’re a harlot, a whore
For demanding what’s yours
No right to have a say
The boss grazes your thigh
While avoiding your eye
And the office looks the other way
Rage don’t ever go away
Never wait for another day
Take a go at it all
Make them heed your call
Wait not before slapping it away
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I'm an alumnus of Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore and now a published author. My first novel, Cloud 9 Minus One, was published by HarperCollins India in 2009. 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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