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Poem: For she had come out openly, to declare her metamorphosis. From her male to a female form. Yes, she was a transgender, and proud for, making her chosen transform. She was looked down upon, Heard baseless assumptions, and was the butt of various jokes.
She was demeaned,
Belittled everywhere,
For her chosen sexuality.
She knew that it was her fate,
To be mocked or laughed at,
By this herd mentality.
For she had come out openly,
To declare her metamorphosis,
From her male to a female form.
Yes, she was a transgender,
And proud for,
Making her chosen transform.
She was looked down upon,
Heard baseless assumptions,
And was the butt of various jokes.
She faced queries like,
“Are you normal?”
“How do you do ‘that’?
From insensitive, jeering folks.
Her friends, playmates, colleagues from work,
Now watch her,
With narrow, suspicious eyes.
The whole neighbourhood,
Declared her in unison,
An evil witch with ominous ties.
Even her loved ones,
Had chosen to banish her,
After hearing her, ‘season of change’.
Her parents angrily ordered her,
To leave the house,
For embracing an idea so strange!
But she had known from her little life,
That nothing lasts forever,
Not even the scornful boos of the crowd.
She had left it to time,
To heal her wounds,
And chose not to protest aloud.
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Indrani Chowdhury is an award winning modern Indian author whose works have been published in various national and international anthologies, magazines, and journals. Her own book 'Raining Drops of Rainbow Verses' got published by Notionpress 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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