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What is beauty?
A combination of qualities that pleases the aesthetic senses.
What is aesthetics?
A theoretical concept based on perception.
Then why is there a common standard to define beauty which is merely a concept?
Everyone is in a mad rush to ape the latest trend and look beautiful.
No one wants to leave anything to the beholder’s perception…
Everyone just wants perfection.
Perfect eyes, perfect, nose, perfect lips,
Long lustrous hair, good height,
Slender fingers and long legs,
Thin waist and…
In this mad rush of perfect existence,
We overlook the beauty which is purest.
Eyes deeper than oceans which bare the soul,
Rough hands that have toiled,
Skin as wrinkled as a raisin having lived a full life,
Enigmatic demeanour that’s the virtue of a private existence.
Laughter as free as bells ringing with no pretence.
Skin gleaming with the pride of self-belief and joy of self-love.
Standing tall with confidence and towering above.
Donning clothes that are simple and basic yet functional.
Barefoot or high-heeled, but down to earth and grounded.
Achieving significant milestones and holding one’s head high.
Honest, loving, and loyal,
Respectful, generous, and humble,
Resilient, Compassionate, and Grateful.
These are the purest and meaningful aspects of beauty one must strive for,
Instead of merely cloning a pretentious standard when you can be so much 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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