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The concept of “Udonchandi” the rambunctious rebel is a relative one; signifying a female whom you consider to be “Udonchandi,” I may disagree to do so and vice-versa.
Being a voracious reader, I jumped into reading this Bengali article online, titled “Udonchandi” that I happened to stumble upon.
The title, though untranslatable, can roughly be translated into English to mean a female who is a rambunctious rebel.
There are many examples of Udonchandis in Bangala literature, some even have been adapted to for the screen. She can also be a rebellious heroine with no care for social dictum and gendered expectations!
Having said that, it’s a total no-brainer that the concept of “Udonchandi” is a relative one; signifying a female whom you consider to be “Udonchandi,” I may disagree to do so and vice-versa.
Though the term has been used in Bangala for ages, I didn’t expect to run into a new meaning of it!
Now, coming to the article: I was shocked to read, that they’ve labelled a married woman putting her needs first as “Udonchandi.” A working woman, who prioritizes her career goals over the wellbeing of others, has also been offered the same title.
I was so stupefied by the notion, that I was forced to forsake the article midway.
Was Udonchandi, a slur I was not aware of? Wasn’t it closer to a rebellious heroine?
And I fail to discern one thing, though, “Do we really need the validation of the society, to think about ourselves?” I can’t wrap my mind around it!
Sometimes I feel just a handful of people armed with inequality, poisoned by prejudice, are enough to nurture societal hypocrisy.
Sadly, we live in a world of a million different boxes. Everyone wants to affiliate with a specific box. They want to live and thrive on their own merit, hence reinforcing vision for oneself regardless of gender should be appreciated and not scorned or labelled.
Making a mark for oneself is a hard road to travel and by no means an easy task. Rather than labelling or offering unsolicited advice, we can claw back some sense ourselves.
Though a major part of the equality puzzle is still missing, we can always make conscious efforts as a society by nurturing equality, elevating social standards, and practising radical acceptance (keeping in mind the remote areas) to name a few.
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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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