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We all are descended from our foremothers one of whom is Sita. Here is to the Sita in each one of us today.
Strong enough to have the ‘Shiv Dhanush’ as her toy
Coy enough to surrender to Ram who broke her toy
Adamant enough to give up the Palace Pleasures and walk the harsh jungles with her husband
Callow enough to lust after a golden deer
Wily enough to make Ram, go after it
Naive enough to cross the ‘Lakshman Rekha’
Devoted enough to not to succumb to Ravana’s charms and threats
Committed enough to go through the ‘Agni Pariksha’
Stoic enough to be the first ever documented single mother
Valiant enough to say ‘No More’ and join her mater…
Sita, don’t we all have a part of her, in our selves, generations after generations….
An old story .. One for Sita, the better half of Ramayana.. On Ram Navami
Anupama Jain is the author of: * ’Kings Saviours & Scoundrels -Timeless Tales from Katha Sarita Sagara’, listed as one of the best books of 2022 by @Wordsopedia. Rooted in the traditional storytelling of Indian legends, warriors, 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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