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Stand up girl and stand tall
You rise up now and show them all
That you are indeed a phoenix re-born
From your ashes when they thought you were gone!
All those faces which snickered in glee
To see you fall should now flee
For you are the fire and the power
You are back from the dead from deep under!
Nothing can stop you as you rise
Giving those bastards a nasty surprise!
They broke you and left you for dead
Not anticipating a come-back they would dread
They trampled upon you and pushed you down
But you are the lotus which will never drown
You will keep coming up no matter what
And rise to heights greater than you ever thought!
This poem is dedicated to every daughter out there. Stand up, be confident and show the world who you are!
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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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