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The finish line is visible, in its slight glamour. I feel an inch closer. I feel an ounce stronger.
I move amidst the spread of tulips
with my heart clenched in my fist,
a bit hesitant, a bit hopeful.
While the wind whispers the tales
of chances, of second glances,
I quietly fill a teaspoon with trust.
Sun blushes with scarlet cheeks
and skies are smeared with orange smiles.
My spirits are warm now
and my nerves calm.
A stream of faith flows through me.
I take small steps of courage,
few towards me,
few away from black holes and violet scars.
The finish line is visible,
in its slight glamour.
I feel an inch closer.
I feel an ounce stronger.
My fingers tremble less
as I secretly write, a new goal today.
I am sure to find my bit of faith
in whistling bees and shining starlets,
and in their humble intentions.
I feel a bit less hesitant,
And a bit more hopeful now.
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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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