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They dictated “I am dark”
That was always their remark.
Many feel my skin is tanned
That makes my role banned.
The integrity of my black skin shatters
in ludicrous and wraithlike utters.
The glossy matrimony ad seeks for a girl of fair skin
Is something really wrong with my coffee tainted skin?
When I got married to a man who is fair,
To many it seemed and sounded unfair.
People say “dark but beautiful” or dusky brown
The darkness of melanin is a matter of frown.
With hot spicy cutlets and milk shake, they welcomed us
The gossiping grand aunt was not at all in a mood of fuss.
His peach cream complexion scored higher than my dark face
That made her a lot many things to trace.
Next time, she gave me a cold welcome with cold biscuits and black coffee
And when I went alone, she behaved very bossy.
I can’t fit into the tyrannical moulds of many
My dusky colour can’t please any.
When she sees me the smile on her face fades,
But I don’t care as beauty comes in all sizes, shapes and shades.
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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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