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If I had a time machine to travel back in time and change something in the history of India, what would it be?
Yes, it’s a hypothetical question, a thinking project and it’s probably not of much use now. But a retrospect of the past might help us in building a better future. Unfortuately, the remnants of these continue to this day.
I took this question to many around me, in different age group, gender and who live in the present world. This was some of their thoughts. Adding on my own comments too to the list.
If I could change something, it would be
And last but not the least, a dear friend gave me the answer as
Please comment below on this blog if any other changes you could think of, that would have positively mattered to our country.
Disclaimer: This blog is meant for healthy discussion, not for judging others. I guarantee that your comments will not be judged, and likewise, please don’t judge mine too.
Earlier Published in Author’s Blog.
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Manju Nambiar hails from the southern state of Kerala, India. A computer engineer by profession, she now works in one of the leading firms in San Jose, California where she lives with her husband and 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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