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A poignant poem wherein the poet tells 'the mind' which often plays havoc with one, to simply 'hush'.
A poignant poem wherein the poet tells ‘the mind’ which often plays havoc with one, to simply ‘hush’.
Hush, dear mind; this is not helping, You’ve chained me without chains, this spell is paralyzing. We are well past the days when goodness was presumed, You may stop picking at those scabs now, rubbing salt to my wounds.
No, dear mind; you are becoming my foe. The memories don’t help anymore, it’s getting difficult to let go. You are known to bend forks with your infinite power, You choose to bring me down to my knees instead-a tramp locked in a glorious tower.
Thank you, dear mind; for not clipping my wings yet. But you have sewn my lips into a smile- to flash at everybody I have since met. You have spiked the ceiling I intend to break with pieces of glass. You have only let me say “I’m fine” , to those who happen to trespass.
Stop it, dear mind; this safe place now feels like a cage, You’ve turned me against myself- all I now have is rage. There is a person staring back at me from the mirror I no longer recognize. You need to let me change; I’ve been left for too long in this disguise.
You need to let go, dear mind; you are not saving us. Instead of adorning my life- you have adorned me with cuts. I know that you intend to fight for us, but it’s me that you crush, So listen to me for once, when I tell you to-
Please hush.
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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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