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A poem which talks about varied labels and the process of constantly reinventing oneself.
You,
a good girl,
a rebellious one,
studious,
free spirit,
Labels , different identities
given by society, parents, teachers and friends.
Are they right or wrong
I don’t know.
The stranger within!
How do they claim to know me,
When I am not sure what to typify myself as?
I love to read
and argue.
Chatter, reflect and rebel.
But, sometimes traditional
dress up in the classic black dress,
and the gentle pastels,
I am all those labels
and none of them!
I may be more-
which I don’t yet know.
A new experience,
A new place,
A new person,
Makes me search within
for a new me.
Constantly growing,
Adding new adjectives,
Discarding some.
Darling, whatever is your present label-
Married , Unmarried, Separated, Divorced
Working mom, or stay-at-home mom,
Be proud of yourself!
These labels don’t limit you.
Allow yourself to grow,
What matters-
is the stranger within.
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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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