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"And thus, making women believe that they never are enough," goes the narrative of this story.
“And thus, making women believe that they never are enough,” goes the narrative of this story.
She was seven
when she walked into
the twenty-two yards.
The hefty bat
at variance with her petite frame.
They traded the sport
with a coy doll
and told her that it wasn’t meant for her at all.
A girl who loved numbers
wasn’t a norm you see,
So, she was happily married
to dance, music and stories.
She admitted how she loved machines
and they handed her one
to “sew” her dreams!
That streak of adventure
is a guy’s thing “silly”
She was told to rest her escapades
and find something easy.
They brought her an easel
to paint the sky around,
But flying was for the daring
boys of the town.
A little girl loved cars
and wanted to simply vroom on the streets,
They were already judging
and nudging
her friends who sat behind the wheel,
They parried her desire
and told her that women were bad drivers.
And thus, goes the story
of making women believe
that they never have enough
of what you actually need.
But just as dust begins to
settle on their dreams,
around the corner
they can spot some greens.
With tales of valour
She spins her name
Mithali, Amelia and Ada Lovelace.
She is Lella Lombardi and Mary Kom too
with wonders wrapped within her
there’s nothing she can’t do.
And that is the lesson
women must share,
The key to unwrap
the marvel that has always been there.
To let the world’s misplaced wisdom
Now rest in peace,
and find within themselves
a world of oceanic possibilities.
Editor’s note: This had been shortlisted for the June 2019 Muse of the Month contest.
Image source: Pxhere
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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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