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Chronological age increases but the heart still remains the same!
Long back I promised myself, a much younger version of me
That I would respect myself, that I would always to it see
That I did the things that I wanted to do; what was expected.
But would also do the things I loved even if they were unexpected.
‘Life is an opportunity that knocks only once, make the most of it.’
This is the creed that I have lived by, what in my heart does sit.
I preach this to my children for its helped me live a fulfilling life.
I have achieved, have accomplished; even when I faced strife.
All my life I have looked ahead, planned and driven myself,
For my heart is an eternal optimist that knows no dry spell.
I am no more the naive girl that embarked on her journey.
Today I am forty plus, a mature woman, living my life happily.
First published here.
Sonal is a multiple award winning blogger and writer and the founder of a women-centric manpower search firm - www.rianplacements.com. Her first book, a volume of poetry - Islands in the stream - is slated 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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