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This poem describes what goes on in a woman's mind when she resolves to break the shackles and fly free.
She stepped out of the shadows, into the light
Tentative steps, guided only by will and might
Scared and nervous and yet with a steely resolve
She vowed to be strong, to adapt and to evolve.
They had shackled her, bound her in servitude
Till all she felt was pain, a perpetual lassitude
Until one day, her spirit kicked back, it fought
She rose, broke open the ties and she sought.
Today she stood on the threshold of a new life
But if only she could shed fear, fight her strife
The forbidden beckoned as liberty danced free
Her bolstered spirit stepped out, joined the melee
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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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