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This poem talks about how women have been marginalized since the times of our mythology and explores if anything has changed for us?
I am the same who was thrown,in the pyre in the name of SatiI am the same who was thrown,in the fire to prove my loyalty as SitaI am the same Draupadi, who was left behind,in the Himalayan foothill by the five of you.I am the same, thrown by you,in the the temple, as a DaasiI am the same who has traveled,through light and fire,In your History and Mythology books.Only to be labelled as a Powerful Woman.That powerful Woman, who is still finding,where is her Fire, within or outside.And,
Only to be found that,She is trapped, only to be thrown away.
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She keeps wandering, she was also caught in the class as she was day dreaming, somehow managed to escape from her English teacher 2 decades back, and now entangled herself in this happy cobweb of 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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