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“Tu beti nahi, beta hai (you are not a daughter, but a son)”. Nothing gets my goat more than this statement. Now I get to hear it evermore after my dad’s passing.
They say I am a son. Nothing irks me more.I am no different than what I was when young.I was a daughter then, I am a daughter now
I was a daughter when my father was mocked as the only brother to have one.I was a daughter when they questioned about investing in my education.I was a daughter when I launched my company and made it grow.I was a daughter when the same naysayers took pride in my achievements.I was a daughter then, I am a daughter now.
I was a daughter when the doctors insisted on talking to a man.You would not be able to take the news, they said.I was a daughter when I researched the procedures.I was a daughter when I cleaned my father’s stitches.I was a daughter when the sight of blood did not make me queasy.I was a daughter then, I am a daughter now.
I was a daughter when I was stopped from touching my father’s ashes.Daughters aren’t allowed to do that, he said.I was a daughter when I made the arrangements.I was a daughter when I handled the paperwork.I was a daughter then, I am a daughter now.
I was always a daughter, the apple of my parents’ eyes.I am a daughter, my brother’s partner in crime.I was never weak, but a girl is all everyone saw.Please do not undermine me by calling me a son.I am a daughter, and shall always be a daughter.
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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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