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The story of a woman’s fight for freedom from oppression and the shackles of abuse in matrimony.
I fled; I ascended towards the light, I rose Higher and higher to flee the life I chose I spied a stairway, a bridge to freedom I latched onto it, I took a decision random.
For to me, it was a beacon in my stormy night Something that brought hope and liberty in sight I left behind the bleeding crimson of my days I clambered up, forgetting old paths and ways.
Chased by the demons of my granite past I climbed towards the aura, the beacon cast Tipping my head and breathing in a pledge To step by step ascend, sans past suffrage
Yes, finally I left behind my pain and sorrow Hopeful I snuck a look ahead at the morrow It beckoned to me arms outstretched at dawn I realized I had won, was no longer his pawn.
Author’s note – My poem is the story of a woman’s fight for freedom from oppression and the shackles of abuse in matrimony.
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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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