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Freedom from prejudices and feeling of oneness with humanity.. will we ever achieve this?
We are all born free Or so we think I am made of flesh and bones And so are you!
I feel, love, cry and laugh I have hopes, dreams and aspirations for a better life And so do you!
Then why was I told that you and I are different? Not worthy of marriage to me and friendship with me? You are Salman, I am Sahgal You are Muslim, I am Hindu Are we not the same? Made of flesh and blood, hopes and desires?
I look at her and she reminds me of myself Brimming with optimism and hope, yet carefully cynical I was born in the city and she in a village I of a certain caste, she of another Why are we different? Are we not the same?
You see, we think we are free but we are not Because this freedom is an illusion One that we have created For we have created both the chains that bind us and the means to free ourselves
Unlearn, unlearn, unlearn Unlearn this toxicity that clouds your judgement That makes you look at someone else as a category and not a human This poison that is socially constructed Unlearn it please
Your race, gender, caste and class Are both real and unreal They define you, but they should not
After all, we have a lot more in common with each other, do we not? Your courage, conviction, values and judgement These are things I treasure in a person And they cut across barriers, across nationalities, across genders and castes
You are a human and so am I In you I see a bit of me and in me, I hope you see a bit of you Our governments may say we are different, but I disagree Our families may disapprove, but to them I say: “To Hell with it”
We are free, yet in chains Let’s break these chains together And show them what it truly means to be “free”
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Kanav is, as of June 2021, pursuing his Master's in Development from Azim Premji University, Bangalore. He identifies as queer for personal and political reasons and can be contacted via https://www.linkedin.com/ 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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