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Patriarchy continues to dominate our world as we continue to see injustices committed against women which are perpetrated by society.
Buy me or mortgage me Because im your property Sell me or divide me Because i have no autonomy Character assassination what fate had in store for me Because i am born in captivity There is only pain and no gain for me Because i am circled in patriarchy
This is not a tale of mythology Nor is it a fable of queen draupadi It signifies the lives of you and me
It has various shades and has one for everybody I am a daughter, a mother, a sister, a wife But for myself, i am nobody Even in the 21st century you must stick to femininity, Any deviance shall be met with terrible catastrophe You may be a doctor, a lawyer or a CEO But your roti at the end should only be gol They expect you to be clad with modernity But what is modernity remains to be defined by the society Wanted a fair, good looking, well eductaed bride they say Wanted a trophy that they can display is what they do not say ‘X’ decides ‘Y’ implements to whose house ‘You’ will be sent You are an object which can be bought, sold, damaged or lent From Draupadi to Laxmi to Nirbhaya, there is no end.
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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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