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There is no doubt that Anoushka Shankar has music in her blood as she mesmerizes one and all with her sitar.
Hailed as a child prodigy, Anoushka Shankar started learning to play the sitar at the age of 7 under the guidance of her father, the late Pandit Ravi Shankar. Being the daughter of a legend, comparisons were inevitable but today, her performances continue to captivate audiences all over the world.
Anoushka gave her first public performance when she was 13 and released her first album at 17. She was the youngest and first woman nominee for the Grammy awards in the World Music category for her album Live at Carnegie Hall. Anoushka has collaborated with several leading names in the music industry, such as Sting and Madonna.
Anoushka is an ardent supporter of animal rights as well as the spokesperson for the United Nations World Food Programme in India. Recently, Anoushka has also spoken out to lend support to the One Billion Rising campaign which aims to spread awareness and combat violence against women.
Why we find her inspiring:
– For her incredible talent and passion for music
– For using her celebrity status to take up social causes
– For bravely accepting that she was a victim of child sexual abuse in a country where such issues are swept under the carpet
*Photo source: World Music Central.
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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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