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The migrant from the native, Caution thrown to winds, they risk dying to live, The bridges they built with their labour and sweat, Now stained with their tears and blood…
They washed his feet and treated him like God They obsessed over him to get into power When the storm came they forgot That their Gods are hungry and desolate Shut out of the tall gates Left to face their dark fate Trudging miles, empty hands and hollow eyes Allegory of abandoned dreams and hope Poverty and helplessness no less violent to cope The crisis churned the rich from the poor The migrant from the native Caution thrown to winds, they risk dying to live The bridges they built with their labour and sweat Now stained with their tears and blood, No building too tall, no road too long No distance too far can keep them bereft Of their home and hearth Once the wailing hearts find peace The babies with full bellies go to sleep What they earned and what they lost Is hard math for them to sort Their backs broke but spirits intact It’s only a matter of time in fact, When they will come back With their chisels and hammers And brushes and saws To dream new dreams And to heal old scars.
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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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