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Ageing into your forties does not have to be about letting go of a younger self. It can be the starting point of a shift in perspective and your next step to growth.
Forty is a strange age, A strange age indeed, More curious than you can think, As with a jolt you realize, That you have passed half of your age, Just in a blink.
Forty is a strange age, A strange age indeed, More strange then you can imagine, As now the fears which, Made you restless earlier, Are no where to be seen.
Forty is a strange age, A strange age indeed, More queer than you might understand, As now you ignore the things, Which earlier you could, Never tolerate or withstand.
Forty is a strange age, A strange age indeed, More amazing your life becomes, Having aced the art of handling every problem small and great, What others will say, Don’t matter to you anymore, Nor do you care.
Forty is a strange age, A strange age indeed, More happening than the other stages of your life, The age where you halt your run to act according to others, And stop proving, That you are a good mother,daughter in law or wife.
Forty is a strange age, A strange age indeed, More placid,calm and serene, Where you start loving yourself all over again, Your affair with yourself, Once again you revive and begin.
Forty is a strange age, A strange age indeed, The age when you start, Giving time to your passions and dreams Again you start with vigour new, To discover new avenues.
Forty is a strange age, A strange age indeed, Because you have realized, That life is uncertain, And even for yourself, You have to live.
Photo: Still from the movie How Old Are You
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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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