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When all friends of my age were wandering and exploring their lives, I was subjected to the four walls of my home which was no less than a jail.
NEVER HAD I IMAGINED THAT MY LIFE WOULD TURN INTO AN INFERNO …
When I became a teenage girl, my parents became more alert. Instead of showing concern towards my studies , they were more concerned about my company of boys. My mom even started spying on me in fear that I might fall prey to an evil-minded boy. I was restricted to roam around freely. Instead of giving “Sex Education”, my parents told me to stay away from boys.
When all friends of my age were wandering and exploring their lives, I was subjected to the four walls of my home which was no less than a jail. The zeal and vigour to play and enjoy was suppressed. On the other hand, I could not find any change in my brother’s life who was also a teenager. He was studying, playing, hanging out and rejoicing his life.
Why Amma? Why?
Why did you do that to me?
Couldn’t you see in my eyes;
The burning desire to learn, grow, enjoy and be wise.
Why did you snatch away my freedom
And forced me into a life of boredom?
You made me believe that a girl’s life is a curse,
Which everyone else contributes in making it worse.
I am taking a vow today that if ever I would have a daughter,
I will definitely raise her with pride and make her life better.
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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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