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I have wanted to be nurturing and compassionate but also a promising leader. And who says that I need a prince for all that?
Fairy tales bother me
I don’t want to be saved
I have always wanted
to be the protector
I have dreamt of bravely
fighting the dragon
I also have a truce
with the sword
I have wanted to ascend
the steep mountain
and fearlessly swim
the vast ocean
I also want my pen
to breathe out fire and
I want to stand for my words
I have travelled alone and
still traced my way
I have raised my voice and
made myself heard often
I want to work too hard for
my brain to be considered
and not just looks
I have wanted to be nurturing
and compassionate but also
a promising leader
And who says that I need
a prince for all that?
Picture credits: Still from Bollywood movie Padmavat
Mitra mostly writes poems and occasionally pens down stories or memoirs. She is a software professional with a passion for both technology and literature. She has published a book of poetry called, ‘Beginning’ and participates read more...
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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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