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There is so much happening outside and inside us, that insomnia is now a relentless constant, especially for women who feel too deeply.
Because it is too hot Or it is too cold
Because, hormones.
Because there is something on the roof, That scratch scratch scratches all night long.
Because I keep getting up to drink water And then I keep getting up to pee.
Because I slept too much when I was younger.
Because I saw a cockroach once on my pillow, And now I believe that it is always around Waiting to crawl in my ear and feast on my brain.
Because I scroll, scroll, scroll, watching lives happen At a distance of one day forward from where I am.
Because I’m haunted by worry, or sorrow, or anger.
Because the nights are too short, To contain everything I feel.
Because I am so exhausted by the weight on my heart, I don’t even have the energy to unload it.
Because when I do go to sleep, I have nightmares of being abandoned.
Because as much as I would like it to The world doesn’t just stop.
Because when I wake up, it will still all be here, And any respite I get in sleep, will have been a lie anyway.
Because I am immune now to hot baths, turmeric milk, guided meditation, And yes, I could keep my phone aside, But then I’d have to deal with the inside of my mind.
Because I am kept awake, By all these half truths, Swimming in my eyes.
Image source: a still from the film Thappad.
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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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