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A husband wanting to separate - why will he think of what she wants, how she feels, what she will face, how to tell the kids?
Ever felt the lull in the light? The usual 1pm Sunday sunlit room, as you dust the book shelf.
The idlis are cooking, The coconut chutney aroma fills the home, The kids are busy with their colourbooks, and the TV plays in the background.
There is peace, but then why is your heart anxious?
“But, can you be home for one Sunday?” “What will one Sunday change?” “For the kids..” “For the kids, we are just separating..” “Was there ever any love?” “There will always be love..” “Just not the same kind of love?” “There are many kinds of love…” “Why can I not have that one kind of love?” “Because people love differently…. haven’t we discussed this before?”
The pressure cooker whistle blocks all other noises “Mama, I think it’s ready!!”
What will a tag do? It will liberate you.. The expenses? Well, many have it worse than you.. have some faith in yourself.. The love? It was never yours.. The kids? You tell them the truth..
A known tap on the hand directs you to the familiar smile, “Mama, it’s ready!” Another set of little fingers hold your hand, “Mama, let’s go! It’s ready…”
“So am I… come let’s eat.”
Some decisions are hard until taken.
Image source: a still from the series Yeh Meri Family
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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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