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Parkinson's disease is not easy to live with, but it also taught this author the value of her own self. Here's what she wants to thank Parkinson's for...
I can’t believe I am writing you a thank you note, but let’s just say that you’ve made life interesting, shall we?
Thank you Parkinson’s for you made me fearless. I used to be conscious, self-conscious to be precise, of the way I looked, the way I spoke, the way I sang, the way I danced. But now I don’t care. And it’s all thanks to you.
You made me realise the absolute ability and beauty of my body and taught me that it can change overnight. You helped me understand the importance of the self, a notion that we are often taught to de-prioritise thanks to the warped socialisation process. So thank you.
It is only because of you that I have renewed self-confidence, something that people would not have associated with me say 10 years ago.You’ve taught me how to live in the moment, to appreciate the ordinary things for they are in fact the extraordinary things when you look back in retrospect .
I learnt this the hard way of course but then isn’t that what you taught me too ? To be grateful?
Also before I forget, Parkinson’s, you’ve taught me patience, loads of patience. Eating a damn meal with cutlery has become cumbersome these days but when I am able to do that with oodles of patience, I am ecstatic. So thank you for this virtue that I thought I would never have mastered in this life at least.
Finally you taught me the value of time and how we need to make the most of it. So here’s me trying to live every moment to its fullest because I just cannot trust tomorrow.
Your Young Warrior
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Snehal is a freelance writer and poet based in London with her husband and two young children. Her writing primarily reflects her motherhood journey, memories of her own childhood and the essence of everyday moments. 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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