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Chronicles of the lost Daughters by Debarati Mukhopadhyay is a story from the late nineteenth century, with a vibrant background of Bengal where Debarati brings together the glory and the decadence of colonial times.
Chronicles of the lost Daughters by Debarati Mukhopadhyay, translated from Bengali by Arunava Sinha, is a story from the late nineteenth century. Set in a vibrant background of Bengal where Debarati brings together the glory and the decadence of colonial times.
The story starts with the chaos at the port, people being clueless about how and where life is taking them, Krishnoshundor is worried about his family. Where are they taking them?
How their life will be once they are sold as slaves?
While Debarati highlights the topics like Child Marriage, the debates and issues with women’s education, the life of widows, rapes, remarriage, the caste system and other such important topics.
The plot starts on an intriguing note that will make the readers curious to know more about Krishnoshundor’s life and the fate of his family.
As the story proceeds, it highlights Krishnoshundor’s life, and how they escaped the village as tragedy happens with his young sister Bhubonmoni. His wife’s perspective and the way he encourages his daughters to study.
Readers will witness the first inter-caste marriage here, you will see a woman fighting for her education rights and becoming the first doctor.
And there’s a track on Krishnoshundor’s life, Debarati introduces another track of Nawab Wajid Ali Shah languishing in exile.
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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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