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Poem On Self-Respect: The Miracle— When you find a miracle, what will you do? Will you be bewildered, question if it’s true? Will you wonder if you’re worthy of such a thing
[ We see miracles every day: an act of kindness, a smile that changes your mood or when you are acknowledged, and you are thrilled. ]
A Miracle
When you find a miracle, what will you do? Will you be bewildered, question if it’s true? Will you wonder if you’re worthy of such a thing, Or will you wonder what joy it could possibly bring?
If you could, would you pass on the miracle? Would you be generous or maybe critical? Would you accept it without any question? Would you ask others what to do with it, any suggestions?
If a miracle came to you as a sign, Would you ignore, question, or accept it as divine? How will you know if it’s a miracle at all? Would you think it’s a trick, or maybe it’s the Lord’s call?
If you think the miracle is because you asked for one in your prayers, Would you accept it without thought or look for more, deeper layers? Look into a mirror, what do you see is true? That miracle you see is none other than you.
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Chitra Govindraj grew up in Dubai, was educated in the US and now lives with her family in Bangalore, India. She dabbled in the corporate world as a banker and a soft skills trainer and 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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