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Do you know how it feels? To be a woman in a country where clothes are blamed for crimes, not the perpetrator?
Do you know what it takes to be a woman?
I say: a heart of steel, a conscious mind.
In a country where women are worshipped,
Do you know how it feels?
To witness crime against women at an all time rise,
Everyday same story, different narratives,
Big news headings of how a woman was violated.
To be a woman in the world’s largest democracy,
Where you’re asked to keep mum, not to say too much, Or else you would be noticed.
And being noticed is apparently not “safe”.
Do you know how it feels? To be a woman,
In a country where clothes are blamed for crimes, not the perpetrator.
Where the abuser is given the benefit of doubt, not the victim.
To be a woman in the country, who’s still not treated equally, and is discriminated just because she is a woman.
Who’s not given equal pay, or opportunities,
Because apparently a man will do it better.
To be a woman in the country, where every move, every step you take is scrutinised,
And you’re looked down on just because you don’t have a conventional thinking.
Even after all that,
Being a woman is a blessing if you ask me,
It might get taxing and extremely laborious sometimes,
But there’s nothing more empowering than being a woman.
A woman who’s head strong, compassionate,
A woman who knows what she wants,
A woman who’s a go- getter,
and does not let the world bring her done.
Do you know how it feels, To be a woman?
It’s a blessing in disguise if you ask me.
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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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