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‘Saifeena’ have been blessed with a baby boy but rather than the birth, it is the ‘naming’ which followed that has brought about some unexpected reactions.
The trolling of Saif Ali Khan and Kareena Kapoor is definitely not a gift which they were expecting, from a country which really adores the couple. Well, the name is probably something the country did not expect.
The Internet is busy pulling out history and going back to how the conqueror Taimur (Timur in Persian) had killed 1,00,000 people in Delhi in a day.
But then the same Taimur was a military genius! Intuitive, intelligent, intellectual are also adjectives used to describe him. Those were times of conquests and his surpassed Alexander or Genghis Khan.
Probably Saifeena, out of love of history, just wanted their son to be named after an individual of power! Or perhaps the name meaning ‘Iron’ rung right with them or probably they just liked the sound of it.
Naming a child is solely the right of the parents and the country reacting the way it did, is definitely disappointing.
Looking at this situation from the other side, we live in a country where the history chapters are skewed based on certain factors.
Have we ever heard of ‘Ashoka’s Hell’ during our history classes – I don’t think so.
Do we demonize Alexander the great? No.
Often, most of us rely and form opinions based on what is taught to us – through school, our environment etc. Our nationalist feelings are based on the history we learnt in school. Only a small percentage look beyond school books to delve more.
The Muslim conquests of the country have always been looked down upon. Therefore, for a celebrity couple to name their child using a name which our ‘history books’ do not glorify was bound to hurt nationalism in some.
We might not react to a ‘Taimur’ at our workplace, but film stars are almost like demi-gods in India. As a result, their actions and non-actions are always under scrutiny.
One might complain that their personal life and decisions are theirs and not open to comments, but unfortunately, in reality, celebrities don’t enjoy that privilege.
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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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