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Taslima Nasrin describes herself as a writer, activist, secular humanist, feminist and physician – we’d like to add inspiring woman to that!
Trained as a doctor, Taslima is better known for her passionate and honest writing on women’s issues and as a champion of human rights. Often in the news for her progressive views and outspokenness, Taslima has boldly carved herself a fitting place in history.
She has been bestowed with numerous awards such as the Ananda Literary Award, Natyasava Award, Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thoughts, Saratchandra Award, Feminist Of The Year Award and Freethought Heroine Award among many others. Although she has been disallowed from entering Bangladesh, countries such as France have awarded her Honorary Citizenships and she is currently living in New Delhi.
Why we find her inspiring:
– Because she refuses to be cowed down by dictators and extremists
– Because she believes in herself and is not afraid to voice her opinions boldly
– Because she challenges the boundaries that society sets and is willing to go beyond them
– Because even while living in exile, she lives with dignity and courage, never allowing her spirit to be broken
*Photo courtesy: http://taslimanasrin.com/index2.html
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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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