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Shiny Wilson is an amazing athlete who never failed to set the track ablaze with her speed and determination.
Born in 1965 in Kerala, Shiny Wilson has been a national champion for a long time. She has represented India in several international venues including 4 Olympic Games and 3 Asian Games. She also has the distinction of being the first Indian woman flag bearer at the Barcelona Olympics in 1992.
Shiny Wilson has won several medals for India; some even after marriage and motherhood. She was adjudged as the best woman athlete at the SAF games in Chennai in 1995. Known for her honesty and hard work, Shiny Wilson is regarded as one of the top athletes in Asia. She was awarded the Arjuna Award in 1985, Birla Award in 1996 and the Padma Shri in 1998.
Why we find her inspiring:
– For her strength and dedication in achieving her goals
– For standing up and accepting her mistake when she committed an error in a major track event
– For making the world sit up and take notice of Indian women athletes
– For making her motherland proud with her achievements
*Photo credit: The Hindu
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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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