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Every year comes Dussehra, and the Goddess is crafted again. What of the goddess' own dreams?
Every year comes Dussehra, and the Goddess is crafted again in the image of her sculptor’s dreams. What of the goddess’ own dreams?
Your skillful male hands knead the mud to shape me as you may in a set mould
since centuries the same cast, a million women repeat and relive a future of past
broad forehead to bring you lines of fortune
lotus-eyes to bring compassion and wrath, or when you say doom- doom!
only love and endearment her lips allowed to smile and sing
the tongue that drinks your adversary’s blood and never utters a single word
the perfect curves to be the mother in her endless womb your dreams to nurture
the thighs strong to bear you sons fight your wars defeat your demons
the embellishments, perfect all to show your prosperity and the burial in water the final downfall
the ritual carving of a mortal mother every year you dear man her author her sculptor!
First posted at author’s blog.
Image source: By AKS.9955 (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons, for representational purposes only.
Pooja Priyamvada is an author, columnist, translator, online content & Social Media consultant, and poet. An awarded bi-lingual blogger she is a trained psychological/mental health first aider, mindfulness & grief facilitator, emotional wellness trainer, reflective 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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