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#Poetry. As a girl, I wasn't enough when I was born, neither was I enough at every stage of life. But today, I realise that I am. I am a woman, and I am enough!
#Poetry. As a girl, I wasn’t enough when I was born, neither was I enough at every stage of life. But today, I realise that I am. I am a woman, and I am enough!
I wasn’t enough, When I arrived, my mom cried She swallowed a gold leaf to produce her crown, a boy To fill in her humiliated heart, surge of deserved joy But then I arrived, my mom cried Pretty, healthy baby whose hair had curls But I wasn’t enough, I was a girl My existence unwanted, my choices rejected I treaded on a path holding my head high But that lane would accept coy cows who were shy The sanskari ones, frozen hearts, who existed or not, God knows? But in my veins, there were alive volcanoes I wasn’t enough, to be cast in their mould To behave in a pattern which was age old They pounced, they shouted, fingers pointed To break, destroy that element which makes me bold Shattered, scared, tamed, at last I followed their race Where the destination was unknown With fear in my heart, I got used and thrown Once again, trapped in their world, Where I wasn’t enough Each step was risky, trashy and rough And then That warm, cute bundle of joy arrived Who searched me, frantically all over? Who couldn’t stay away from me? For even an hour, my unabashed ruler My one month old daughter Who couldn’t even utter a word? Spoke to me in a language The language of faith, the language of love She birthed me as a mother Her eloquent eyes, her touch telling me “You are the only one mom, what I need” The lava within me transforms into tears Welled up, accumulated from years My heart becomes a mirror Crystal clear Reflecting a picture of a mother Who is enough, more than enough? The mother the creator Who has the power To enthuse HOPE in every sphere And now every fear This Mom is enough to conquer So let’s cheer! As I AM ENOUGH I am a Woman
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Meenakshi M. Singh is an author of three books “SOULFUL SYMPHONY”, “AAWAZ” and “I AM ENOUGH”- a poetic tribute to the strength of the woman. She is the founder of She The Shakti Inc., a 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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