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This powerful piece of poetry for Women's Day, where a woman claims herself, will move you. This Women's Day, let's claim our right to be.
This powerful piece of poetry for Women’s Day, where a woman claims herself, will move you. This Women’s Day, let’s claim our right to be.
When I was born
You sighed at my dark skin tone
Alas! Who will marry me?
When I was a little girl, I danced to a perfect rhythm
You said – what is the point? It cannot be your life
When I was in my teens
You asked –What do I want to become?
Before I replied, you told me what I could and could not become.
When I became a woman
You asked – when will I marry?
When I did marry and there was relief all around,
You asked – when will I have a baby?
When I became a new mother
You asked – when will I have the second child?
When I had two daughters
You asked -when will I have a son?
When I worked, you asked, why did I have to work?
When I was at home, you asked, why I wasn’t working?
When I laughed
You said – How can I be so loud?
When I cried
You said – What else can I do but cry?
Now, I ask you to stop asking me questions!
I am not just a waistline
I am not just a pay cheque
I am not just the dal chawal dinner
Today I present to you my blank slate of life.
I am the question and I am the answer in my life.
I am the empyrean.
I am the abyss.
I am all that there is,
All there is, is in me.
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Archana was raised in Chennai and lives in Dubai.She was a banking professional for more than a decade. She holds a diploma in creative writing from Writers Bureau,UK and a master's degree 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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