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Synonymous with boxing in India (and not just women’s boxing) is star sportsperson and superachiever, Mary Kom.
Five times World Boxing Champion, Mary Kom is among India’s brightest hopes for the London 2012 Olympics. In fact, it is partly her success and example that has led to women’s boxing being included in the Olympics at all – something that had been denied for a long time.
Kom’s achievements are even more special when one considers the tough challenges she has had to beat – she hails from a very modest family background, and her rise is also a reminder that given encouragement and resources, sport can be an enabler for many more young women and men in India to rise above their circumstances.
Why we find her inspiring:
– Because she has set boxing up as an acceptable sport for Indian women
– Because she overcame hesitation from her own family to make it in a sport not considered ‘womanly’
– Because she continues to work at her sport after having two children and is proof that motherhood does not have to be the only track in a woman’s life
– Because she is keen to give back to her state, Manipur, a troubled part of India
Pic credit: E-Pao Live
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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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