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“People go off to drop their kids to college. I’m going to drop my wife to the university of London as she goes to do her Masters in Fiction Writing,’’ Akshay said in a statement to Pinkvilla.
A brilliant news flash about which I’d like to pot a spotlight on something we have normalised something that we never notice it as an issue.
So let’s first get to know what I am referring to.
The news is that the witty Twinkle Khanna got enrolled in Goldsmiths, University of London, for a Masters in Fiction Writing. I can’t keep calm as she is again setting an example and she deserves it.
The family was recently spotted at the airport where it was stated that Akshay Kumar is also travelling with the family there and will be spending some quality time together, after which our Mrs Funnybones will stay in London to pursue the course.
However, dear Akshay, your statement for Pinkvilla was presented in such a way that I feel you wanted to bag an award for ‘doing something great’!
“People go off to drop their kids to college. I’m going to drop my wife to the university of London as she goes to do her Masters in Fiction Writing,’’ Akshay said in a statement to Pinkvilla. This statement seems to be angling for a pat on the back for what you did.
As we all know Miss Funnybones deserves what she is doing, and as a husband, there is nothing to claim brownie points about!
In India, why do we call ourselves progressive when we “give permission” to a girl or woman to pursue what she wants to do? Why do we want to take the credit for ‘allowing them’ to do something that they fully deserve?
And if this is quoted as an ‘example’ for families, most of the husbands would say “Vo Akshay Kumar hai- hum nahi! (that’s Akshay Kumar; don’t expect this of me!)”.
Women’s life should and must not stop after marriage and honestly, there are no criteria where we are supposed to burden a woman with these changes. If a man can do what he wants to then a woman must also be able to. There is nothing great in it or something to make a big deal out of.
And bragging is such a big ‘no’.
Do we ever make such such statements when a wife drops off her husband while choosing a certain career path? I guess then it becomes meh – she is just being a supportive wife.
Yes, what Akshay said wasn’t wrong, but certainly I can see a little shadow of gender bias. I adore Akshay for the work he does, but sometimes we need to be clearer in what we say. Yes, you can be proud of what your loved one does, but it is her call.
So with this good news, let us just look forward to when out dear Mrs Funnybones will write something really interesting again.
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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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