Prachi hails from Sitapur district and bagged the first position in state-level examination. She currently aspires to crack IIT-JEE. Class 10th student's father Chandra Prakash Nigam, is a contractor, and her mother, Mamta Nigam, is a housewife. She has a brother and a sister, both of whom are in class 10.
Reportedly, Prachi has a knack for playing badminton, reading books and being social.
Prachi Nigam, a teenager from Sitapur, Uttar Pradesh has made news for scoring 98.5% in her 10th standard board examinations, making her the state topper for her year. She has been featured in various posters rounding up high school students’ success stories, which are created and circulated by local coaching classes and tutorials. While these posters are usually met with an array of congratulatory reactions every year, this time around, Prachi was trolled for her appearance. Nameless online bullies remarked and mocked the teenager for sporting prominent facial hair, instead of focusing on her academic achievement. Talk about missing the point!
There is no doubt about how the internet can be a double-edged sword. While this is a free space to express opinions and thoughts, it can get very nasty and dark as well. Recently, the UP board topper Prachi Nigam was heavily trolled due to her natural facial hair.
Comments like these make it evident that we ask young girls to not just match their fellows in academics, but to also take out extra time to look normatively “presentable”. This comes at the cost of young people’s health, whether it is their mental well-being or dealing with hormonal fluctuations, which is common among teenagers like Prachi.
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