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Extra Kilos: Extra burden


Hello, I am Rajni. I
want to share my story, my plight of being body shamed in my teenage.
Let’s start.
I was a healthy, plump girl. From childhood, I was lean and thin, but due to medical issues of PCOS and hypothyroidism I gained a lot of weight and that was my biggest mistake according to people. Wherever I go on this planet, I was being humiliated, mocked because of my weight and appearance. I had heard all sorts of disgraceful comments in my teenage. I was often termed as ‘moti’, ‘bhais’ etc. When, I was in my high school group of girls used to make fun of my weight. They often used to murmur and laugh behind my back. I had got all sorts of advice like ‘yoga karo’, ‘do some exercise’ etc. I had endured every taunt and mockery with a...