Prathima's Miles & Milestones

• The ones who were taunted and terrorized at every turn.
• The ones who were told that they were too fat, or too skinny, or too pretty, or ugly.
• The one who was under-qualified for the job or overqualified for the job.
• The one that is popular among the crowd or the one that is termed as not-ready-to-mingle.
• The one who was told that it’s not a soft girl’s job to handle a team.
• The ones who were told that they were not smart enough or too smart for their own good.
• The ones who were told that stage is not really your thing at this age.
• The one who was told that your biological clock is ticking.
• The ones who continue to soar to great heights, despite the ones around them trying to clip their wings.
• The ones who were told to stay in their lane, or stay quiet, or pretend like they didn’t know the answer when, in fact, they did.
• The ones who were able to rise above the mess and the heartache.
• The ones who were defined just to study-get married-reproduce to create a family.
• To the ones who were told that jumping the corporate ladder is not for the weak.
• To the one whose are called bossy & demanding instead of applauding for the leadership skills.
• To the one who is called lucky whenever there is a proposal from a rich family. Little do they know that we make our own luck & prosper.
• To the ones who are called “extremely-ambitious”, “too successful” to look for a prospect.
• To the ones who are told to settle for less qualified, less ambitious men.
• To the ones who are told to hide their role, lie about lower CTC to avoid ego clashes with your mate.
• The ones who tuned out the noise, the chatter, and the chorus of “no.”
• The ones who were able to mute the whispers of lies that told them that they were not good enough — so that they could hear the little voice inside of them that said, “you can.”
• To the ones who were badmouthed once we left our homes to pursue our dreams in different cities, counties.
• The ones who were told what they could or could not do with their own bodies — but found a way to claim their rights, anyway — the ones who told the world that they are not to be bought or to be owned.
• The ones who didn’t give up on dreams, but instead, persisted — and persevered.

You are the things that we have yet to dream of — but you are the ones who will make those dreams a reality.

You are more than one thing.

You have always been more than one thing.