Sometimes I tell bad jokes and the people around me don't laugh... It is the perfect 'ground burry me' situation for me where I ask the Earth to open up and swallow me whole.

Rabia Kapoor's story begins with this thought. Her father Rajat Kapoor has triumphed the silver screen with great performances as an actor as well as a director. His 19-year-old daughter is a living inspiration for us, but most of us never knew that she existed and that she had such beautiful thoughts.

Rabia has performed at various storytelling events and sessions but something that is utterly close to my heart is something that every girl faces these days. Her piece The Introvert's Banter managed to fetch great response from people around the globe but here's another one where she wants young boys to stop OBJECTIFYING girls. 

Her piece starts with people not being able to accept her uniqueness. 

People usually face this when they don't have thoughts that match with other people. I know that because I have been there. If you are different you tend to do things that most people don't do and that's when you are rated or judged. 

People don't acknowledge the uniqueness and that is pretty much okay. 

Because a girl who is not like other girls is not bounded by the opinions of people around her. She knows there's no one who can be HER better than HER.

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