World Cancer Day: Tahira Kashyap pens poem creating awareness about breast cancer

Marking the occasion of World Cancer Day writerdirector and cancer survivor Tahira Kashyap Khurrana penned a heartfelt poem on social mediaThe fierce fighter and wife of Bollywood actor Ayushmann Khurrana Tahira is a cancer survivor who has time and again raised her voice to create awareness embracing her flaws as well as encouraging everyone to do the sameWhile creating awareness for breast cancer she recited her journey fighting the deadly disease and encouraged women to embrace themselves with their scars as the badges of honourTahira took to Instagram on Thursday and shared a video reciting her journey fighting through the battle of scars and emerging as a precedent for many othersView this post on InstagramA post shared by tahirakashyapkhurrana tahirakashyapShe said Some scars are deep some withinSome are seen while some are hiddenThe thing about scars is it reminds you of the pastThe moments of suffering that you thought would forever lastBut theres more these goddamn scarsTheyre secrets in far away just like starsIts the truth which you dont see with your naked eyeOblivious to the functioning of the world a blatant lieBut hear me theres more to the scarIt also talks about the fight the resilience and your invincible powerMy love and respect to those who foughtThe treacherous battlefield that some crossed while some got lostBut the thing with the health karma is that everyone is a winnerFor its the fight that counts whether youre an expert or a beginnerThe fight with cancer is not just physical but also mentalSome battles are more tough to conquer especially if theyre internalBut hear me again we all have that fighter which has the universes mightThe indomitable spirit that cant be crushed by any frightHide not your scars my love show them flaunt them just like your bright smile soothing to other eyesAnd when you do that time and again giving people nowhere to run and hideThey will have to fall in love with your badge of honour your prizeSo hear me one last time fall in love with yourself all with dusks scars and cryThats what makes you youFaulty imperfect blemished but all trueSo let me hear you say on this day this year 2021 loud and shrillCommit yourself to spreading awareness about early breast cancer detectionSay it say it with me this years theme I AM AND I WILLAlong with the video she wrote the caption This is something I had experienced and written about and still mean every word of it Joining this years theme of I AM AND I WILL I urge you all to take notice of this day to spread awareness about early breast cancer detection to remove any stigma associated with it and to celebrate life along with its many scarsBack in 2018 Tahira was diagnosed with Stage 1a Breast Cancer The valiant warrior has been vocal about her disease proving to be an inspiration to many others who are suffering silentlyTahira is a bestselling author a columnist a film director and also a cancer survivor She is a source of inspiration and is a celebrated icon for womens empowerment Recently Tahira joined hands with Ekta Kapoor and Guneet Monga to commence a cinema collective Indian Women Rising providing a platform to promote and accentuate content created by Indian female filmmakers across the globeThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever