Tahira Kashyap, a writer and director in her own right and actor Ayushamnn Khurrana's wife, who is a cancer survivor after her battle with breast cancer, on Sunday, penned down a compelling poem titled Scars. On National Cancer Survivors Day, she posted an audio clip of herself narrating the poem on her official Instagram account.

She wrote, "A small something I have written... #nationalcancersurvivorsday. But hear me, there’s more to this scar, It talks also about the fight, the resilience, and your invincible power. My love and respect to those who fought, The treacherous battlefield that few crossed while some got lost."

Tahira also encouraged cancer survivors to proudly show off their scars, which are a testament to the "indomitable spirit that can’t be crushed by any fright". "Hide not your scars my love, Show them, flaunt them, just like your bright smile, soothing to others eyes, And when you do that time and again giving people nowhere to run and hide, they will have to fall in love with your badge of honour, your prize," she wrote. 

In the final lines of her poem, Tahira urged fellow survivors to love themselves and all their ‘dust, scar and grime’, "For that’s what make you, YOU, Faulty, imperfect, blemished but all true!" For the uninformed, Tahira was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2018 and underwent a mastectomy. On an audio show titled My Ex-Breast, Ayushmann said that he was inspired by her strength throughout her battle with cancer and called her his "victorious queen".