Infographic: How To Take Care Of Worsening Mental Health During Menopause
Both menstruation and mental health have been topics rarely broached within an Indian household. So it comes as no surprise that there is a huge gap in awareness when it comes to the impact of one on...
View ArticleA Case For Period Leave: Hear Me Out, It’s Not The Death Of Feminism
Culture Machine, a Mumbai based media firm, became the first to give their female employees an optional first day of the period (FOP) leave. A lot of other companies and corporate firms followed this...
View ArticleThe Painful Story Of The Seasonal Migrant Workers In Madhya Pradesh
Every year after Diwali, Sunita Singh (name changed) along with her family members, which includes 6 male members, 4 young boys, 6 adolescents girls and 6 women, travel all the way from Raipur,...
View Article5 Times Representation Of Periods Was So ‘Offensive’ They Were Censored
Womxn bleed and it’s a biological process. It’s a fact and a lived experience of many. Sadly, menstruation is still stigmatized and not openly discussed. Even the mere sight of blood on social media is...
View Article“I Felt That I Was Treated Like A Machine”: Why Indian Women Fear Gynaecologists
Undergoing a gynaecological examination is an essential health practice which is very much recommended to be adopted by women. A wide-ranging number of women all over the globe will have to undertake a...
View ArticleShh… Listen! Do You Hear The Sound Of Climate Change In Our Newsrooms?
In the latest of climate change news, heavy rains and winds have shocked the western regions of India especially the financial capital, Mumbai. With winds blowing at a speed of 104 km/hr, rooftops and...
View ArticleDid You Know About These 2 Policies That Talk About Menstruation In India?
Around 72.63% of rural India practices open defecation (OD) regardless of having toilet facilities. The predominant reason for such practice being lack of awareness, following old age practice and...
View ArticleWhy Are Young Menstruators Reaching Menopause Early?
While open conversations surrounding menstruation have been growing, there several aspects of menstruation that have still been left behind. Young girls find out about menstruation usually around the...
View ArticleIs Menstruation Not A Health Issue Worth Discussing In Classrooms?
A conversation around menstruation is surrounded by a plethora of taboos and a ‘not-so-frequent’ subject for discussion when it comes to the Indian context. This ignorant behaviour of our society has...
View Article“Do I Get A Holiday From Housework When I’m On My Period?”
At any rate, when a subject is highly controversial- and any question about sex is that- one cannot hope to tell the truth. One can only show how one came to hold whatever opinion one does hold. One...
View ArticleThe First Step To Protect The Planet Would Be To Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emission
Today we are experiencing the effects of climate change — rise in temperature, change in snowfall and rainfall patterns and more extreme changes including heavy rainstorms and high temperatures are...
View ArticleWant To Contribute In Tackling Climate Change? Try ‘E’nnovation!
According to Google, ‘Environmental innovation’ or ‘Eco-innovation’ is the development of products and processes that contribute to sustainable development, applying the commercial application of...
View Article“The Four Vedas Never State Anywhere That A Woman’s Body Is Impure”
South Asia’s women are shackled by a myriad of social customs and beliefs that embrace and straddle the patriarchy.” Kamla Bhasin. Observing right from the period of Aristotle, who regarded a woman’s...
View ArticlePost-Lockdown, Dreams Of Becoming A Doctor In Jeopardy For Rabeya
Jaynagar is 2 hours by road from Kolkata. For girls living here, secondary education is a far-fetched dream. They are married off before they reach Class 8, which for their parents means one less mouth...
View ArticleIs Online Education Really Solving The Emergency In Public Schools?
India is staring at the possibility of schools remaining physically closed till the universal vaccination against Covid-19 is accomplished, which in my reckoning is unlikely to happen any time soon....
View ArticleDear PM Modi, Can You Ensure O2 Cylinders Don’t Become An Essential For...
Ridhima Pandey. On International Day for Clean Air and Blue Skies, I have written to our Prime Minister demanding clean air for all. Once at school, our teacher asked us about our worst nightmare. I...
View Article“Without A Phone Or Laptop, The Lockdown Helped Me Find The Artist In Me”
It was on the 24th of March. My cell phone accidentally fell into a bucket of water after which it completely shut down. I went to the mobile repairer where he told that it would take a day to repair...
View ArticlePuberty Can Be A Disturbing Period For Girls: How Society Can Destigmatise...
Us women face various natural processes throughout our life, such as menstruation, puberty, childbirth and many more. But puberty and menstrual cycles are the most crucial periods of our lives due to...
View ArticlePoem: Menstruation, A Societal Shame?
For five days straight Every month I bleed profusely People think it’s my fault, What shall I do? Wrap up my uterus And store it in a vault? When I had my first period My mom told me, Don’t let your...
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