“Menstruating At Work Is Considered A Sign Of Weakness And Shame”
When I stepped into the corporate world, I was told that corporate life is less dependent on degrees and more on ‘learning on the job’. After spending more than a decade in the corporate world, I echo...
View ArticleYour Guide To Talk To Your Kids About Menstruation
When I asked my seven years old niece about periods, she fled. I got concerned thinking of how to console her. To my surprise, she came back immediately with a bag showing me the sanitary pads in it....
View ArticleWhat’s The Connection Of Menstruation With Gender-Based Violence?
Gender-based violence (GBV) is an untold story and unrevealed experience for a considerable percentage of women in India and the world. NFHS-IV data shows that 30% of women in India in the age group of...
View ArticleHow The Manusmriti, And Not The Vedas, Informs Us About Impurity Of Menstruation
Menstruation In Scriptures And Religious Texts Menstruation is a commonly debated and discussed topic in the contours of religion, particularly regarding its depiction in scriptures and ancient texts....
View ArticleOpinion Polls Suggest Nitish Will Retain Bihar, But I Don’t Think So. Here’s...
On 13 th October 2020, I had written an article on this platform before any opinion polls came out. After my article, there were as many as six different opinion polls all of which either gives NDA a...
View ArticleClaim, Counterclaims And Class Politics: When Is Bihar Going To Change How It...
I am to understand that except for the RJD, none of the political parties are bothered to highlight the issues and affairs of the masses, as if mocking Nitish Kumar for his alleged misrule and...
View Article“Free COVID-19 Vaccines, If Voted To Power”: Politics Over Public Health For...
As soon as #COVID19 vaccine will be available for production at a mass scale, every person in Bihar will get free vaccination. This is the first promise mentioned in our poll manifesto: Union Minister...
View ArticleExplained: What Is BJP’s Election Manifesto Promising Bihar?
The BJP wing has come up with an election manifesto that has a rather interesting list of promises for the upcoming Bihar state assembly elections. How we wish the actual result of the political...
View ArticleWhy Parents In Jammu And Kashmir Are Taking Their Daughters Out Of Schools
Education is a fundamental right, and massive efforts have been invested by policymakers over the years, to ensure that people in India have access to quality education. Overcoming a long list of...
View ArticlePhase 1 Of Bihar Elections Records 54.4% Turnout; Same As 2015
Phase one in Bihar is finally underway, as the three-phased assembly elections in Bihar begins with seventy-one seats from sixteen districts going for polls; sealing the fate of one thousand and...
View ArticleYour 6 Point Guide To Help A Menstruator Out
Dear Men, Do you ever wonder, why do women still have to worry about small things like a period stain? Are you the man who has heard monthly periods disguised as “ pet mai dard“? Does your...
View ArticleCan We Please Continue Talking About Bihar’s Education System Even After The...
“Sarhadon par bahut tanaav hai kya, kuchh pata to karo chunaav hai kya,” asserted Rahat Indori. The formation of political parties based on religion, caste, language and other completely unrelated...
View ArticleThe Pandemic Or The Patriarchy Couldn’t Keep Young Urmila Away From Classes!
The COVID-19 Pandemic and the consequent lockdown came as a shock to Urmila and threw her life into turmoil. Her father, a driver by profession was stranded somewhere near the Nepal border and this...
View Articleभारत में अब भी कमज़ोर है रिप्रोडक्टिव हेल्थ अवेयरनेस की स्थिति
रिप्रोडक्टिव हेल्थ के बारे में कुछ भी लिखने से पहले मैं आपको अपनी आंखों देखी एक घटना बता रही हूं- करीब दो वर्ष पूर्व मैं अपनी किसी शारीरिक समस्या की वजह से बिहार की राजधानी पटना स्थित एक लेडी डॉक्टर के...
View Article“Eat Healthy, Bleed Healthy”- Make These Changes To Your Diet For A Healthy...
Let’s talk about something not so pleasant, but undoubtedly a healthy process every menstruator goes through. Yes, we are talking about periods. It is that time of the month laden with pain, cramps,...
View Article#SaveMollem: Should ‘Ease Of Doing Business’ Cost Us 37,000 Trees?
“ What we are doing to the forests of the world is but a mirror reflection of what we are doing to ourselves and to one another,” said Chris Maser. The Bhagwan Mahaveer Sanctuary and National Park in...
View ArticleWhat Are The Toughest Challenges For The Upcoming Government In Bihar?
Hello readers, I hope you’re all healthy and had an amazing Dussehra. As we all know, Bihar Assembly Election 2020 has begun from October 28 and the voting process will be done in 3 phases till...
View ArticleConfused, In Denial, Depressed: This Is What The Pandemic Has Done To Young...
TW: Suicidal thoughts, domestic violence. Suruchi (name withheld), daughter of a fruit seller, a student who has high expectations for her studies and career, a teenager who is barely 16-years-old,...
View ArticleWhat Does India Want To Know About Menstruation?
Menstruation is a concept that despite learning about in school, most people don’t fully understand. The easy internet access has made it easier for people to search up on topics they are embarrassed...
View ArticleDecades Since The Ask, Why Is Mithila Still Struggling For A ‘Separate State’...
Bihar elections are round the corner. All political parties are busy striking the right balance with the caste matrix trying to reach out to more and more caste factions. On the same lines, the...
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