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हमने जो झेला भुगता वो तो बीते समय की बात है पर मैंने सोच लिया था कि अपनी बेटी के जीवन में ऐसे उलझन भरे पल नहीं आने दूंगी। जब वह लगभग 12 वर्ष की थी तब ही मैंने एक दिन मासिक चक्र के विषय में उससे बात की...
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10 Things To Consider If You Want To Help People During Their Periods
Disclaimer: ” ज़िन्दगी के ज़ालिम किस्से ” is the caption of my writings related to real life stories that I have faced or people close to me have actually gone through. When we go through the...
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How Can We Tackle Menstrual Stigma When We Don’t Accept Its Physical Effects?
Menstruation is a vital determining factor of a woman’s health. The regularity, the blood flow, consistency, the intensity of cramps, the existence of hormonal issues affecting menstruation, and more,...
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To Overcome Menstrual Woes And Taboos, Men, Women And The System Must All Change
Even today, I consider that day to be special – that day when I crossed the threshold of a new realm. I was not a child anymore. I did not know how to cherish that great shift in my life. No one told...
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Playing Sports During Menstruation Is No Taboo. Let’s Talk!
The following is an article from a woman who chooses to play even during her periods. Period! Periods, in general, isn’t much spoken about, as the society chooses not to talk about something...
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Throughout History, Menstrual Blood Has Either Been Worshipped Or Feared
The room was emptying and I was walking around, picking up leftover cups of coffee, straightening chairs, and just tidying up. Two of my friends were still dallying as they left, and were giggling over...
View ArticleI Celebrate My Periods Along With The 4 Seasons – Spring, Summer, Fall & Winter
I got my periods today morning. After suffering bouts of PMS (Premenstrual Syndrome) blues for one full week, this gush of blood between my thighs was certainly a relief. To my agony, I had only a pack...
View Article‘We Are Not Blue-Blooded Women Who Whisper About Menstruation’
This article explores my journey as a woman and how I have become confident enough to dispel the taboos around menstruation. I Was Clueless I still remember the first time I saw a sanitary napkin ad...
View ArticleIf Periods Are ‘Impure’, Then We Are All Impure
Growing up in Indian society, we were always taught that menstruation isn’t a topic that can be discussed openly. It is something shameful, it is something that makes women filthy, and it is something...
View Article‘Periods May Be Painful But They Should Not Be A Social Pain’
“Beta don’t go inside the kitchen”, “Beta don’t go near the mandir”, “Beta don’t eat pickle”, “Beta don’t move around too much” ‘Beta hide your pads”, “Beta throw your pads in a different bin bag”,...
View ArticleMy Dad Taught Me How To Use A Pad
By: Arpit Chhikara Sanvi*, a teenager from Kasauli, felt very distraught when her friend *Tanya had to rush home, middle of a school day after she stained her skirt with a red spot. Next day Tanya said...
View ArticleAwareness And Sensitisation Should Be Our Primary Weapons To Overcome...
In India, menstrual issues abound in village and hilly regions, where people have little or no access to medical assistance. However, menstruation itself is a taboo in many parts of our country too....
View ArticleWhat Is The Youth Ki Awaaz On A Paid Menstrual Leave For Women?
Over the last many months, a debate has taken over the Indian internet since some companies initiated a two-day period leave policy. Journalist Barkha Dutt took a fierce stand against it, saying,...
View ArticleMenstruation Is Not Merely A ‘Ladies Wala Problem’
We have a problem, people. We have been naming our issues wrong. In any power-imbalanced society, with whatever signifiers of power we deal with (there are many, someone call Foucault up), there’s...
View Articleपीरियड्स से जुड़े 8 बहुत सामान्य मिथ और उसकी सच्चाई
पीरियड एक सामान्य सी प्रक्रिया है पर हमारे भारतीय समाज में इससे एक बीमारी की तरह ट्रीट किया जाता है। पीरियड को अशुद्ध माना जाता है। जिन महिलाओं को पीरियड होते हैं हमारा समाज न उनके साथ सही व्यवहार करता...
View ArticleDear Trolls, Stop Harassing Celebrities For Posting Intimate Photos With...
Parents often like to express their love by sharing photos on social media. So do the celebrities. They are normal human beings with feelings and emotions, just like us. Trolls don’t need a reason to...
View ArticleDear Internet Trolls, Stop Digging Up The Past Of Successful Women
Success is not something which one comes by easily. It is quite natural for people to be jealous of someone’s success when they see the glory and fame they can’t achieve. When it comes to a woman,...
View Article‘I Wasn’t Allowed To Touch Boys’: 4 Women Share How They Fought Period...
By Nansi Mishra: As a kid, I was never very proud of the fact that I belong to a village. I sometimes used to get irritated when people would call me a “village girl”. Growing up, I used to see women...
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‘I Had To Sleep On A Coconut Frond’: 3 Generations Of Period Stigma
I set out to interview people from three generations to see how the experience of menstruation has changed across the years. My interviewees were my mother Uma, aged 59; my aunt Dharuni, aged 42; and...
View ArticleDear Schools, First Provide Sanitary Napkins To Girls, Then Conduct Seminars
I am talking about private schools which charge us a large amount of money in the name of fees to provide our children with a quality education and healthy environment but not a sanitary pad. Let me...
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