Why Women Need To Stop Ignoring Painful Periods
It is ‘that’ week of the month again. Just woke up in a pool of blood. Oops, my periods just arrived. As I write this article, all that I am able to think about is the stigma that revolves around...
View Article3 Reasons Why The Conversation About Periods Needs To Include Men
While she sits there curled up with a pillow, occasionally shrieking at every other person, accustomed to this being normal, he chooses to pass by with the car keys and a laptop hung on his shoulder,...
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This post has been written by a YKA Climate Correspondent as part of #WhyOnEarth. Join the conversation by adding a post here. Bollywood, the land of crushed dreams and the boulevard of empty promises....
View ArticleWhat My Work In Flood-Hit Assam Taught Me About Menstrual Waste Management
India is still trying to find its voice while standing in the middle of a ‘red’ revolution. Even as the media explodes with narratives, pictures, and discourse on menstruation, India still remains a...
View ArticleMy Story: I Was Diagnosed With PCOS, But It Wasn’t The End Of The World
The first time I went to a gynecologist, I had no idea what to expect. I got my periods very late in life, and even then, they were never very regular. When they refused to stabilise for over a couple...
View ArticleIt Will Take More Than Distributing Pads To End Period Poverty
8220;When G Talukdar came back from school in February one day, the 18-year old from Silcoorie village of Assam felt her stomach abnormally swollen. She had no idea that a parasite had been damaging...
View ArticleClimate Change Can Result In Low Sperm Count, Mass Extinction. Will We Care Now?
If you don’t believe in ghosts, then you must start believing in at least one from now—the environmental ghost! This ghost is born out of a single parent i.e. climate change. This is of recent origin,...
View ArticleWhy India Must Heed The Call For Effective Menstrual Hygiene Management
Menstruation is one of the most crucial biological processes of the reproductive cycle that is surprisingly surrounded by myths and taboo, so much so that it is not considered to be suitable for open...
View ArticleThese Climate-Smart Tactics Can Help Girls Get Education In Rural India
This post has been written by a YKA Climate Correspondent as part of #WhyOnEarth. Join the conversation by adding a post here. Empowering women, and especially girls, is an integral part of creating...
View ArticleIsn’t Honking Equally Disturbing As Greenhouse Gas Emissions?
Images of a severely polluted Delhi, toxic foam emerging out of Bellandur Lake, smoke emitting vehicles and polyethylene comes to our mind when we hear about ‘environment pollution’. Clearly, our...
View Article“पीरियड्स के दौरान घंटों पैड ना बदलने पर मुझे इंफेक्शन हो गया था”
मुझे याद है कोलकाता में पहली नौकरी के दौरान जब मैंने बॉस से कहा कि आज सेहत अच्छी नहीं है, तब उन्होंने चेहरे पर मुस्कान बिखेरते हुए कहा, “पीरियड्स है क्या?” मैं मानती हूं कि आज की तारीख में पीरियड्स पर...
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साल 2011 की बात है जब मैं आईबीपीएस एग्ज़ाम देने के लिए रांची गई थी। इस दौरान मेरे साथ मेरा भाई भी था मगर उसे रांची में कोई काम था जिस कारण एग्ज़ाम हॉल में मुझे छोड़कर वह अपना काम करने चला गया। शाम को...
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भारत में कोयला सबसे महत्वपूर्ण और प्रचुर मात्रा में उपलब्ध होने वाला जीवाश्म ईंधन है। भारत में ऊर्जा का 55% हिस्सा कोयला से ही पूरा होता है और भारत की इंडस्ट्री का इतिहास इसी कोयले पर टिका हुआ है। तो...
View ArticleClimate Crisis: 10 Bollywood And Hollywood Actors Doing Their Bit To Save The...
Over the last few years with the dawn of the social media age, the number of ‘celebrities’ we know of has drastically increased. ‘Celebrity’ no longer only defines movie stars and famous athletes but...
View ArticleWe Still Need To Talk About Menstrual Hygiene In Rural India, Here’s Why
I was thirteen when I bled for the first time. I remember I was getting ready for school when I spotted blood stains in my underwear. I had shown the same to my mother who got equally hyper and started...
View ArticleWith 5,000 Euphemisms For Periods, Can We Expect Representation That...
Periods have always been a very hush topic in society, even more so in India. Men often have zero ideas about the nuances and the very natural aspect of it, and internalised misogyny often forces...
View ArticleDid You Know About Menstruation Before You Had Your First Period?
It was a sunny afternoon. I was returning from school, hopping on the staircase. My mother noticed a stain on my school uniform and rushed me to the bathroom. I found it unnecessary. My uniform was...
View ArticleHow My School’s ‘Period Talk’ Left Me With More Questions Than Answers!
A girl never forgets her first menstruation experience. It often starts with stained underwear, followed by confusion, a disclosure, and then the ultimate ‘covert operation training’ on how to never...
View ArticleWomen In My Village Are Ashamed To Talk To Men About Periods But That Doesn’t...
I am a Master’s graduate, and I know what menstruation is. But A year and a half ago, during my first year of Master’s, I was not completely introduced to periods or menstruation. I never cared about...
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जीवन के लिए हमें ऑक्सीजन की आवश्यकता होती है, जो हमें पेड़ों से मिलती है लेकिन वर्तमान समय में हम विकास के नाम पर पेड़ों की अंधाधुन कटाई कर रहे हैं। इसका जीता जागता उदाहरण अमेज़न और अरावली के जगंलों से...
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