#MyPeriodStory: Yes! I Menstruate
Oh God………………………What will I do?” My Mom started sobbing profusely and it shook me from head to toe. Till that day I had never witnessed my Mom in such a dilapidated state. All sorts of bizarre thoughts...
View ArticleMy Brush With Period Taboos; They Are All Around Us
This is a very embarrassing experience that I had very recently. This incident actually made me realise how modern women are still following the taboos around menstruation. I was having a casual walk...
View Article“प्रथा के नाम पर मेरे गाँव की लड़कियां पीरियड्स के दौरान झेलती हैं इन...
हम सब पांच-छह साल की उम्र से ही मिलकर एक-दूसरे के साथ खेला करते थे। एक साथ खेलने के कारण हमारे बीच एक गहरी दोस्ती हो चुकी थी। दूसरा मेरे अंदर खुलापन भी ज़्यादा है इस वजह से मैं किसी भी बात को बोलने से...
View Articleमेरी पीरियड्स की कहानी: MC है क्या यार?
महिलाओं में ‘पीरियड’ या ‘माहवारी’ की प्राकृतिक प्रक्रिया के सम्बन्ध में पुरुषों की समझ अक्सर आधी अधूरी ही रहती है। बाकी आधी समझ अवैज्ञानिक, पूर्वाग्रहों से ग्रसित और शंकाओं के बोझ से लदी होती है। ऐसे...
View Article#MyPeriodStory: Fortunate to Know
My first encounter with the period thing was in class 6th during the first half of my class. i felt some cringy pain below my abdomen. i went into the bathroom and encountered with my first period. At...
View Article#MyPeriodStory: Menstruating As A Gender Non-Conforming Child
I don’t even remember when my mother first handed me a pair of shorts because she realised my discomfort with wearing skirts, when I climbed trees and jumped over walls. Since then I have lived in...
View Article#MyPeriodStory: Being A Patient Of Polycystic Ovarian Disorder
As the title suggests, I am a patient of Polysystic Ovarian Disorder(PCOD). This is caused due to hormonal imbalance inside the female body. This is a very common health issue. Every fourth or fifth...
View Article“परंपराओं के नाम पर पीरियड्स के दौरान मेरी दोस्त से गोबर के उपले तुड़वाए गए”
प्रतिदिन की तरह सब स्कूल पहुंच चुके थे। मैं भी रोज़ की तरह अपनी डेस्क पर बैठकर उसका इंतज़ार करने लगा। उस दिन दृष्टि (बदला हुआ नाम) अन्य दिनों की अपेक्षा देर से स्कूल में आई थी। उसकी आंखे डबडबाई हुई थी।...
View ArticleDon’t Let Assam’s Dehing Patkai Suffer Like Chhattisgarh’s Hasdeo Arand Forests!
The National Board of Wildlife (NBWL) has recently allowed coal mining in Saleki, a part of the Dehing Patkai elephant reserve in Assam. This has brought a serious threat to the tropical rainforest of...
View Article#MyPeriodStory: Pain And Relief.
We go through many weird and hilarious experiences when we start menstruating or even later in our lives. Once my period started, knowing what’s happening in my body and the menstrual cycle evoked in...
View ArticlePeriod Talk In Kenya: What Can The Men Do?
While in primary school, I learnt about late signs of puberty in girls, majorly menarche in standard seven. I had no clue to what I was learning because it was intended for examination purposes....
View ArticleBusting Period Myths: No More Shame!
Don’t enter the kitchen The image has been created by the author Don’t wash your hair Don’t touch the pickle Don’t go near the gods Don’t sit there Don’t run Don’t play Don’t stain the bed sheets again...
View ArticleCan The Destruction Of Dehing Patkai Lead To Another Calamity In Assam?
Dehing Patkai, known as the Amazon of the East, and the only rainforest of Assam, has recently been approved by National Board for Wild Life (NBWL) for coal mining activities. Amidst the Covid-19...
View ArticleCOVID-19 Is Putting Millions Of Kids At Higher Risk. 5 Experts Share How We...
Children are the future. And yet, millions around the world are losing their chance at a future because the global pandemic situation seems to have put a spanner on their dreams. Children from...
View Article#MyPeriodStory: Her First Appearance Of Menstruation!
Periods! Yes, it’s periods once again! As we all girls know that being a girl we have to go through a lot of pain, emotions and difficult physicality. For most recent times, this topic has been a taboo...
View ArticleInternational Day For Biodiversity: Let’s Remember Why It’s Important!
Biodiversity refers to the diversity between different species of plants, animals and other organisms in a given habitat at a particular time. Biodiversity is the soul of life on Earth. We, humans, are...
View ArticleA Critique Of The Oscar Winning Documentary ‘Period. End of Sentence.’
The Oscar-winning documentary ‘Period. End of sentence.’made global headlines in 2019 for bringing the conversation around menstruation, which has been sitting on the back burner for far too long, to...
View Articleपीरियड्स पर खुलकर बात क्यों नहीं करता है हमारा समाज?
प्रकृति ने सभी को समानता के साथ पैदा किया है। प्रकृति महिला और पुरुष में किसी भी प्रकार का भेद नहीं करती है। वह मनुष्यों के बनाए गए अपने नियमों के अंतर्गत एक विशिष्ट संस्कृति का निर्माण करती है लेकिन...
View ArticleWhy Do We Have To Remind The Govt That Sanitary Pads Are An ‘Essential Item’?
Why do we not include sanitary pads in the list when we go to buy all the necessary things of the house? Why does the family need to be reminded that sanitary pads are also essentials? There’s no doubt...
View ArticlePads And The Pandemic: These Girls Bridged The Access Gap, And How!
Aise time pe kaun en ladkiyon ke baare mein sochega? Kapda istemaal karne se infection hone lage hain…” (Who is going to think about these girls in this situation? They have started getting infections...
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