First Memoir Contest: Winners
We are so proud of the winner of First Period Memoir Contest. Meet the winners here....
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First Period Memoir Contest: Shortlisted Entries
Thank you so much for sending in your stories, poems and articles. We received many lovely...
An Ancient Festival From Odisha Celebrates Menstruation
India is known for isolating menstruating women, and alienating them from mainstream celebrations and public spaces....
My Aunt Couldn’t Imagine Telling Her Son What The “Red-Red” Thing In The Toilet Was
“Mom, there is something red-red in the toilet bowl! There’s something wrong with the water!” my...
Talking To Your Daughter About Menstruation
Teaching kids about menstruation is something that not all Indian moms are comfortable with. We...
Why Girls In This UP College Will Never Have To Ask For “An Extra Sanitary Napkin” Again
With a worried face a young girl whispers into another girl’s ear, “Do you have an...
That Time Of The Month: Menstrual Taboos That Still Haunt Every Woman
“I was 11 when my grandmother told me that I could not enter the kitchen during...
Dealing Menstruation With Aplomb
A Napkin of Change Flustered first, determined later and resolute in the end, Bharti Tai’s life...
Educational Comic Book To Teach Girls About Periods!
7 Tips to Make Your Cloth Pads Last Longer
Cloth pads have an initial up-front cost that pays off over time; most of our customers...
5 Ways Cloth Menstrual Pads Will Change Your Life
Cloth pad converts are known for (loudly) proclaiming that reusables changed their life. If you’ve never...
Bad Lapse of Judgment?
“C’mon let me drop you home, honey” “I wasn’t stalking her. Just trying to make the...
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Practising Hygiene is as Important as Performing Pujas
The first thing that struck me when I reached the venue of the Nirmal Bharat Yatra in Indore,...
Wonder why…
Wonder why does the calendar have those 4 days of agonizing pain, an angry river that...
I am my own Sunshine
“I am my own Sunshine” is a book by Mahalakshmi Rajagopal which has two stories dealing with...
My Journey From using rags To Menstrual Cups
Childhood days and growing up I grew up in a very small semi-urban town called Garhwa...
Quick Guide gets a make over
We recently gave the website a makeover to make it more scalable and user-friendly. We have also added...
First Media Coverage for Menstrupedia
Diwali holidays had just got over and the joy of launching Menstrupedia was slowly wearing out,...
Menstruation! what’s the big deal?
They: So what do you do? Me: I am working towards spreading awareness about menstruation. They:...