Category Archives: Stories and Experiences
In Conversation With Our Favorite Blogger & Menstrupedia Champion: Gyanam Saikia
Gyanam Saikia hails from Guwahati, Assam. He is passionate about working towards removing the senseless taboos that...
A Father Explaining Periods To His Daughter
(*Nuara is an Assamese term denoting menstruation but it literally means: ‘cannot be done.’) “Koliyameghedhakiseoidhuniajunormukhonioi…” Sapna...
One Woman’s Story Of Overcoming Menstrual Exclusion
“Ding dong!” I faintly heard the doorbell ring and simultaneously glanced at the wall clock. It...
My Daughter Embarked On Womanhood, The Way I Would Have Liked To
I had just come back from playing, both panting and excited, having won the match that...
My Brother Is The Best Period Buddy I Have
“I got it!” Shweta screamed from the bathroom. “I told you there was nothing to worry...
Period Talk With My Future Daughter
Dear Future Daughter, Let’s talk about blood. Remember when you scraped your knee falling down from...
Here’s What I Will Tell My Son About Periods
I was in the third grade when I asked my mother, “Aai, where do children come...
Winning Entries: “How To Talk Periods?” Writing Contest
Congratulations to the winner from our 4th writing contest: How To Talk Periods. We shall start...
A Period Poem Means No Harm To You
Recently a poem was published on Menstrupedia blog in which the poet has expressed what she...
Shortlisted Entries: “How To Talk Periods?” Writing Contest
Here are the shortlisted entries for “How To Talk Periods?” Writing Contest! Winners would be announced by 2nd...
The tampon, a glass slipper
Hold it like a bullet, You know how to Even if you’ve never held one. A...
The Day I Bled Through My Skirt
“A PHENOMENON WHICH IS AS NORMAL AS BREATHING” I was returning home from my school and...
Writing Contest: How To Talk Periods?
One of the best ways to create a future free of menstrual taboo is to raise...
Why Menstrual Leaves are Necessary?
“She is a mother, she is a sister, she is a friend and she is a...
The Adventures of Everywoman: Hilarious Comic Strips Challenging Period Taboo
When an award-winning film-maker, Rohan Sabharwal and a menstrual health educator, Sharmada Shastry collaborate together, they create the most...
What Does Getting Periods & Redecorating a Nursery Have in Common?
It was a lovely moonlit evening. My partner and me were taking a walk down a...
Period Positive Posters From Around The World!
This #MHDay28May we decided to take up a mission. We wanted to make the online community think...
In Conversation With Menstrupedia Menstrual Awareness Champions: Madhu Mittal
I am often asked about the reaction of our families about our work (aka Menstrupedia) and...
‘Madrasi’ in the Hindi Land! – My First Ever Hindi Menstrual Health Workshop
March 1997 In the dusty summer holidays of my childhood in the Bengaluru of yore, my...