Menstrual Supplies Are Essential Yet They Are Not So Common
The attachment of shame and disgust has accompanied periods for a very long time. This is...
Monthly Fails And Other Baggages
When I was 13, I had my first run-in with Lady Rosie. I remember my first...
My First Period Was Happy, Thanks To My Mother’s Scientific Approach.
“Menarche wasn’t a shock though, Mom told me there existed an Aunt Flo; But I wasn’t...
My Periods Don’t Come In The Way Of My Worship
“Sorry, I cannot sit through the prayers because I am on my period…” Does that sound...
Three things I learnt in a year of shameless period talk
I was lucky enough to be born in a country where girls don’t risk their lives...
High Time We Drop Our Regressive Attitude Towards Periods
Any references to the word ‘period’ are always made in hushed tones or various euphemisms are...
Shades of Red, Dread and Glory
At five, when I fell off my bicycle for the first time and bled, myMum jumped...
Things I Call My Period When It Isn’t Listening
A blooming flower, If flowers were covered in blood clots and were nature’s embodiment of Satan’s...
Educational Comic Book To Teach Girls About Periods!
Why Make A Natural Biological Process A Taboo?
Periods. Scientifically, every month, the uterus lining gets thicker to prepare for a fertilized egg if...
This 12th Grader Is Creating A Period Support Group
The romanticized version of having a period is that women-besties magically “sync up.” Believe me, I...
What it’s like to live with endometriosis
I was barely 10 years old when all the girls in our grade five class were...
My Blood Is Red
My blood is red. Yes, it splatters, splashes and stains. Yes it aches when it leaks....
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No, Feeling Tortured by Period Pain is Not ‘Normal’
A friend asked me, “Are you anxious? Are you scared?” For the first time in three...
Your Body Is A Wonderland
The change was monstrous; overwhelming to an extent that I abandoned all my public appearances, spent...
Why Are Men Missing From Menstruation?
The average woman endures some 456 periods in total over 38 years, or roughly 2,280 days with her...
A Conversation On Periods Happening Near You
“Hey, wait. I am menstruating…” “ What?” “Menstruation…periods…” “Shhhhhh…why you are shouting so loudly?” “Ahh…” “Boys...
Laal Salaam
Here is the winning entry by Neha Bahuguna. Watch this brilliant poem called “Lal Salaam”, we...
Things They Won’t Let Me Say About Periods
‘Period’ is treated just like the word ‘sex’ in our 1.3 billion plus populated, shy country....
Blue Taboo
I’ve learnt so much about periods through ads, Sanitary napkin ads! They taught me That periods...
Winners: Fighting Menstrual Taboo With Humor
We are so proud of the winner for our writing contest: Fighting Menstrual Taboo With Humor. Meet...