If you wish to experience pain-free periods, nutritionist Rujuta Diwekar, who has an extremely health conscious clientele, including Alia Bhatt and Kareena Kapoor Khan, has the perfect advice for you.
On June 27, this alumnus of St Xavier’s College, Mumbai, was bestowed with the prestigious Queen's Young Leaders Award for an exceptional project titled ‘Red is the New Green’.
Hari Prasad, the village head, observed that a few girls had stopped attending school in the middle of the term without any explanation or warning. He found this to be very peculiar, and when he tried to find out why this was happening, he realised that menstruation was the reason.
In many communities, women are socially ostracised in the days of their period, their mobility is restricted, they are considered impure, and are not allowed to worship or enter the kitchen.
We all know that plastic bags come at a very high cost to the environment and negatively affect human health as well, so what if you had an option to carry your sanitary pads around in a pretty bag?
Released in June last year, Phullu tells the tale of an uneducated man of the same name who realises the inconveniences that women go through during menstruation and then sets out to create awareness about the issue.