Oscar nominations are in, and as always, records have been broken. A film on menstruation — Period. End of Sentence — has earned a nomination in the Documentary Short Subject category for the 91st Academy Awards. The short film is set in rural India and directed by Award-winning Iranian-American filmmaker Rayka Zehtabchi. Period has been produced by Guneet Monga’s […]

“Why should there be shame around Menstruation?” asks Twinkle Khanna who’s taken on the producer’s role for an upcoming film, ‘Padman’, which depicts the life of Arunachalam Muruganantham — known as the India’s ‘Menstruation Man’.

Adding some bizarre fuel to the world of invention, Kansas-based Dr Dan Dopps claimed to have designed a ‘revolutionary solution’ to periods. The ‘genius’ believes that his product — currently called ‘Feminine Hygiene Lip-Stick’ – has been manufactured to glue up the labia to prevent menstrual flow.

You are a woman, so it’s natural to have menstruation. Then why it is unnatural to talk about it openly? One of the most taboo topics in India – a woman having period or “holy shit!” she talking about it publicly – catches strange reactions altogether. And, it’s true that some still act like fools […]

Priyanka N Jain along with her husband started-up “Hygiene and You” in July 2015 to create an ecological balance. She talks about her venture.

What are the other options? And could they be successful bets?

Chanam is the founder of a three-year-old campaign called ‘Breaking the Silence’ which aims to destroy the myths and taboos about menstruation