For most modern urban dwellers the idea that period huts still exist in our country may sound outlandish. But we are a society which is yet to get rid of our baggage of menstruation taboos. So it doesn’t come across as a surprise that residents of Ghurchum village in Uttarakhand allegedly built a period hut to […]

Sabarimala temple priests closed down the temple to perform purification rituals after two women of menstruating age managed to enter the temple and offered their prayers, on Wednesday. Once again, it proves that their resistance in allowing women of menstruating age inside the temple stems from the belief that they are impure. No matter if […]

Even today, menstruating girls are not just forbidden from the kitchens and the temples, but are being forced to skip schools. According to a report in The Times Of India, girls from Rautgara village, Pithoragarh are forced to skip their schools during those five days of the month, because a temple dedicated to a local […]

Malayalam actor Kollam Thulasi’s threat has exposed how badly patriarchy wants to keep women outside the Sabarimala temple. According to The Indian Express, Thulasi was attending an event organised by temple stakeholders and the BJP-led agitators. It was there that he said that women who enter the Sabarimala temple should be “torn into two pieces.” He further […]

Menstrual untouchability is one of those dictates which women are expected to follow in our society without ever questioning it. While we may have come a long way from sleeping on mats or being cast off to frugal huts outside one’s home, women still endure a great degree of menstrual untouchability even today. Today, the […]