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Menstrual taboos
Period leave is not an admission of weakness for women – it is an acceptance of need
Ranjona Banerji
· Aug 13, 2020 · 07:30 am
Women priests at this Kerala ashram hope Sabarimala verdict will bust the myth of menstrual impurity
TA Ameerudheen
· Oct 08, 2018 · 07:30 am
Why just Sabarimala? It is time to discard menstrual taboos in all social spaces
Aarefa Johari
· Oct 01, 2018 · 06:30 am
