The Ambubachi festival is an annual festival celebrating the menstruation of the Devi at the Kamakhya Temple, in Assam. Kamakhya embodies the mother cult, Shakti, and this unique festival celebrates fertility and India’s close cultural, agricultural and social ties with the Devi.
Media representation plays a crucial role in shaping the minds and building a formative understanding of important issues.
Having endometriosis can be confusing and terrifying and isn’t the easiest topic to bring up with either friends and family or your doctor because of the extreme taboo associated with this condition. Read this blog to learn more about how to recognize and manage this.
Having Sex is Fun, but every curious why sex drive is intense during menstrual cycle?
Importance of knowing your menstrual cycle, ovulation day and the fertile period is unmeasurable. If you are confused about the phases or even how periods happen in the first place, this blog is for you.
Ritushuddhi Practice: Is Menstruation Just A Biological Construct? Rituals have historically proven to be hallmarks of cultural diversity, providing us with narratives and a window into the past cultural contexts in which they were created. The problem arises when the ritual and ceremonies stay fixated on that period of time and don’t evolve with the …
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Sanitary Product Advertisements: Got It All Messed Up? Advertisements are strong tools not only for business purposes and the sale of products but also for awareness. Menstruation has been a closeted topic for ages and hence you see the advertisements of menstrual products as somewhat ‘weird’. To be blunt, sanitary product advertisements are very often …
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Menstruation: Why Do We Use Euphemisms? When I was in fifth grade, a friend had excitedly pulled me to one corner of the corridor to announce that she has gotten “it”. Unfortunately for her, I could not take part in her excitement because I could not decipher what “it” meant. Exasperated, she had gone on …
Have You Tried Every Period Product On This List? The necessity to have healthy periods spawned products that are household items today. But with a little comfort comes the desire for more and conveyor belts dropped alternatives one after another to suit every woman’s subjective needs. Everyone’s priority is different, whether it can be comfort, …
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Heavy bleeding during menstruation can prove to be extremely debilitating and overwhelming, often hampering day-to-day activities. This article aims to solve all your queries regarding menorrhagia, with particular reference to hormonal IUDs and how they can prove to be an essential tool to ease this condition.