Aditi Gupta, founder of Menstrupedia, poses for a portrait. The organization's offices are based in Gujarat, IndiaCourtesy of Menstrupedia When Aditi Gupta got her first period, aged 12, everyone told ...

Girls get their periods at the age of 12-14 years, but our Indian text books don't address the topic till class 9 or 10 (15 years). This means we have had generations of girls hitting puberty without ...

MUMBAI, India (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - A new website and comic book called "Menstrupedia" aims to shatter the taboo surrounding periods in conservative India, where millions of girls face social ...

That’s what the team of Menstrupedia thought, to find an effective way to talk to young girls and boys about menstruation.Menstruation has been associated with embarrassment and shame in India.

Wife and husband, Aditi Gupta and Tuhin Paul are two communication strategists who have chosen to quit their jobs to address the myths and taboos in Indian society regarding menstruation, by creating ...

"Although we come from a well-to-do family, I was advised to use rags during my periods" "Parents and teachers tell kids that 'women bleed' and that they are impure during the seven days of the month.

When a woman is going through 'that time of the month', she must not step into the kitchen, they say. She must not touch pickle or curd, because they could turn sour. Since periods make a woman impure ...

Aditi Gupta, co-founder of Menstrupedia, a start-up social enterprise that uses a comic book and online platform to shatter the taboo and dispel the myths surrounding menstruation in conservative ...