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MENSTRUATION-INSPIRED JEWELRY FIGHTING ‘TABOO PERIODS’

A scanner to stop menstruating women from entering the Sabarimala temple as suggested by the newly appointed chief of the Travancore Devaswom Board President, Prayar Gopalakrishnan, stoked up a huge controversy. Hence also raising the issue of menstruating women being impure and unclean. A young woman – Nikita Azad wrote an open letter to Gopalakrishnan, stating […]

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Kiran Gandhi Ran The London Marathon Sans Tampon

Indian born, London bred Kiran Gandhi is better known as the feisty drummer of M.I.A. This time the 26-year-old Kiran hit the news for something entirely different. She ran the London marathon while bleeding freely, sans tampon, staining her running pants. Although Gandhi did receive some positive feedback, she was also faced with an equal amount of […]