Taboo
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Menstruation, a taboo that died on August 15: Why PM Modi deserves praise for 'sanitary pad' mention
India | Aug 16, 2020, 03:04 PM ISTMenstruation is a natural biological process but the shame, heavy stigma and misconception attached to it is prevalent even today. Nobody really expected the subject to figure in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Independence Day speech. But it did. Read on!
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Mental Hai Kya title draws controversy, Indian Psychiatric Society finds it 'stigmatizing' and 'discriminating'
Bollywood | Apr 20, 2019, 08:23 AM ISTTaking their ire a step further, the Indian Psychiatric Society (IPS) on Thursday wrote to the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC), raising "serious objections" to the film's title.
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Why making sanitary napkins tax-free isn’t going to solve the problems
Lifestyle | May 28, 2017, 03:09 PM ISTMaking sanitary napkins tax free: Is that all we want?
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TV actress Saloni Chopra breaks stereotype, posts picture of menstrual blood on Instagram
Masala | Mar 15, 2017, 12:35 PM IST‘MTV Girls on Top’ actress Saloni Chopra has a strong message for every single girl in the world. Yet again, she has dared to break the stereotypes about menstruation and sexual health.
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Age just a number: Senior citizens shun societal taboo, turn up in huge numbers to matchmaking event
India | Jun 20, 2016, 05:25 PM ISTBengaluru: Most senior citizens aren't concerned about age while getting married, whether for the first time or otherwise, or so suggests the huge response received by an elders matrimonial meet held on Sunday in Bengaluru.
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To break menstruation taboo, this 22-year-old girl is setting up sanitary pads dispensers in Mumbai schools
India | Jun 15, 2016, 11:28 PM ISTMumbai: Every teenage girl in India has gone through the embarrassment of hiding sanitary pads in black polythene or a thick paper bag at least once in her life. They are not even allowed to
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Missing plane mystery: Pilot suicide a taboo topic in past crash probes
World | Mar 16, 2014, 05:30 PM ISTCanberra: As police investigate the two pilots of a Malaysian passenger jet that disappeared more than a week ago, a possibility they must consider is that one of them committed suicide by deliberately crashing the