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  Menstruation, a taboo that died on August 15: Why PM Modi deserves praise for 'sanitary pad' mention

  India | August 16, 2020 15:04 IST

  Menstruation 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 | April 20, 2019 8:23 IST

  Taking 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 15:09 IST

  Making 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 | March 15, 2017 12:35 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 | June 20, 2016 17:25 IST

  Bengaluru: 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 | June 15, 2016 23:28 IST

  Mumbai: 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 | March 16, 2014 17:30 IST

  Canberra: 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