I strongly feel against the superstitions associated with periods.

I am lucky to have parents who are very broad minded and hence I did not have to go through those superstitions and myths but at the same time I am aware that majority of people treat women as untouchables while they are menstruating. Not being allowed to go to temples and kitchen, making her believe that she is impure during her periods. They force her to believe in these superstitions which, in my opinion, is so not fair!

Here’s a small poem which I wrote to express my views on Menstruation and its relationship with Womanhood.

WOMAN AND HER EVERY MONTH COMPANION

Woman!!! God’s most beautiful creation,

His biggest belief and strongest expression

Gifted her with beauty, mind and courage

Empowered her to replicate his creation.

Along with all these gifts,

He also gifted her, a monthly companion,

It’s neither a disease nor its contagious;

It is God’s another gift which simply makes her more courageous.

Periods are nothing but just a biological cycle,

Don’t make those days difficult for her survival,

Don’t abandon her, don’t trap her.

Let her be same for those days,

As she is for rest of the month.

Don’t use superstition to curb her celebration,

She is certainly not a toy to address your superstition.

She can endure this physical pain for week, months and years,

As she is the only creation who can bear

When I explain you facts you feel its opposition,

Still in this age you believe in superstition.

Know the facts, learn the reality

Don’t get trapped under this irrationality.