“By shunning her when she [the wife] is awash in menstrual blood, he increases his wisdom, brilliant energy, strength, eyesight and long life.” [4:42] Manusmriti.
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Menstruations: Indra’s sin and women’s curse
Time and again, I have wondered, and perhaps like every woman, that why do half the population on this planet bleeds every month and the rest don’t and I think that I might have found the answer to this dilemma in Hinduism. It not only answers that why women have periods but also why are they considered unclean, cursed and fit to seclusion for those painful days.
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Celebrating Womanhood
In the summer of 2018, my sister introduced to me Ayush Kejriwal’s Instagram page. I do not follow fashion. I have never followed a fashion designer in my life. But when I saw Ayush Kejriwal’s work, I saw truthfulness and honesty. His work is bold and poetic. In my heart, I thought- perhaps, this is the person I would like to work with.
