We are still depicting period blood as blue, wrapping sanitary napkins and tampons in newspapers at medical stores, the sheer reluctance to even use the word period.

Our bookshelves have housed every imaginable title from Charlie and Lola to Tinkle comics and encyclopedias of all types.

A mother is nurturing and protective. She is also the one to take charge and change course, when life demands it. 

I don’t want to lie down and stare at the ceiling, neither do I want to get out of bed. There is a feeling of utter hopelessness engulfing me.

She stands at the door watching his delight that elates her immensely. She finally walks in the room and after careful observation chooses a mango.