I’m a feminist. Giving women a day off for their period is a stupid idea independent.co.uk

In India, even today, when you purchase sanitary pads from the neighbourhood store, you can expect the (usually male) shopkeeper to evade your eye. He will wordlessly get a packet from the rear of the store and slip it into a jet-black plastic bag so that no one can see what you bought. It is like a shroud thrown over your monthly awkwardness.