By Starting with a fun fact. We were also not told about it!
I just attended a few classes which explained to us that it exists! What? Can’t tell. When? How? I didn’t know.
The first time it happened to us, we were locked up in a dark room of our house or our neighbor’s house or at our cow’s house. Totally depending upon where we lived!
I wish they allowed the ray of sunlight to enter the room which would at least explain to us what the hell was going on. Had we eaten too much? Did we break anything valuable? Were we dying??
“No.” society’s aunty said. She continued, “This is your punishment for being a girl! This is to make you realize that you are weak and can’t turn your dreams into reality! You are untouchable and impure”
“If you touch that plant it will die. If you touch that pickle it will rot. If you touch anything else it will become impure. And the most important if you go around touching things and doing what you wish, God will definitely punish you.” She added, “No one should know what it exactly is. If you tell anyone you will be punished by God. Be it a sanitary pad or ash doesn’t matter. Don’t let it leak otherwise….”
All of us were scared and did what our aunty told us. We wondered how could we tell anyone about it when we ourselves did not know what was happening!
Years passed and then Google uncle came into existence. I Googled “What is it?
Google uncle said, “Menstrual blood and tissue flows from your uterus through the small opening in your cervix and passes out of your body through your vagina.”
Immediately I turned to my society’s aunty and asked “Is this what happens? This sounds normal! So why did you make us do all those nonsense?”
You made us live away from our loved ones when we needed their love and time! Why?
She answered, “Because you believed me … blindly.”
-Shuvra Rimal
