5 foods need to add in your diet for healthy baby during pregnancy and 5 food to avoid democraticnaari democratic naari

5 foods need to add in your diet for healthy baby during pregnancy and 5 food to avoid

A healthy diet is essential for good health and nutrition. It protects you against many chronic non-communicable diseases, such as heart disease, diabetes and cancer. Eating a variety of foods and consuming less salt, sugars and saturated and industrially-produced trans-fats, are essential for healthy diet. Moving further into this, we shall learn about some more food items that a woman …

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When will India attain #PeriodDignity?

Imagine waking up in a bed soaked in blood. Imagine borrowing a friend’s jacket to cover up your stain. Imagine not going to school every month for five days. Sounds horrible doesn’t it? This is the life of thousands of girls in India. 66% of India’s female population begin menstruation completely unaware and unprepared. “When …

Period Poverty in India democraticnaari democratic naari

Period Poverty in India

The taboo surrounding menstruation overlooks the categorical and hierarchical classifications of caste, class, and gender. Menstrual blood is traditionally portrayed as disgusting and impure and is explicitly differentiated from other bodily fluids.The implicit prejudices that we all have as a consequence of our socioeconomic background have often contributed to us developing a misleading impression and …

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Medical Termination of Pregnancy: The Progressive Abortion Law

Many religions believe a child as the gift of God which makes abortion a hotly debated topic or rather a taboo issue. Some may argue that the foetus growing in the woman’s womb has the right to existence which outweighs the woman’s right to control her own body. However, the modern ideologies pose conflicts to …