LADIES VS GOLIATH

RASHMI BANSAL VISITS THE SANITARY NAPKIN FACTORY IN DHARAVI RUN BY WOMEN, FOR WOMEN. SHE FOUND WOMEN WITH NEW-FOUND DIGNITY AND CONFIDENCE WHO BELIEVE THEIR PRODUCT IS AS GOOD AS ANY.

Sajida was 14 years old when she got her first period. In the middle of the school day, she was sent home, amid giggles and whispers of her classmates. Back in the one-room tenement, where she lived with five members of her family, Sajida’s mother equipped her eldest daughter with a soft muslin cloth. Sajida’s was kept at home for two weeks. Her father reluctantly allowed her to complete the school year, but that was to be her last. What does a girl need to study for anyways? Shaadi hi to karin hai (after all she must be married off). In the old days it was easier – girls were married soon after puberty. But now the law requires them to be at least 18. Thus, Sajida spent the next three…

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