Attaining puberty at

an early stage of life

wasn't her fault, yet

people blame her for

this without thinking out

for a moment as this is

a play of nature to make

her mature physically.

When it happened for

the first time, she faced

it with fear as she wasn't

aware about it. Her relatives

blamed her, but her mother

has to be blamed for not

teaching her daughter about

the changes occurring within

her body.

Somehow she managed to

overcome this so called trauma

by her family because of her

supportive friends. After spending

a week at home, she went to

school happily without any worries.

The next month arrived and the

cycle too haunted her.

She shed her blood, and

she was terrified at the sight of

blood dripping out drop by drop

from her. She talked to her friend

who's a senior according to her

in handling such issues.

Her friend explained everything

to her clearly as this is a part of

biological change happening

within a female's body and it's

common to bleed at this time.

She slowly lost her fear. But

soon pain creeped on her.

She couldn't bear it, as she

felt like thousand knives

being stabbed in her lower

abdomen. She cried and

cried and cried.

She had mood swings,

she craved for sweets

and snacks, she had

cramps, and moreover

she was able to feel

her uterine tissues

being torn tremendously.

Nobody came near her to

ease the pain. Not even

her mother, her grandmother

and her sisters. Rather, they

added pain to the existing pain.

She was considered impure;

she wasn't allowed to enter

into the kitchen; she was

isolated; she has to clean

her place and her clothes.

She wasn't supposed to

visit other's home, temples

and not even pray at home.

She can't wear light coloured

clothes. She can't sleep well,

walk well, talk well nor enjoy !

She is considered a taboo.

It is considered as a shame

to talk about periods and

bleeding. She has to bear

all the blame put up on her.

Yet, being born as a girl,

she being an epitome of

tolerance, bears everything.

She accepts the criticism,

she accepts her seclusion, and

she accepts her painful life.

She walks with pain but

still smile with a fear of

blood stain on her clothes.

She talks cautiously hiding

out her mood swings. She

does her daily chores without

taking enough rest.

Amidst people who consider

female as deities, there are

people who don't worship

her considering it be a sin.

Being born as a human being

is a boon, but being born as

a girl is a blessing and not

everyone are blessed !

Women are never a weaker

sex, rather they are the ones

who make men as a stronger

sex. It isn't a shame to talk

about menses openly and

nobody can blame her for

undergo such a complicated

cycle each month.

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💛There are still a lot of families in rural India, restricting girls and preventing them from attending schools and going to jobs because of menstruation.

💛Respect a girl not for her status, appearance and her attitude, but for her sacrifices, her tolerating nature to tolerate the intolerable pain, and her faithful service to her family.

💛Men are created by god only to protect women and not to pass abusive comments while her cloth stains. Remember, she sheds her blood to give life and not to take away anybody's life !