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March 20, 2010By Dilnavaz Bamboat MY PIANO TEACHER LIVED two floors below us. A large lady with a stentorian voice and glasses dangling on her ample bosom, she caressed the ivories with a passion most teenagers reserve for romps in the hay. Single and living alone, music was her life and her students her family. That she was a stellar [...] September 11, 2007By Anindita Sengupta TAKING OFF from Dilnavaz’s post on menstruation and the shame surrounding it, what I find particularly irritating are the practical implications of this at a workplace. In most offices, men and women work in close quarters and it can get really awkward because one is expected to hide something that’s so integral and, well, regular. [...] Tags: menstruation, secrecy, taboo, women's bodies, Work Life | Category: Sex and Sexuality, Work Life |
September 07, 2007By Dilnavaz Bamboat THESE QUESTIONS go out to the ladies who have lived any part of their lives in India: Ever been sanitary napkin/ tampon shopping? Ever had your purchases wrapped up in a newspaper/ bag, “safe” from the eyes of the world? Now here’s my gnawing question: Why? Tags: menstruation, secrecy, sexuality, shame, women's bodies | Category: Sex and Sexuality, Society |
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