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"Baba, this girl was the one that made that man jilt my daughter. His excuse was that, she willed all her property to him. And now, they have a child and my own daughter has refused to get married. Baba please what are we doing about this?" An agitated woman dressed in a yellow coloured brocade gown laments looking up to the old man dressed in a white turned brown lace and sitted on a tattered local mat in a room furnished with low stools, another local mat, animal skins displayed on the wall, a million cowries scattered in different directions and a segregated blood stained area of the room where in a red wrapper is tied.

Have you ever pondered the intriguing world of menstrual rituals in India? Let's explore the reasons behind their existence. Are these practices really discriminatory, or have they been misunderstood? Join me in unraveling the science behind the menstrual rituals. (Weekly update)