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Cervical Cancer - Symptoms, Causes, Prevention

In the last few years, Cervical Cancer has been an oft-heard word. While several women are still unaware of its causes and symptoms, this is the cancer that infects most women in India. According to a study, India accounts for one-fourth of the global burden...

Educating Sons About Women's Health

Yes, you read that right. A woman’s health is not only her business but also of everyone else in her life, including the men. You must have read or heard that bit about a happy woman making a happy home. Let us rephrase that – a healthy woman makes a happy home.

Importance of Natural Period Wear

Our lives today revolve around green smoothies, working out in the gym, or counting calories. While this is a great step towards a healthier lifestyle, there are other pertinent issues that we continue to neglect, including natural period wear.

India's acceptance of Homosexuality

The law can legislate and wise men in the courts can pass orders; but the real test of the acceptance of any verdict is in the court of the people and that of society at large. Public acceptance is everything. Especially when any law is passed that is regarded as contrary...

Impact of Breast Cancer on Mental Health

In 1982, Parvaty Ramanathan at 38 was diagnosed with Breast Cancer. It was in an advanced stage and options for treatment of breast cancer were very limited. She underwent mastectomy. Parvaty survived.

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Why There are so Few Women Entrepreneurs in India

Rashmi Daga, founder of cloud kitchen start-up Freshmenu, during the early years of her venture often used to take her young daughter around with her while she delivered meals. This was the way...

Consent - What we need to teach our boys

Consent, in and to any relation, should be a matter of right - when a girlfriend says it to her boyfriend, when a wife says it to her husband; indeed, when any woman says it to a man, it should be the last word.

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Q&A with Dr. Supriya Tiwari on PCOS

PCOS, or Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome, is an endocrine disorder that affects one in every ten women. With this article, we have tried to answer the most common questions that women have, about PCOS.

Healthy Foods for Glowing Skin

You could invest in expensive cosmetics or get frequent skin and hair treatments. If your body does not receive adequate nourishment, it’s a lost cause. The solution to your beauty needs is much closer home.

Section 377: The Journey towards Sexual Freedom

History was created in India on September 6, 2018 when a five-member bench of the Supreme Court made major changes to Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code and decriminalized homosexuality.

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Urinary Incontinence - Types, Symptoms, Causes & Prevention

Urinary Incontinence, in simple words, is the involuntary passing of urine i.e. a person not able to control the process of urination. Let’s learn more about the different kinds of incontinence, their symptoms, and causes.

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The Period Talk

I have tried to be friends with my Period, but the bloody thing makes it so difficult to have a conversation that’s not laden with heartfelt abuses, that I give up after a few attempts. But I bet if my Period could talk...

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The 'To NOT Do' Period List

Periods are not a happy time of the month. It’s stressful, painful, emotionally turbulent, and physically excruciating. Which is why, we have compiled a list of what not to do during your periods to make them sail smoother.

I am NOT Wonder Woman

What is it that still holds us back? Our rearing, the work environment, lack of support, or all of it? Simone de Beauvoir in ‘the Second Sex’ rightly says, “One is not born a woman, but becomes one”.

Raising a Feminist Father

My father grew up with three sisters. That’s three times the pain of seeing someone you love, leave. He was probably not a feminist back then. He understood and accepted the ways a patriarchal society works.

Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder (PMDD) - What is it, Causes & Treatment

I can feel myself falling into a deep well of sadness. I burst into tears over the smallest things and sometimes, for nothing at all. I feel alone, depressed, unloved, unhappy and consumed by dark, miserable thoughts.

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Battle Scars

John Mayer sang 'Your body is a Wonderland' to this gorgeous, twenty-something, porcelain skin, perfectly-shaped damsel. And yes, her body might be Wonderland to him, but you know whose body I think is a Wonderland? Mine.

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More than my ‘Ma’

One of my most vivid and distinct childhood memories is watching my mother take an English lesson for her class at a local elementary school. She conducts the lesson in her bold, confident and genteel manner as all the students...

Damn the Biological Clock!

Open the dating app of your preference and you’ll see it chock-full of 30+ year olds, still very single and ready to mingle. With career catch-up and social salsa on the cards, marriage is a distant thought, and having kids even further.

Welcome to your 20s

So you've left the terrible teen years behind and reached the thundering 20s, a decade which people say will be the best, brightest and most exciting phase of your life. You might expect to feel grown-up, cool, sexy and on the verge

Menstrual Migraine - What is it, Causes, Treatment

If you are a migraine patient, you probably know the symptoms. But if you aren’t, and have been observing these symptoms on a select few days of the month, it’s time to take a look at your calendar and ask yourself these questions.