Fieldnotes from Mynas: Uncovering the Unawareness About “Awareness Work”

A fieldnote from Myna Mahila exploring how care, planning, and team support shape effective leadership in grassroots research and social impact work.

Fieldnotes from Mynas: What Care Looks Like in Leadership | Myna Mahila

A fieldnote from Myna Mahila exploring how care, planning, and team support shape effective leadership in grassroots research and social impact work.

Fieldnotes from Mynas: Walking with Aliya | Myna Mahila

At Myna Mahila Foundation, I’ve seen the transformative power of a positive organizational culture…

Vyomesh talks about periods

Nobody really talks about periods. Everybody knows what periods are, why it happens…

Amrita is a Change Maker

Aunty Red’, ‘Aunt Flo’, ‘Code Red’, ‘Leak Week’, just a few of the many names used to describe menstruation…

Chandrakala

I grew up believing our family was cursed and I would never get a right direction in life…

Azmati Tackling Period Taboos

As a child, I grew up loving to play outside, I was a bit of a tomboy. Slowly, fewer and fewer girls…

Sangita’s Story

Sangita at her doorstep “As I was growing up, my mother would always tell me that my father would be coming soon…

Nasreen on the first time she got her periods & the stigma associated with menstruation

The first time I got my periods, I thought it was a disease and that I was going to die…