This is a clip from Silence, Period, a documentary made in Gunga, Bhopal, as part of Youth Ki Awaaz’s Action Network Fellowship — a program that enabled grassroots storytellers to document the most urgent social realities. Years have passed since this was filmed, but little has changed. Girls still whisper “Mera mahina aa gaya hai” — because periods remain a source of shame. But it’s not just the taboo that holds them back — it’s the lack of basic infrastructure that turns menstruation into a mo

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