I Am Just Menstruating

When you see every second advertisement about sanitary napkins and specially reading an article about menstruation myths on a website jaagore.com , it is not time to just shy away but to deliberate over the issue. Specially when even after reading such article one is not able to rationally reach to any opinion.
        The article talks about how women are barred to enter into kitchens or temples and put an end to this myth there. Nothing was said as to why such customs are followed even today and what is the way ahead. This sanitary napkins has replaced cotton clothes only recently. Therefore the menstruation process was not so hygienic as it is today. Such customs can be justified in old days on the basis of hygiene and health. Hold your thoughts ! as there is other side as well.
       Nowerdays when I see the frequent advertisements of sanitary napkins over television I wonder whether it is just a marketing strategy or menstruation which is a very natural process in women since she exists, suddenly began to bother them so much. Actually neither of the two is completely true. However these napkins have made such periods more comfortable and hygienic for women. So following this logically and rationally the old archeac customs must be discarded now. Women are more aware and can handle this situation well. Our society needs to be more pragmatic rather than accepting old traditions and customs blind fold.
       You will be surprised knowing that in Assam people worship the Goddess of menstruation. They cherish the women's power of creation through such worshiping and so does our mythology. Here I tried to bridge mythology, traditions and customs with modernity and science. We need to be more logical and rationale in our thinking. And why not should we reason ?
       If a woman stops menstruating the human specie will be extinct one day...
Jaaaago re !

Who an Aam Aadmi is ?

Mango man... This was the phrase most popular for a common man just two years ago. Now Aam Aadmi has replaced the term. Why not, it seems more explicit and more acceptable even to the illiterate of the country. Though the essence of the phrase has remained the same a lot more has been changed.
       We will be looking at this change with a layman's view. When I look at the present circumstances people's perspective towards aam aadmi seems complicated. This insisted me to think who an aam aadmi is. Is she rich ? Is she poor ? Is she a government official or a businesswoman ? Does an aam aadmi lives in a 5000 sq ft bungalow or in jhukkis ? Or does an aam aadmi owns a car or not ?
          If you are thinking that some of them belong to the aam aadmi category and others not, I am sorry but you are wrong. Is the financial condition is the only aspect determining of a mango man ? I guess not. Then why Mr Kejriwal refused a 5 rum house and an Innova car in response to little opposition on the name of being an 'aam aadmi'. So according to his logic everyone in this country who owns a decent house and a car is not a aam aadmi. Is it not a dangerous trend to be followed..?
       And if at all you represent the aam aadmi of the country then you must shift yourself in a jhopdi and travel in public transport as majority of aam aadmi in India does. But it would be very difficult for you and people like you. I am not being critical to him, his party or such people but he must not just hold the jhanda of aam aadmi and play in hands of others and disrespect Indian people. Is aam aadmi of India not eligible of even a decent house and a car ?
          I am not doubting your intensions but showcasing such artificial things is an unwelcome behaviour. For a Chief Minister of a state this decision matters nothing in the list of his duty, though he succumbed to such small pressure. Give me name of one politician who have not faced criticism in her job. Is this the way you are going to run a democratic country ?
          He and AAP has to come above such pity issues if they want some change since during change friction is inevitable.