It was 4pm on a Friday, the office was already nearing the weekend vibes. I thought of taking a coffee break but then zor se su su aayi rey..so I hurried into the washroom to take care of my business and the moment I got in, a colleague of mine called out "Hey I have chums, can you get me a pad?"

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Now the thing is, it's been 2 years since I switched to menstrual cups so those days of extra pads in my bag are long gone. But somehow I was able to reach out to office supplies and help out my colleague at that time.

 

But wait a minute, I don't know if you noticed when she said "chums" in a women's washroom! It's 2018 folks, why do we still hesitate to call periods-periods? So as soon as my colleague got out I asked her the same question, to which she said arrey I still feel the hesitation. So the conversation carried on over coffee with more colleagues joining in and at that time I realised that-

• Many women on my floor didn't have a clue about the devastation caused by commercial menstrual pads disposal;

• Many thought that pads are biodegradable!

• For many others the idea of environmental sustainability around menstruation sounded puzzling;

All of this realisation was too much for me to digest, so on that weekend I penned down a plan to organise an awareness session around sustainable menstruation in my office and presented it the following week to Women Empowerment Network's leaders within our organisation.

 

I guess my urge to convey this information and drive change was so high at that time, that it passionately reflected during the presentation and they agreed to support me to launch this event.