“Sanitary napkins and menstruation are still taboo subjects. When we start to talk about our initiative at kitty parties and birthday parties, women shush us while men look the other way,” says 59-year-old Kala Charlu, the greying but enthusiastic founder of MITU, or Multiple Initiatives Towards Upliftment.

<p><table width='100%' border=0 cellspacing=0><tr><td style='FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 18px; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: #0253B7;'>Napkins for dignity</td></tr><tr><tr><td style='FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 11px; '>A 59-year-old woman

Napkins for dignity

A 59-year-old womans initiative in memory of her daughter who died in 2003

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