Sneha Mahajan, an architect in Delhi, despite coming from an educated family, was using cloth instead of sanitary napkins until a couple of years back. According to a survey conducted by the Women Health Organization (WHO), 36 per cent of women in the country feel uncomfortable buying sanitary essentials from shops. The cloth I could wash several times and just hang somewhere and thus no-one would see my blood," says the 24-year-old. Looking at the hesitation rate, Everteen, a Delhi-based group has started doorstep deliveries of 'Period boxes', customisable monthly sanitary essentials. The survey revealed that even educated women are hesitant sometimes to buy sanitary napkins from shops.

Source: dna February 12, 2018 00:18 UTC