'Chhaupadi' is ubiquitous: call to establish dignified menstruation as a social norm

By Pabitra Guragain, Kathmandu, Aug 3: Case I : At the age of four, she was startled to discover a bloodstain on her mother's clothes. By 10, she found herself wondering why her close friend, who used to accompany her to school regularly, disappeared all of a sudden that lasted for fifteen days.