Taapsee Pannu On Menstrual Awareness: Having Periods Is Common To Meghan Markle, Me & Other Women
As part of her latest social initiative, Taapsee Pannu has taken up to creating awareness among people about menstrual hygiene and normalize the topic of menstruation.
Taapsee
Pannu
is
one
of
those
celebrities
who
is
very
socially
aware,
and
uses
her
position
of
power
to
influence
society
in
a
positive
way.
As
part
of
her
latest
social
initiative,
Taapsee
has
taken
up
to
creating
awareness
among
people
about
menstrual
hygiene
and
normalize
the
topic
of
menstruation,
which
is
viewed
as
taboo
among
many
people.
She
has
joined
hands
with
an
NGO
to
do
the
same.
In
a
recent
interview,
she
spoke
about
how
people
like
herself,
and
Meghan
Markle
can
use
their
position
of
power
to
spread
awareness
about
things
that
matter.
In
an
interview
with
Mumbai
Mirror,
Taapsee
mentioned
Meghan
Markle,
who
had
once
visited
this
NGO
to
do
her
bit
to
spread
awareness
about
various
aspects
of
menstruation.
She
said,
"Having
periods
is
common
to
Meghan
Markle,
me
and
every
other
woman
in
the
world.
With
great
power
comes
great
responsibility,
and
if
people
like
her
contribute
and
support
this
kind
of
initiative,
it
widens
its
reach,
as
she
is
in
a
power
position."
Taapsee
further
stressed
on
the
need
to
education
children
about
periods
before
they
hit
adolescence.
She
said,
"There's
a
chapter
about
menstruation
in
biology,
but
by
the
time
you
deal
with
it,
you
have
already
heard
about
it
from
sources
in
a
weird
way,
and
you're
hushing
the
topic
and
getting
awkward
in
the
class."
"The
first
step
should
be
to
talk
about
it,
as
regular
period
determines
the
health
of
a
female.
It
is
because
we
don't
talk
about
it,
a
lot
of
health
hazards
are
not
addressed," she
added.
She
recounted
her
own
story
of
struggling
to
become
comfortable
with
what
is
a
normal
things.
"For
the
longest
time,
I
made
my
mother
buy
me
sanitary
pads
because
growing
up
even
I
thought
it
was
not
normal
to
carry
it
around
openly
and
it
had
to
be
smuggled
home.
Today,
I
have
the
courage
to
tell
the
chemist
not
to
wrap
it
up.
The
change
will
come
when
everyone
starts
doing
this,"
she
said.
Taapsee
will
next
be
seen
in
Mission
Mangal,
which
is
about
India's
space
mission
to
Mars,
and
the
ISRO
scientists
who
achieved
the
feat.
The
movie
has
a
big
star
cast
of
Akshay
Kumar,
Vidya
Balan,
Sonakshi
Sinha,
Nithya
Menen,
Kirti
Kulhari,
Sharman
Joshi,
and
others.
It
is
set
to
release
on
August
15.