A few volume of blood don’t define woman’s purity

Dashain, the greatest festival of Nepalese culture was on the way. With great excitement , I reached my home to celebrate it. And then, the day arrived where we were supposed to receive tika and lots of blessings from our elders. All the people were jubiliant and were in a good mood to celebrate. Meanwhile, woman was sitting isolated from others in one nook of the bed. It was only later I recognized her as my aunt, unlike other on the room, the amount of happiness on her face was null. With great dilemma I asked about the cause of her situation , and her reply was the sentence “ I am on my periods”. I thought “ How on earth does the.....