The Guilt of Being an Activist

“Please let me in.” she screamed, “I am afraid of the darkness. These bedbugs and flies. I can’t bear the pain of the mosquito bites. The rats and the smell…” My heart pounded when Sita Devi said this to her parent. 12 years old girl from Tulsipur VDC of Accham district was forced to live in chhaupadi hut during menstruation. Poor family with no proper education made her to stay helpless inside the four walls of chhaupadi hut in cold winter night. Girls like her still are forced to live in chhaupadi hut during menstruation. The period pain and darkness. No one to look after.The pain and suffering of the young girls. The complications that will come.....