I got my periods later than my friends.
A few of them, out of good humour, spread stories that period blood is green in
colour. They painted horror stories about the cramp pangs. With my own
curiosity about the white discharge (a colour other than blood red), I believed
and not believed them. But vaguely knew what was to come. So when I saw blood
on my underwear, I did not fear cancer. I did not panic. I went up to my mom.
She taught me about...
