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Issue No: 298, May 2014

Disposable pads, disposable lives

A conservancy worker descends a manhole to clean out a blocked drain Eco Femme, a manufacturer of reusable sanitary pads in Auroville, recently met with conservancy workers in Chennai and learnt about the devastating social impact of disposable pads. Bindu reports. “When you throw something away, where is away?” asks the celebrated environmental activist, Julia Butterfly Hill. Indeed, where is away? “Away” conjures that mythical place, far from one’s home, where one is absolved from dealing with the ignominious impact of one’s action. Years ago, as a teenager, when I flushed my disposable sanitary napkin down the toilet, I was not thinking of where was “away”. I was celebrating my liberation as a modern, urban woman who was free from the discriminatory superstitions and taboos regarding menstruation that were inflicted on my rural cousins. (In India, as in most cultures worldwide, there are a number of prevalent beliefs and taboos about menstruation that seek to limit a wo...
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Issue No. 298, May 2014

  • Quietly making an impact: Auroville's solid waste outreach
  • Editorial
  • Disposable pads, disposable lives
  • The 'Aspiration' programme: Welcome Newcomers to Auroville
  • Helping the development of Bommaiyarpalayam village
  • 'Water Without Waste' campaign meets Pondy promenaders
  • Changing Aurovillians' behavior
  • Aqua Salis
  • June Maher (Passing)

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