THE ladies who run the civil society organization, Sukriti, recently went to address the general assembly of the Krishnachandrapur High School at Mathurapur, near the Sundarbans in South 24-Parganas. They had before them a distinctive sight — a huge gathering of several thousand youngsters.
Being a coeducational school, it was normal for both boys and girls to be in an assembly. But what was unusual was the topic: ‘menstrual hygiene’. What did boys have to do with it? A lot, it seems, according to the highly progressive headmaster of the school, Chandan Kuman Maiti.
His contention was. . .