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The Red Colored Bliss
by Samridhi Aneja
Should I be happy that we(means as boys) got one period off each week when girls were attending some sessions on "their things" or sad that the education system does not provide education about periods and menstruation to all?
Many questions like this need to arise and they do arise from time to time and to answer them comes something which not only gives answers to that questions but fills the void of education, awareness, and much-needed talk and discussion that needs to be done, and today, I am talking about that something that came on my way!
"The Red Colored Bliss" is an anthology of short stories, poetry, and letters, conceptualized, compiled, and edited by Samridhi Aneja. This book does not talk only about menstruation and periods, but also about bleeding, pain, society, stereotypes and stigmas, rituals, beliefs, education, the education system, and much more!
Written by various people, this book tries to bring a change that is much needed in society. In the editor's note in the book, Samridhi Aneja says and I quote it here, "Some compositions in the book will make you blush, some will give a sense of victory, and some will be shocking revelations. Some might even make you judge your own self and question the jargon you have been using to address the process we are referring to here. I’ll be glad if the book hits even just one conscience." and I could not find better words than of the editor itself to tell you why this book is here! And it is right to say that this book just not only hits the conscience but also can bring the change through actions that are much needed in today's times, where we, as a country are heading towards being modern and developed and are still rooted with the problems of menstruation!
As this book consists of short stories, poems and letters, so everyone can read it, the one they are inclined to read as per their interest or all the parts as well as it is something which needs to be read! And so now, you have no excuse to say that you can't read because it is not your preferred genre!
This book is recommended to everyone. This book is a must-read, a book that everyone should read and make people around them read it as well!
Many questions like this need to arise and they do arise from time to time and to answer them comes something which not only gives answers to that questions but fills the void of education, awareness, and much-needed talk and discussion that needs to be done, and today, I am talking about that something that came on my way!
"The Red Colored Bliss" is an anthology of short stories, poetry, and letters, conceptualized, compiled, and edited by Samridhi Aneja. This book does not talk only about menstruation and periods, but also about bleeding, pain, society, stereotypes and stigmas, rituals, beliefs, education, the education system, and much more!
Written by various people, this book tries to bring a change that is much needed in society. In the editor's note in the book, Samridhi Aneja says and I quote it here, "Some compositions in the book will make you blush, some will give a sense of victory, and some will be shocking revelations. Some might even make you judge your own self and question the jargon you have been using to address the process we are referring to here. I’ll be glad if the book hits even just one conscience." and I could not find better words than of the editor itself to tell you why this book is here! And it is right to say that this book just not only hits the conscience but also can bring the change through actions that are much needed in today's times, where we, as a country are heading towards being modern and developed and are still rooted with the problems of menstruation!
As this book consists of short stories, poems and letters, so everyone can read it, the one they are inclined to read as per their interest or all the parts as well as it is something which needs to be read! And so now, you have no excuse to say that you can't read because it is not your preferred genre!
This book is recommended to everyone. This book is a must-read, a book that everyone should read and make people around them read it as well!