Rajasthan Samgrah Kalyan Sansthan

Namaste Patron ! Warm Greetings from RSKS India ..... M ost of us would have grown up listening to the chirps of sparrows, noticing these little birds prance around pecking at leftover food and insects in our backyards or being annoyed by the cacophony they create when they return to their nests in the evening.As children, we would havemarvelled attheir ability to build cosy nests in any part of the house or how they were so comfortable near us that they would not fly away unless you chase after them. As years went by, we learnt to take their presence for granted as is normally the case with anything that is neither exotic nor rare. Sparrows have lived near human settlements for several thousands of years primarily due to their ability to adapt their foraging habits according to their environments.These humble birds fed on grains as well as seeds of weeds, insects and pests, safeguarding our agricultural crops in the process. As humans moved to urb

Namaste ! Warm Greetings from RSKS India ..... If you are from India, chances are that the word ‘menstruation’ conjures up an uncomfortable image in your mind. This is because menstruation is a forbidden topic and is not discussed openly in India due to the stigma associated with it. In many parts of India, menstruating women are considered to be unclean. They are not allowed to enter the kitchen, visit temples or auspicious functions. Dasra, an NGO,did a report in 2014 titled Spot On!, which found that70% of the mothers, predominantly in rural and among lower income classes, consider menstruation as ‘dirty’ and most of them are not aware of what menstruation really is. It is little surprise then that most rural or urban poor girls, would not have heard of menstruation before they reach menarche, the onset of menstruation. The chronic lack of awareness about menstruation has led to the prevalence of unhygienic p