About the Book
Aum loves his big sister, Anu Didi, and the two of them do everything together. But Aum is very puzzled by the way his sister feels unwell once every month and is unable to go to school or play badminton with him. What Aum does not know is that his sister has a monthly visitor: menstruation! Join Aum as he learns more about his sister’s monthly visitor, and see him grow into an understanding and supportive younger brother as his sister goes through the changes faced by young women all over the world. This book is written in an effort to increase awareness of menstruation and reduce the stigma around it. We hope that these pages have helped the reader understand and articulate the body’s natural processes and realize that ‘menstruation’ is not just a women’s issue - conversations around it need to be normalized across diverse demographic groups if we hope to live in a world where people are not embarrassed by their bodies—a world where we feel free and uninhibited and are able to be both, proud and compassionate toward ourselves and others!"
About the Author
Anaiya Naroola is a student at the Delhi Public School, R. K. Puram, New
Delhi. Anaiya has been involved with community service for several years,
and is the Founder of Project Promise - a social initiative that focuses on
promoting both mental and physical health and wellness in underserved
communities across India. As a part of her initiative, she has worked to
holistically educate people on the importance of meeting one’s nutritional
needs, reducing stress and anxiety, as well as the benefits of mindfulness,
yoga, and meditation.
She is most passionate about spreading informed awareness and
de-stigmatizing menstruation and wishes to empower young women to act
with agency and confidence. In August 2020, she launched an online
fundraiser and raised INR 25,000 to promote menstrual hygiene and
provided dignity kits that included sanitary pads, soap, water, and food
items to 400 women in Kashipur and Ramnagar in Uttarakhand. Further,
to bolster the positive impact of this initiative, she collaborated with AAN
Charitable Trust to conduct an awareness program for girls on the occasion
of Diwali at the Kavita Bisht Women's Skill Center & Support Home
helping them with the sales of diyas and Diwali ornaments. Further, in
2021, she raised INR 70,000 for providing covid-safety kits to the students
at TARA, New Delhi. She also continually makes shareable digital content
in Hindi to make health and nutritional information accessible for women
from vulnerable groups in collaboration with Ficci Flo - an all India
non-profit organization for women.
A N A I Y A N A R O O L A
When she is not writing, you will find her slaving away at a kitchen counter
and trying every recipe from her grandmother’s list of dishes at home or
pirouetting away, exhibiting her love for the dance form of Kathak.
She ardently hopes that ‘Anu Didi’s Monthly Visitor’ will make the readers
better understand and access the tabooed issue of menstrual health, and
play its part in destigmatizing the issue in a sensitive, age-appropriate, and
light-hearted manner, and that they will enjoy reading this book from cover
to cover as much as she enjoyed writing it.
Happy reading!
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