Card 1
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This textured beige card has a black border and a rose on each of its edges. At the centre of the card is a drawing of a period cup with a cracked egg in it. Blood drops are spilling from the egg.
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DESI EUPHEMISMS FOR PERIODS
ANDA PHUTLA
Marathi (meaning 'egg has sprouted')
Card 2
Image Description
This textured beige card has a black border and a rose on each of its edges. At the centre of the card is a drawing of a sanitary napkin with blood in it. A crow is perched on it and appears to be pooping blood onto the pad.
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DESI EUPHEMISMS FOR PERIODS
KAWLA SHIVLA
Marathi (meaning 'crow has touched')
Card 3
Image Description
This textured beige card has a black border and a rose on each of its edges. At the centre of the card is a drawing of a sanitary napkin with blood in it. Doodles of three flowers are on the pad- the first (on the far left) is small in size, the middle one is slightly larger and the third flower (on the far right) is big and red.
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DESI EUPHEMISMS FOR PERIODS
HOD ZAALYA GAU
Konkani (meaning 'she's grown up')
Card 4
Image Description
This textured beige card has a black border and a rose on each of its edges. At the centre of the card is a drawing of a sanitary napkin with red, yellow and green circles in it, indicating a traffic signal.
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DESI EUPHEMISMS FOR PERIODS
LAL BATTI
Haryanvi (meaning 'red light')
Card 5
Image Description
This textured beige card has a black border and a rose on each of its edges. At the centre of the card is a drawing of a sanitary napkin with blood on it. There are six waxing phases of the moon drawn in red on this pad.
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DESI EUPHEMISMS FOR PERIODS
MAASAMURA
Malayalam (meaning 'something which is supposed to happen monthly')
TIME MA CHE
Gujarati (meaning 'is in time')
Card 6
Image Description
This textured beige card has a black border and a rose on each of its edges. At the centre of this card is a drawing of a period cup and a girl sitting in a pile of red below it.
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DESI EUPHEMISMS FOR PERIODS
NANNU VELLILA IRRUKEN
Tamil (meaning 'I am outside')
BAAJULA BASANE
Marathi (meaning 'sitting aside')
PURATHAKUKA
Malayalam (meaning 'being out')
BHAAIR BASHCHY LAAGLYA GA
Konkani (meaning 'she's sitting outside')
Card 7
Image Description
This textured beige card has a black border and a rose on each of its edges. At the centre of this card is a drawing of a period cup filled with blood. The bottom opening of the cup has a knob and blood is spilling openly from it, like a open pipe.
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DESI EUPHEMISMS FOR PERIODS
NALKA KHUL GAYA
Hindi (meaning 'the pipe opened')
Card 8
Image Description
This textured beige card has a black border and a rose on each of its edges. At the centre of this card is a drawing of a period cup with red speech bubbles emerging from it.
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HOW DID YOU GROW UP TALKING ABOUT PERIODS?
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