Is time for our world. Kathmandu, the city i call home. My Friend Nirmala and i never felt restricted here, until we started our periods. Suddenly there were lots of things we were not meant to do, like cook or worship. My college friend, shes like im having my period, im treated like a queen, i dont have to work in kitchen, i dont have to go to temples, thats not treating you like a queen, thats like treating you like youre untouchable. The rules didnt make much sense to us growing up. My mother used to tell me that you shouldnt touch plants or they will die. Periods are still deeply taboo here in nepal. And while things in the city are gradually changing, we heard in the remote far west its very different. So were leaving our urban life to travel to the mountains, to discover why the taboos are still so powerful. And ask why some people are so scared of menstruating women that they wont even let them inside the house. They have to sleep in there, im really shocked, this is a place wh
Is time for our world. Kathmandu, the city i call home. My Friend Nirmala and i never felt restricted here, until we started our periods. Suddenly there were lots of things we were not meant to do, like cook or worship. My college friend, shes like im having my period, im treated like a queen, i dont have to work in kitchen, i dont have to go to temples, thats not treating you like a queen, thats like treating you like youre untouchable. The rules didnt make much sense to us growing up. My mother used to tell me that you shouldnt touch plants or they will die. Periods are still deeply taboo here in nepal. And while things in the city are gradually changing, we heard in the remote far west its very different. So were leaving our urban life to travel to the mountains, to discover why the taboos are still so powerful. And ask why some people are so scared of menstruating women that they wont even let them inside the house. They have to sleep in there, im really shocked, this is a place wh
Martha thats our story for this tuesday night, we will you back here tomorrow. Tucker carlson is up next in washington. Good night, everybody,. Tucker a good evening and welcome to the Tucker Carlson tonight. Midterm elections are just months away and no matter what you hear, the truth is democrats do have a strong chance of taking over the house of representatives if history is any guide. Short term that means that nancy pelosi will get unfettered subpoena power and maxing water is likely to be chairman of the Financial Services committee. But more broadly it means an ascendant Democratic Party, not the party you grew up with but a new and more radical and far more tolerant version of that party. How radical . Let me show you the violence. Tucker might as well give them real socialism, the crowd cheers. Just ten years ago democrats and nodded to the idea of border security. They said there were for it. Now the idea of immigration and enforcement of any kind, of borders themselves, is
Police are scrambling to replace sanitary bins in the bathrooms of some stations after they were removed in a mishap, leaving menstruating staff with nowhere.
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