Veteran actress Anu Aggarwal highlighted on the fact that periods is a natural process and we need to celebrate them rather than feel ashamed about, as without periods there will be no conceiving.

Several celebrities from Bollywood, business, and academic world met at a two day event to raise awareness about menstrual hygiene. The event called #PeriodToPeriodShame kicks off month long campaign to reach out to as many as 4.2 Million women and called for putting an end to period shame.

As part of the campaign, Period Potlis – a bag of essential menstrual hygiene products, nutrition products and a period manual will also be distributed to young girls while imparting necessary knowledge and awareness about healthy menstruation.

Further adding, Anu said we also need to have acceptance about menstrual cycle, as it is a natural process.

The attendance at the event included, Sir Dr. Huz, Varun Narula, Ishit Garg, Rizwan Adatia, Sandip Dutta, Saumyata Tiwari, Anu Aggarwal, and Model Alankrita Sahai.

The event hosted at Wockhardt Foundation Global Office and SL Raheja Hospital Mahim, was hosted by Dr. Nidhi Kumar and Yogini Shlloka.

The hosts called for men and women across the country to use the hashtag #PeriodToPeriodShame on social media to share their period stories and take the period pledge.