Romita Saluja

RomitaSaluja

Romita is an independent journalist in India. Her recent work explores the themes of gender violence, human trafficking and modern slavery, health, and human rights. She has written for The Guardian, Foreign Policy, The Washington Post, BBC, Al Jazeera, Undark Magazine, and others.

She can be reached at romitasaluja [at] gmail.

Beating period stigma with betel vines

Global, Published March 20, 2024

In the coastal villages of Odisha, in eastern India, women do not work on betel vineyards due to an age-old menstruation taboo. But some women are rebelling. What does it take to fight against the society?

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