Jhumka Quotes

But before we can even address the mistreatment that occurs once a woman is interacting with the health-care system, we have to address the fact that some women never get that far. We won’t get a true picture of the incidence of endometriosis until we specifically look for it in marginalized communities. And before we can do that, we have to address the disparity in access. Social epidemiologist Jhumka Gupta has said that endometriosis is a social justice issue. In her speech at the Worldwide Endo March in Washington, DC, on March 19, 2016, she said that endometriosis is a social pathology, which she defined as “gender inequality, social injustice, and attitudes of society that keep women and girls from fully reaching their potential.

On Sundays, if one of the women wanted to go to church, then a ffth person, Brinda, who worked down the hill in the ofce, would come in to assist the bathing team. Brinda was small, only as high as the door handles, with a braid of black hair that was almost as long as herself. Her father was a gold-smith and had made his daughter exquisite jewellery scaled to size, which she always wore to work. Her toe- rings, tiny bangles and jhumka earrings glinted in the dim bathroom. She wore a Brinda- sized rubber apron over her kurta and salwar. (Malayalis had taken to this Punjabi attire with immeasurable enthusiasm.)