Ranga Joshi, 42, shares her Chau with the first time observer Minu, 14 years old. Ranga tells me, « The first time, I had a fever, I was very uncomfortable. When I saw the blood flowing, I didnÕt know what was happening, I wasnÕt sure what it was, I thought I should leave the house and after thinking about it a while I ran away from the house and hid in the forest for 7 days. After 7 days I came home and I was so scared. Sometimes I get food, sometimes I have to stay hungry. My children are still small so they cant really manage. My husband works in India 6 months of the year, when he is at home he brings food to me, otherwise the kids do It sometimes. Men donÕt understand. Men donÕt understand what menstruation is. How could they? Its not happening in their bodies, how could they understand it? And when my husband drinks he beats me up even if I am in the Chhau. » Nepal, 2016.