What Sports Women Don't Talk About!

How do women in sports manage to rise above hygiene challenges while still giving their best on the court and in the field? Kalwyna Rathod finds out

- Kalwyna Rathod

I think it's been almost 10 years since I first saw this particular meme floating around on the Internet - two stick figure girls in the washroom together, one positioned above the toilet with her feet resting on the other's thighs, and both holding onto each other's arms for dear life I so as to not touch the toilet seat. Of course, hovering over the toilet is a common practice among women, and can be done alone. Lining the seat with tissues is also an option, unless you're against that kind of wastage.

On a recent trip to Mumbai, I found myself in a washroom with an automatic sensor-based toilet seat cover. My mind was blown just looking at this innovation, until I realised I couldn't make head nor tail of the pictorial instructions or even locate the sensor. Perhaps it wasn't working. Still, all this is just part of a regular day in the life of an urban woman. The worst days are when you also have to deal with your periods while being out and about.