Kanye West Apologizes To Beck For Grammy Diss

At the 2015 Grammy’s, Kanye West blasted Beck for winning the Album of the Year award.

Kanye dissed Bruno Mars in 2013 for being “overrated” for winning all the awards at the MTV Video Music Awards.

Read Kanye apology tweets below:

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Lupita Nyongo’s Stolen $150k Dress Returned Because the Pearls Are Fake

 TMZ reports that the dress was returned to the London West Hollywood Hotel where it was stolen from. There’s a twist however. The thief called TMZ to tell them where it could be found as the Calvin Klein dress allegedly worth $150K, was a worthless fake.

The thief called saying he had taken the dress from Lupita’s hotel room after he noticed the door was ajar. He and others took two pearls off of the dress and took them to the garment district in downtown L.A where he was told they were fake.

The thief according to TMZ, then decided to take the dress back to the Hotel in a garment bag that was inside a trash bag and deposited on a 2nd floor bathroom adjacent to a fitness center.

TMZ contacted the L.A. County Sheriff’s Dept. and gave them the info. The police went over to the hotel, and they found a garment bag with the dress inside just as the thief had described.

The thief said he contacted TMZ because he wanted the world to know “Hollywood’s fake bulls**t.”

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Prince Harry and Emma Watson Reportedly Dating?

Prince Harry might be dating former Harry Potter star Emma Watson.

According to Woman’s Day, the Harry Potter actress has been going on “secret dates” with the fourth-in-line to the throne. And whilst it may seem rather farfetched, particularly as Emma is rumoured to be dating Harry Styles.

The Aussie mag reports that Harry has made a change from his typical choice of blonde beauties and is “smitten” with his new beau. It claims that the prince decided to make his move following Emma’s split from Oxford University student Matt Janney, and invited her to party to show that he’s “fun and not stuffy.”

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Genevieve Nnaji Buys $4 Million House In Ghana

It seems the big bucks are still rolling in for the Nigerian actress Genevieve Nnaji as she just allegedly purchased a $4 Million House In Achimota area of Nigeria’s neighboring country, Ghana.

According to City People magazine on February 23, 2015,  the 35 year old actress who was referred as the‘Julia Roberts’ of Nigeria by American media mogul Oprah Winfrey, is the new owner of a mansion in Accra, Ghana which cost $4M.

The actress and single mother can very well afford the property as she is the brand ambassador for top brands Range Rover, Etisalat and Amstel Malta. The private property of Genevieve who also has a clothing line, is reproted to be guarded by a security company.

She is definitely not a new face in Ghana as she stayed there a while back for about a year after she and some of her colleagues where banned from acting. Her first music video was even released in Ghana at that time.

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Kanye West Wins BET Visionary Award, Gives Awesome speech

Kanye West shared a kiss with his wife as he received the Visionary Award at the 2015 BET Honors, which was broadcast yesterday night after being taped last month.

For his acceptance speech, Mr West turned to a human rights activist. Kanye began by saying he felt humbled for the first time in his life and then used his relationship with Kim, who is a “person not of color” to talk about race and separatism. He thanked Kim and told everyone that she wasn’t in a relationship with him for his fame or fortune

“My wife has dated broke black dudes so it ain’t got nothing to do with the money.”

He shared a story Kim once told him about her father Robert Kardashian being deemed a “n*gger lover” for representing O.J. Simpson. Kanye said, “We deal with racism because there are different races. Or the micro of it is that we focus on the different races, as opposed to the macro, which is the human race.”

While making reference to some of his past controversial remarks, Kanye said “race” and “people’s perception of celebrity” have been used to stop him from being “empowered,” and argued that the worth of black people have been misrepresented. He even said, “Harriet Tubman could have freed more if they only knew they weren’t free.” West went on, “So don’t think that because we can afford this custom Balmain suit that we’re free. And don’t think that because we can buy a $300,000 car that we’re free. And don’t think because three percent of a gated community has colored people in it that we’re free.”

“It’s the mentality, the slave mentality, that we all eventually become slaves to that car, slaves to the perception, slaves to the idea of being cool,” West continued. He concluded, “Our power, our oil, since we don’t own any oil, is our expression, is our influence. Don’t never let them take that away. And when we have the chance to express it and influence, don’t just do it for us. Do it for the human race.”

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check out Kylie Jenner new home worth $2.7million in the Oaks

Kylie Jenner, 17, just bought a new home worth $2.7million in the Oaks, an exclusive gated community in Calabasas.

Kylie’s new home is a block away from Kourtney andKhole Kardashian home. The 17 year old new home has a sick home theater, a pool, 5 bedrooms, kitchen and more.

According to TMZ,“Kylie has made a lot of money on KUWTK. To give you an idea, we’re told Scott Disick banks $4 million a season, so she’s got the cash. We’re told Kris Jenner is “helping her” with the purchase, but we’re told it’s Kylie loot.”

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Kanye West and Taylor Swift Spotted Having Dinner Together

According to TMZ, the bad boy Kanye West and good girl Taylor Swift was spotted having dinner together on Tuesday night.

The entertainment site reported that, even though the two were careful not to arrive and leave together, they were spotted having dinner together in a table for two at The Spotted Pig in New York City.

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The Oscars 2015

"Birdman" was the big winner of the night at the 87th annual Academy Awards.

The genre-defying art house film won for best picture.

It also won for cinematography and original screenplay, and the film's director, Alejandro González Iñárritu, won the directing Oscar.

In the acting categories, Eddie Redmayne won for best actor and Julianne Moore took home the award for best actress.

J.K. Simmons won the first Oscar of the night, for actor in a supporting role, while Patricia Arquette won for actress in a supporting role.

Oscars 2015: Full Coverage

Other winners included Common and John Legend for their original song "Glory" from the film "Selma," the Polish film "Ida" for best foreign film, and "Big Hero 6" for best animated feature.

"The Grand Budapest Hotel" also took home several awards, including for costume design, makeup and hairstyling, production design and best original score.

"Whiplash" won two Oscars, for sound mixing and film editing, while "American Sniper" took home the award for sound editing.

Scroll through for the complete list of winners in order of their presentation. And the Oscar went to...

Actor in a Supporting Role:

• Robert Duvall, "The Judge"
• Ethan Hawke, "Boyhood"
• Edward Norton, "Birdman"
• Mark Ruffalo, "Foxcatcher"
• J.K. Simmons, "Whiplash" WINNER

Costume Design:

• "The Grand Budapest Hotel" WINNER
• "Inherent Vice"
• "Into the Woods"
• "Maleficent"
• "Mr. Turner"

Makeup and Hairstyling:

• "Foxcatcher"
• "The Grand Budapest Hotel" WINNER
• "Guardians of the Galaxy"

Foreign Language Film:

• "Ida," Poland WINNER
• "Leviathan," Russia
• "Tangerines," Estonia
• "Timbuktu," Mauritania
• "Wild Tales," Argentina

Live Action Short Film

• "Aya"
• "Boogaloo and Graham"
• "Butter Lamp"
• "Parvaneh"
• "The Phone Call" WINNER

Documentary Short Subject

• "Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1" WINNER
• "Joanna"
• "Our Curse"
• "The Reaper (La Parka)"
• "White Earth"

Sound Mixing

• "American Sniper"
• "Birdman"
• "Interstellar"
• "Unbroken"
• "Whiplash" WINNER

Sound Editing

• "American Sniper" WINNER
• "Birdman"
• "The Hobbitt: The Battle of the Five Armies"
• "Interstellar"
• "Unbroken"

Best Supporting Actress

• Patricia Arquette, "Boyhood" WINNER
• Laura Dern, "Wild"
• Keira Knightley, "The Imitation Game"
• Emma Stone, "Birdman"
• Meryl Streep, "Into the Woods"

Visual Effects

• "Captain America: The Winter Soldier"
• "Dawn of the Planet of the Apes"
• "Guardians of the Galaxy"
• "Interstellar" WINNER
• "X-Men: Days of Future Past"

Animated Short Film

• "The Bigger Picture"
• "The Dam Keeper"
• "Feast" WINNER
• "Me and My Moulton"
• "A Single Life"

Animated Feature Film

• "Big Hero 6" WINNER
• "The Boxtrolls"
• "How to Train Your Dragon 2"
• "Song of the Sea"
• "The Tale of the Princess Kaguya"

Production Design

• "The Grand Budapest Hotel" WINNER
• "The Imitation Game"
• "Interstellar"
• "Into the Woods"
• "Mr. Turner"

Cinematography

• "Birdman" WINNER
• "The Grand Budapest Hotel"
• "Ida"
• "Mr. Turner"
• "Unbroken"

Film Editing

• "American Sniper"
• "Boyhood"
• "The Grand Budapest Hotel"
• "The Imitation Game"
• "Whiplash" WINNER

Documentary Feature

• "Citizenfour" WINNER
• "Finding Vivian Maier"
• "Last Days in Vietnam"
• "The Salt of the Earth"
• "Virunga"

Original Song

• "Everything Is Awesome," "The Lego Movie"
• "Glory," "Selma" WINNER
• "Grateful, "Beyond the Lights"
• "I"m Not Gonna Miss You," "Glen Campbell: I'll Be Me"
• "Lost Stars," "Begin Again"

              

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New List of the Top 50 Universities in Africa

The first global rankings of universities in the new year have been published, and they show quite curious results for Nigerian universities. According to Webometrics Ranking of World Universities, the Covenant University, Ota, made an impressive step forward, stormed the TOP 15 of African Universities and became #1 in Nigeria.


 A total of 136 Nigerian universities made the list. See the TOP-50, as of January 2015, below:
Ranking (world rank) University name
1 (1401) Covenant University Ota
2 (1791) Obafemi Awolowo University
3 (2310) University of Ibadan
4 (2597) University of Lagos
5 (2742) University of Ilorin
6 (3424) University of Agriculture Abeokuta
7 (3599) Ahmadu Bello University
8 (3872) Federal University of Technology Akure
9 (4022) Landmark University
10 (4100) University of Nigeria
11 (4462) University of Benin
12 (4590) University of Port Harcourt
13 (4644) Federal University of Technology Minna
14 (5114) Federal University Dutsin Ma
15 (5810) University of Jos
16 (7146) Federal University Oye Ekiti Ekiti State
17 (8385) Olabisi Onabanjo University (Ogun State University)
18 (8551) Federal University of Technology Owerri
19 (8704) University of Calabar
20 (8988) Osun State University
21 (9063) Auchi Polytechnic
22 (9294) Paul University Awka Anambra State
23 (9782) National Open University of Nigeria
24 (9920) Yaba College of Technology
25 (10360) Afe Babalola University Ado Ekiti
26 (10384) Lagos Business School Pan African University
27 (10492) Madonna University Nigeria
28 (10518) University of Uyo
29 (10577) Lead City University Ibadan
30 (10795) Bayero University Kano
31 (11154) Ladoke Akintola University of Technology
32 (11169) Nnamdi Azikiwe University
33 (11215) Adekunle Ajasin University
34 (11443) Federal University Ndufu Alike Ikwo FUNAI
35 (11526) University of Maiduguri
36 (11794) Benue State University
37 (12595) Redeemer’s University
38 (12694) Pan African University Lagos
39 (12789) Caritas University Enugu
40 (13273) Rivers State University of Science & Technology
41 (13369) Kwara State University
42 (13475) Usmanu Danfodiyo University
43 (13653) Ambrose Alli University Ekpoma
44 (13749) American University of Nigeria
45 (13756) Joseph Ayo Babalola University
46 (13821) Tai Solarin University of Education
47 (14073) Lagos State University
48 (14163) Bowen University
49 (14225) (1) Kaduna State University
50 (14531) Federal University of Agriculture Makurdi

The actual ranking (TOP-15) of the universities in Africa is given below:

Currently, Webometrics provides web indicators for more than 12,000 universities worldwide. The ranking is based on a composite indicator which reflects presence, impact, openness and excellence. The next update of the rankings will be in July 2015.

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Jackie Chan’s Son Jaycee Chan Released From Prison

Jackie Chan’s son,Jaycee Chan,has been released from prison after serving a sentence for drugs offences.

Jaycee Chan  plead guilty to providing shelter for others to use drugs and was sentenced to 6 months in jail at the beginning of January 2015.

He was released from  Beijing’s Checheng prison today, Friday, February 13.

on why he spent less than 2 months in prison, the courts took into account the fact that, he had been locked up since August .So they combined the sentence.

According to a statement from the 32-year old actor’s entertainment company, Jaycee will hold a news conference tomorrow, February 14 to ‘apologise and explain’.
He had previously said after his arrest..

I just gave [the police] information and I confessed because I didn’t know how to deal with the marijuana.’

Jackie – who was named an official Narcotics Control Ambassador by Chinese police in 2009 said

‘Regarding this issue with my son Jaycee, I feel very angry and very shocked. As a public figure, I’m very ashamed. As a father, I’m heartbroken. Jaycee and I together express our deep apology to society and the public. ‘I hope all young people will learn a lesson from Jaycee and stay far from the harm of drugs. I say to Jaycee that you have to accept the consequences when you do something wrong. As your father, I’m going to face the road together with you.

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Singer Yemi Alade’s Instagram Account Hacked… Her Secret Romance With Phyno Exposed!

 Yemi Alade’s management released the below statement confirming the hack:

Please be advised that YEMI ALADE’s Instagram account was hacked yesterday Friday the 13th of February 2015. The hacker has been posting inappropriate pictures and captions on the account and we would therefore like her fans/followers to please ignore any post on the account, as this is not Yemi Alade posting!!!This has been reported to Instagram, so hopefully the account should be deactivated soon.Yemi Alade is currently in France and would want to thank her fans for their support.
 regards Management

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Ukraine crisis: Leaders plan new Minsk peace talks

 The leaders of Russia, Ukraine, Germany and France aim to meet in Belarus's capital Minsk
on Wednesday to discuss a peace plan for eastern Ukraine.

It comes after leaders of the four countries discussed the ongoing conflict by telephone on Sunday.

More than 5,300 people have been killed by fighting between Ukrainian forces and pro-Russia rebels since April 2014.

Western countries accuse Russia of arming the rebels and sending troops to Ukraine - claims Russia denies.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande have been leading efforts to establish a new peace plan.

Analysis: Jonathan Marcus, BBC diplomatic correspondent, Munich

The pace of diplomatic activity to reach a deal to resolve the Ukraine crisis has been dramatically accelerating. With German Chancellor Angela Merkel in the driving seat and French President Francois Holland as her co-pilot, the push is on for a deal. 

However, while few details have been provided, this is not a substantially new peace plan. 

When I spoke to UK Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond on Saturday, he was reluctant to even go so far as labelling it as "Minsk Plus". A deal is still an aspiration rather than an approaching reality. 

The level of frustration many Western countries feel against Russia's policies has been palpable - Mr Hammond for example branded President Vladimir Putin as "some kind of 20th-Century tyrant". 

The heady optimism surrounding last year's deal evaporated quickly. This year people are much, much more cautious.

The detailed proposals of the peace plan have not been released, but the plan is thought to include a demilitarised zone of 50-70km (31-44 miles) around the current front line.

Mrs Merkel, Mr Hollande, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and Russian President Vladimir Putin held an "extensive" telephone conference on Sunday, German government spokesman Steffen Seibert said in a statement.

Mrs Merkel and Mr Hollande (right) met Mr Putin in Moscow on Friday

The four parties discussed "a package of measures" to try to reach "a comprehensive settlement of the conflict in eastern Ukraine", Mr Seibert said, adding that the leaders aimed to meet on Wednesday.

However, Mr Putin said the planned meeting would only take place "if by that time we manage to agree on a number of points".

Signatories of a previous ceasefire deal - Ukraine, Russia, rebel representatives and the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) - would also meet in Minsk on Wednesday, Mr Seibert said.

That deal, which was signed in Minsk last September, failed to end the fighting and the rebels have since seized more ground.

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Abu Dhabi school ordered to close after death of three year old

ABU DHABI // Al Worood Academy Private School will be shut down and fined Dh150,000 after a three-year-old girl died last year when she was locked on a school bus.

The Misdemeanour Court ruled on Sunday that the bus supervisor will spend three years in jail and be fined Dh20,000 for negligence that caused the girl’s death. 

The court heard she failed to check the back row where the girl was sleeping before leaving the bus.

Nizaha Aalaa died from suffocation when she was locked in the vehicle after it arrived at the school. Her body was discovered at 11.45am. 

The bus driver was also sentenced to three years in jail plus a Dh20,000 fine. The school administrator was given a suspended three-year jail sentence and fined Dh20,000 for failing to check student records that day.

The school was ordered to close, pay a fine of Dh50,000 for causing the girl’s death and pay a further Dh100,000 for endangering students’ lives by hiring unlicenced school buses.

The bus company owner was sentenced to six months in jail for endangering the lives of others, and was ordered to pay a fine of Dh500,000 for employing staff not on his sponsorship. 

In addition, the first four defendants were ordered to pay blood money of Dh200,000, to be divided between them.

Nizaha’s death, which shocked the local community, has led to a raft of new safety measures being introduced by authorities in the capital.

Each defendant has one month to appeal against their sentence.

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Islamic State crisis: Jordan air strikes 'destroy' IS hideouts

Jordan says it has carried out 56 air strikes in three days on Islamic State logistics sites and hideouts.

"We achieved what we aimed at," Air Force chief Gen Mansour al-Jbour said. 

Jordan intensified its strikes after captured pilot Moaz al-Kasasbeh was shown being burned alive by the IS.

Jordan has carried out nearly 20% of all sorties by the US-led coalition against IS in Syria so far, Gen Jbour said, adding: "We are determined to wipe them from the face of the Earth."

IS seized control of large areas of Iraq and Syria last year, prompting hundreds of raids by coalition war planes.

The focus of Jordan's air strikes is reported to be Raqqa, the IS stronghold in Syria, but no specifics were given. 

Gen Jbour said the strikes had degraded nearly 20% of the militants' capabilities.

IS militants said that one of the strikes killed US aid worker Kayla Mueller, although the claim could not be verified.

A video of Lt Kasasbeh, 26, being burned alive in a cage, was posted online by IS earlier this week. 

He was captured by the militants in December after his F-16 fighter jet crashed in Syria. The video is believed to have been filmed on 3 January.

Jordan had offered to swap Sajida al-Rishawi, a failed female suicide bomber, for the captured pilot. Jordan executed Rishawi and another convicted al-Qaeda operative on Wednesday.

Timeline: Jordanian pilot held hostage

24 December 2014: Jordanian Lt Moaz Youssef al-Kasasbeh captured by IS after his plane crashes

25 December 2014: Pilot's father urges IS to show mercy 

20 January 2015: IS threatens to kill two Japanese hostages unless Japan pays $200m ransom within 72 hours

24 January: IS releases video of Japanese hostage Kenji Goto holding a picture apparently showing Haruna Yukawa's decapitated body

24 January: IS calls for release of Sajida al-Rishawi, an Iraqi militant sentenced to death in Jordan

28 January: Jordan offers to release Rishawi in exchange for Lt Kasasbeh

29 January: Deadline to kill Lt Kasasbeh and Mr Goto expires

31 January: Video released appearing to show Kenji Goto's body

3 February: Video released appearing to show Lt Kasasbeh burnt alive, with Jordanian media suggesting he was killed weeks earlier

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Harvard tells professors: No more sex with undergrads

if that car parked in Harvard Yard is a rockin', school officials may soon come a knockin', because
hanky-panky between students and faculty at the elite university has officially been banned.

Specifically, the school adopted a new policy this week that prohibits romantic relationships between undergraduates and professors. The previous policy only did so between professors and the students they taught.

Harvard released a statement saying a specially appointed committee "determined that the existing language on relationships of unequal status did not explicitly reflect the faculty's expectations of what constituted an appropriate relationship between undergraduate students and faculty members ... therefore, the committee revised the policy to include a clear prohibition to better accord with these expectations."

The action comes nearly a year after the U.S. Department of Education announced it was investigating 55 colleges and universities, including Harvard, for violations pertaining to Title IX, the federal law prohibiting sex discrimination on college campuses. 

Harvard responded at the time by saying it had appointed its first ever Title IX officer, and that the school's president "recently announced the creation of a university-wide task force -- composed of faculty, students and staff -- that will recommend how we can better prevent sexual misconduct at Harvard."

The new policy is the result of "a formal process to review Harvard University's Title IX policy," the school said.

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My country's problem with menstruation

Six years ago, I was in the fifth grade and my teachers were

planning a school trip to the nearby town of Karjat. A hundred chatty students were to go there by bus, engage in a little sightseeing and return at night. 

At that age, getting a monthly visit from a certain bloody friend was relatively uncommon. The boys were kept in the dark and my friends and I talked about it in hushed tones. Getting one's period was frightening and no one was particularly excited about this coming of age rite. To make us feel more comfortable, the teachers asked us to inform them if we got our periods and reassured us that we'd be taken care of. 

I got mine on the day of the trip. It wasn't my first time, but I informed a teacher anyway and hopped on the bus. 

One of the places of interest in Karjat was a huge, historic temple. My classmates and I went inside and marveled at the carvings (or picked our noses; I don't remember). As we exited, another teacher pulled me aside and asked me if I had my period. I said yes. Her expression changed instantly and in a terrifying, angry voice, she told me this: 

"How did you go inside the temple then? Don't you know you're not supposed to? Hasn't your mother told you that you can't step inside a temple when you have your period? Call your mother tomorrow; I want to meet her!"

I thought I'd made the largest blunder of my life. I was mortified. I apologized and got onto the bus, where I spent the entire ride home nearly in tears. 

I didn't understand why my entering a temple was such a big deal, and I was confused and anxious about what she'd say to my mother the next day. As I frantically told my mom what the teacher had said, a look of disgust crossed her face and she told me to relax. She explained to me that we don't believe in these things. She shrugged off the teacher's words and told me that it was a dumb superstition. 

The next day, I didn't meet the teacher and she forgot all about it. But she had shamed me for entering the scary world of puberty, just because I'd visited a temple. What kind of human being does that to a harmless child?

My mother showed me that getting my period doesn't make me a bad or abnormal person. But others don't seem to agree. I see variations of this incident happening around me every day. 

In my friend's family, when women have their period, they don't enter the kitchen. They're not allowed to cook. I know a family who doesn't allow their maid to enter their house when it's her time of the month. Recently, my aunt wanted me to attend a neighbor's pooja -- a type of Hindu prayer ritual -- but the instant I told her I had my period, she asked me not to come. She told me that it's disrespectful. I was shocked.

I hate this belief. I hate that women mindlessly follow it and men advocate it. Women are considered sick, impure and even untouchable when they're having their period. So, God obviously hates me when I'm on my period because I can't hang out with him in a temple. Food hates me, too, because I can't enter the kitchen to spread butter on bread. I guess some people also hate me, because I can't enter their house. 

Women of India: The next time someone asks you not to go to temple or cook pasta when your red friend is visiting, ask them to take a hike. Ask them why they believe in such archaic customs. And if you're a person who has been believing these sick rules for so long: 

Shame on you for making women follow your Stone Age way of life and forcing them to feel different and abnormal because of a normal, healthy biological occurrence. 

Women don't contaminate an area or spiritual idea by bleeding. Menstrual blood is not dirty or impure. So if you still believe in your silly custom, I'm sorry, but no entering the kitchen or temple when you cut your knee on a sharp corner. 

I refuse to be treated as less capable, weaker, dirty or impure for being a woman. God loves all his children: rich or poor, man or woman, menstruating or not. It's high time we speak openly about menstruation in India, a country that truly needs to quash its taboos one at a time. I think talking and writing about it freely is the only way we'll get it done. 

I bleed. Deal with it.

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