Jhankar is experiencing a terrible pain in her stomach, so intense that it's beyond her tolerance. Still, she continues completing her work with great difficulty, making sure no expression of pain appears on her face. She knows that office hours will be over soon, and she’ll get to go home and rest for a while. But she’s always deeply troubled during her painful periods, and during such times, her parents would also become very worried and take extra care of her.

Her mother would often give her some home remedies to relieve the pain, while her father would sit beside her, gently placing his hand on her head. He knew this was a natural process, but for a father, seeing his daughter in pain was always difficult. Though this was something natural for women, for him it felt like a very big deal.