Most women will know the outcome of walking into a pharmacy, that one day in a month, and asking for a pack of sanitary napkins. There's a square pack neatly wrapped in paper that is tossed towards you, like a weapon handed over before you head into battle. The stigma attached to puberty is so large that we end up internalising this behaviour of trying to hide "it", when the alternative is just to come to terms with a biological phenomenon.

And it all starts with sex education, something educator and writer Anju Kishinchandani has been working hard towards with her company UnTaboo, which organises workshops and plays related to the subject. Today, the company will stage Growing Up, a production conceptualised by Kishinchandani, and directed by theatre artiste Trishla Patel that deals with puberty and safety, at Juhu's Prithvi Theatre. The 75-minute play is a musical featuring five tracks composed by the team. "We have young adults acting and singing. There's one song that is entirely about periods. And we'll also shed light on the difference between a good and a bad touch, and how one can avoid tricky situations," Kishinchandani says.