Dear all, 

If anyone has access to the following articles, I would appreciate it if you could share them with me:

Samanta, Suchitra. 1992. “Maugalmayma, Sumangala, Mangal: Bengali Perceptions of the Divine Feminine, Motherhood and ‘Auspiciousness.’” Contributions to Indian Sociology 26(1):51–75. 

Apffel-Marglin, Frédérique and Dennis Hudson. 2002. “Who has the Potency?” Journal of Vaishnava Studies Vol. 10 (2):111–121 

Apffel-Marglin, Frédérique.1992.“Women’s Blood: Challenging the Discourse of Development.” The Ecologist 22(1):22–32

Chawla, Janet. 1994. “Mythic Origins of Menstrual Taboo in Rig Veda.” Economic and Political Weekly (October 22):2817–2827. 

Gillespie, George. 1984. “A Myth of the Goddess Kamakhya.” India Cultures 39(2):1–22 

Any additional recommendation for studies on  menstrual blood and/or menstrual festivals in India would be greatly appreciated.

Sincerely,

Paolo