AdvertisementA Controversial Solution To Menstrual Exile: Building Better Menstrual HutsAugust 29, 2021Sushmita PathakfacebookEmailMenstrual exile is practiced in some villages in the western Indian state of Maharashtra, including where Chetana Madavi lives. Every month when she gets her period, the 29-year-old makes her way to this mud hut with no toilet and a broken door. (Chetana Madavi)