Srinagar, July 22 -- On the third day of her first period, 14-year-old Meena from Dumoli village in Uttarakhand sat quietly outside her mud house. Her schoolbag lay untouched, and her uniform was folded away-possibly for good."I didn't know what was happening to me," she whispered. "There was blood. I thought I was sick. My mother gave me an old cloth and said not to tell anyone. I felt dirty. ashamed."That was the last day Meena went to school. A Widespread Crisis Meena is not alone. Across rural India, millions of adolescent girls drop out of school every year due to period poverty-a mix of financial constraints, lack of menstrual hygiene infrastructure, stigma, and silence.According to UNICEF, nearly 23 million Indian girls drop out of...