For long, menopause was an inconvenient truth, never given priority in public health narratives. At best, it has been seen as a sad denouement of a woman’s reproductive life, at worst, an irritable mood swing, a foible even. Considering that women’s health in general is circumscribed by their ability to birth a generation, with even chronic illnesses like heart disease coming with a gendered priority tag, menopause is largely seen as an end-of-life compromise or endurance. Although menopause is one of the most significant biological transitions a woman undergoes after puberty and pregnancy, even advanced information highways in India maintain a radio silence on it. Yet, women spend nearly one-third of their lives in this phase, fending for themselves and suffering pain in the absence of guidance or therapies. The Indian Menopause Society projected that India would have over 100 million menopausal women by 2026, and more recent analyses suggest that it could probably go up to 140 million. Some argue that it is not a disease, so it has been the least researched, least …