Imagine: I got patent rights to the only machine in the world to make low-cost sanitary napkins - a hot-cake product. Anyone with an MBA would immediately accumulate the maximum money. But I did not want to. Why? Because from childhood, I know no human being died because of poverty - everything happens because of ignorance.

Arunachalam Muruganantham

Categorized in : World Ignorance Money Childhood

The strong creation created by God in the world is not the lion, not the elephant, not the tiger - the girl.

Arunachalam Muruganantham

lion girl god world

I always say, 'Be near science and technology, and you will never fail.'

Arunachalam Muruganantham

never you technology science

My plea is that don't wait for a girl to become a woman to empower them. Empower a girl's life by giving sanitary pads to them. With pads, we give them wings.

Arunachalam Muruganantham

woman wait girl life

Social entrepreneurship is like a butterfly, sucking honey from a flower, but the flower won't die. They're helping the flower to make pollination.

Arunachalam Muruganantham

die butterfly flower honey

Wherever I went and spoke about menstrual hygiene, I was beaten up by people. I used to cover my cheeks with both my hands whenever I went to speak on the subject, so how could I ever imagine that someone would make a film on such a topic?

Arunachalam Muruganantham

someone speak hands people

There are two kinds of students: those who study and work to survive, while others who want to be achievers.

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survive study want work

To help my mother, I started working as a workshop helper. There I learned welding and other tools.

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workshop help tools mother

My wife gone, my mum gone, ostracised by my village. I was left all alone in life.

Arunachalam Muruganantham

alone village wife life

There should be awareness on menstrual hygiene among men as well.

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well hygiene awareness men

We keep discussing nuclear power and other issues, but we should spare a thought to the basic needs of our women.

Arunachalam Muruganantham

thought nuclear-power women power

The most difficult thing is changing people's mindset.

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changing difficult mindset people

You can send women to the Moon or Mars later. First, provide sanitary pads to them.

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you mars women moon

My life is a brave one. I didn't put any restrictions.

Arunachalam Muruganantham

life-is-a my-life brave life

I had been getting queries from regional filmmakers to do a movie based on my work. But I did not want my work and mission - to create awareness on menstrual hygiene - to be restricted to only a part of the country. In fact, I wanted to do the movie in Hollywood.

Arunachalam Muruganantham

mission want work country

To break the age-old taboos and to see girls and women use pads was a difficult task.

Arunachalam Muruganantham

see difficult women break

'Padman' was about my early life and struggles, including my wife calling me a psycho and leaving me.

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me psycho wife life

I converted a problem into an opportunity.

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converted problem opportunity

If you chase a girl, the girl won't like you. Do your job simply, the girl will chase you.

Arunachalam Muruganantham

will job you girl

I am becoming a solution provider. I'm very happy. I don't want to make this as a corporate entity. I want to make this as a local sanitary pad movement across the globe.

Arunachalam Muruganantham

solution i-am want happy

Luckily, I'm not educated. If you act like an illiterate man, your learning will never stop.

Arunachalam Muruganantham

never you man learning