My wife gone, my mum gone, ostracised by my village. I was left all alone in life. Arunachalam Muruganantham More Quotes by Arunachalam Muruganantham More Quotes From Arunachalam Muruganantham 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. Arunachalam Muruganantham survive study want work To help my mother, I started working as a workshop helper. There I learned welding and other tools. Arunachalam Muruganantham workshop help tools mother 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 childhood money ignorance world There should be awareness on menstrual hygiene among men as well. Arunachalam Muruganantham 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. Arunachalam Muruganantham changing difficult mindset people You can send women to the Moon or Mars later. First, provide sanitary pads to them. Arunachalam Muruganantham 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. Arunachalam Muruganantham me psycho wife life I converted a problem into an opportunity. Arunachalam Muruganantham 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
