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 Copy Share Image
When I speak a serious subject in an informal and humorous way, it has bigger impact. So much so, when BBC made a small… — Arunachalam Muruganantham Copy Share Image
My wife was gone, all other girls failed to cooperate, so I decided to wear a pouch of animal blood myself and test out… — Arunachalam Muruganantham Copy Share Image
The idea came from my wife, since in our village, women cannot afford to buy sanitary pads. When I asked my wife, she told me we would have to cut down half of our milk budget to buy sanitary pads. Moreover, while raw materials for sanitary pads cost 10 paise, the end product was sold for 40 times that price.… — Arunachalam Muruganantham Copy Share
I'm ecstatic to be known as pad man, as it makes a difference to women's lives. — Arunachalam Muruganantham Copy Share Image
Luckily, I'm not educated. If you act like an illiterate man, your learning will never stop. — Arunachalam Muruganantham Copy Share Image
A male can be a boy, a man, a love/husband, a father, a grandfather, a great-grandfather, but they don't have any knowledge what's happening… — Arunachalam Muruganantham Copy Share Image
Wherever I went and spoke about menstrual hygiene, I was beaten up by people. I used to cover my cheeks with both my hands… — Arunachalam Muruganantham Copy Share Image
The taboo regarding menstruation exists across the world, even among the educated. — Arunachalam Muruganantham Copy Share Image
When I work in the remotest villages, it reminds me of who I am... India is not built on 14 metros and 100 cities.… — Arunachalam Muruganantham Copy Share Image
Being the son of a handloom weaver, I have knowledge of cotton and some other material. — Arunachalam Muruganantham Copy Share Image
