I got married at 24. It was an arranged marriage. — Arunachalam Muruganantham Arranged Copy Share Image
What kept me going was my desire to provide a hygiene product for my wife. — Arunachalam Muruganantham Desire Copy Share Image
My life is a brave one. I didn't put any restrictions. — Arunachalam Muruganantham Brave Copy Share Image
The government should include menstrual hygiene in the curriculum. — Arunachalam Muruganantham Curriculum Copy Share Image
I'm ecstatic to be known as pad man, as it makes a difference to women's lives. — Arunachalam Muruganantham Difference Copy Share Image
I never thought someone would make a film on my story. — Arunachalam Muruganantham Cinema Copy Share Image
I always say, 'Be near science and technology, and you will never fail.' — Arunachalam Muruganantham Always Copy Share Image
To help my mother, I started working as a workshop helper. There I learned welding and other tools. — Arunachalam Muruganantham Help Copy Share Image
Quality napkins are made in villages at a cost of just Rs 2 per piece with my simple and cost-effective machines. — Arunachalam Muruganantham Computers Copy Share Image
To break the age-old taboos and to see girls and women use pads was a difficult task. — Arunachalam Muruganantham Difficult Copy Share Image
Social entrepreneurship is like a butterfly, sucking honey from a flower, but the flower won't die. They're helping the flower to make… — Arunachalam Muruganantham Business Copy Share Image
My nature is such that even if I failed 9,999 times, I'll attempt for the 10,000th time again. — Arunachalam Muruganantham Again 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… — Arunachalam Muruganantham I am Copy Share Image
Luckily, I'm not educated. If you act like an illiterate man, your learning will never stop. — Arunachalam Muruganantham Illiterate Copy Share Image
Nobody in the society will talk about menstruation... it's a taboo in my country. That's why I'm branded by society as a… — Arunachalam Muruganantham Country Copy Share Image
Every year, in our country, we churn out more job seekers rather than job creators. We have to look at new business… — Arunachalam Muruganantham Business 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… — Arunachalam Muruganantham Documentary 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… — Arunachalam Muruganantham Blood Copy Share Image
I am becoming a solution provider. I'm very happy. I don't want to make this as a corporate entity. I want to… — Arunachalam Muruganantham Happy Copy Share Image
My argument is that there is already an automated machine to make pads. What I did - I reverse-engineered it to 'simple.'… — Arunachalam Muruganantham Argument 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… — Arunachalam Muruganantham Cinema 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… — Arunachalam Muruganantham Body Copy Share Image
I suffered a lot when I tried to make sanitary napkins and promote the idea. My family - including my mother and… — Arunachalam Muruganantham Day 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,… — Arunachalam Muruganantham Budget Copy Share Image
I know that if I had got educated, I might have ended up as a call-center employee. — Arunachalam Muruganantham Educated Copy Share Image
The most difficult thing is changing people's mindset. — Arunachalam Muruganantham Changing Copy Share Image
The taboo regarding menstruation exists across the world, even among the educated. — Arunachalam Muruganantham Across Copy Share Image
I have accumulated no money but I accumulate a lot of happiness. If you get rich, you have an apartment with an… — Arunachalam Muruganantham Bedroom Copy Share Image
Every father, brother, and husband should know about menstruation. It is not just about women; it is about men, too. — Arunachalam Muruganantham Brother Copy Share Image
There are two kinds of students: those who study and work to survive, while others who want to be achievers. — Arunachalam Muruganantham Achievers Copy Share Image
Being the son of a handloom weaver, I have knowledge of cotton and some other material. — Arunachalam Muruganantham Being Copy Share Image
Imagine: I got patent rights to the only machine in the world to make low-cost sanitary napkins - a hot-cake product. Anyone… — Arunachalam Muruganantham Childhood Copy Share Image
There were offers from a few Bollywood filmmakers, but I was sceptical as to whether those films will do justice to my… — Arunachalam Muruganantham Bollywood Copy Share Image
I don't have any plans to make money for myself. All I wish to do is empower rural women in our country. — Arunachalam Muruganantham Country Copy Share Image
We keep discussing nuclear power and other issues, but we should spare a thought to the basic needs of our women. — Arunachalam Muruganantham Keep Copy Share Image
Even if I can take sanitary napkins to 10% of the poor women in India, it will be big achievement. — Arunachalam Muruganantham Achievement Copy Share Image
The strong creation created by God in the world is not the lion, not the elephant, not the tiger - the girl. — Arunachalam Muruganantham Creation Copy Share Image
If you chase a girl, the girl won't like you. Do your job simply, the girl will chase you. — Arunachalam Muruganantham Chase Copy Share Image
Why buy sanitary napkins from multinationals when we can make them at home and generate employment? — Arunachalam Muruganantham Employment Copy Share Image
