I never thought someone would make a film on my story. — Arunachalam Muruganantham Cinema Copy Share Image
My wife gone, my mum gone, ostracised by my village. I was left all alone in life. — Arunachalam Muruganantham Alone Copy Share Image
I always say, 'Be near science and technology, and you will never fail.' — Arunachalam Muruganantham 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
My life is a brave one. I didn't put any restrictions. — Arunachalam Muruganantham Brave 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
If you chase a girl, the girl won't like you. Do your job simply, the girl will chase you. — Arunachalam Muruganantham 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
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
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
To help my mother, I started working as a workshop helper. There I learned welding and other tools. — Arunachalam Muruganantham Help Copy Share Image
To break the age-old taboos and to see girls and women use pads was a difficult task. — Arunachalam Muruganantham 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
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 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 Copy Share Image
I had been getting queries from regional filmmakers to do a movie based on my work. But I did not want my… — Arunachalam Muruganantham Awareness 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
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 lot of people making a lot of money, billion, billions of dollars accumulating. Why are they coming for, finally, for philanthropy?… — Arunachalam Muruganantham Day 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
The idea came from my wife, since in our village, women cannot afford to buy sanitary pads. When I asked my wife,… — Arunachalam Muruganantham Copy Share Image
What kept me going was my desire to provide a hygiene product for my wife. — Arunachalam Muruganantham Desire Copy Share Image
I didn't take the money route because I saw my parents struggle for survival. — Arunachalam Muruganantham Money Copy Share Image
You can send women to the Moon or Mars later. First, provide sanitary pads to them. — Arunachalam Muruganantham Copy Share Image
I may fail today, but if I have another idea tomorrow, maybe it will work. — Arunachalam Muruganantham Copy Share Image
The taboo regarding menstruation exists across the world, even among the educated. — Arunachalam Muruganantham Copy Share Image
There should be awareness on menstrual hygiene among men as well. — Arunachalam Muruganantham Awareness Copy Share Image
I have not hung a single award on my walls, including the Padma Shri. — Arunachalam Muruganantham Copy Share Image
The choice is yours: Do you want to exist, or do you want to live? — Arunachalam Muruganantham Choice Copy Share Image
I know that if I had got educated, I might have ended up as a call-center employee. — Arunachalam Muruganantham Copy Share Image
I am the son of a hand-loom weaver. I have a connection with yarn. I thought, 'Why not try to make an… — Arunachalam Muruganantham Connection 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 Basic needs Copy Share Image
'Padman' was about my early life and struggles, including my wife calling me a psycho and leaving me. — Arunachalam Muruganantham Copy Share Image
The world has a shortage of solution providers. Everybody want to be in the 'Forbes' list. — Arunachalam Muruganantham 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
