Being the son of a handloom weaver, I have knowledge of cotton and some other material. — Arunachalam Muruganantham Being 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
My nature is such that even if I failed 9,999 times, I'll attempt for the 10,000th time again. — Arunachalam Muruganantham 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
I have accumulated no money but I accumulate a lot of happiness. If you get rich, you have an apartment with an… — Arunachalam Muruganantham 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
When I tell a foreign audience that 90 per cent of Indian women have no access to sanitary napkin, there is a… — Arunachalam Muruganantham Audience 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
India and other developing nations need non-farm sector activity. So what we are doing, we are giving small microbusiness to the rural… — Arunachalam Muruganantham 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
It took me eight years of trial and error to design the machines that would make low-cost pads: just Rs 2 each,… — Arunachalam Muruganantham Computers Copy Share Image
Most of the students whom I have lectured were inquisitive to learn and contribute towards my vision. So, the youth who want… — Arunachalam Muruganantham Dreams 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
I have been working in north Indian villages, so I know the truth. Compared to the south Indian states, north India is… — Arunachalam Muruganantham Awareness 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
When I work in the remotest villages, it reminds me of who I am... India is not built on 14 metros and… — Arunachalam Muruganantham 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
