The rural Indian inventor whose machine to make sanitary pads shattered a taboo and inspired a film, Pad Man
Arunachalam Muruganantham improved the lives of poor Indian women by inventing a machine that makes cheap sanitary pads.
The rural Indian inventor whose machine to make sanitary pads shattered a taboo and inspired a film, Pad Man
Feature film Pad Man tells the story of Arunachalam Muruganantham, who, shocked by his own wife’s secret suffering over menstruation, set out, against the odds, to invent a cheap sanitary pad maker now in wide use all over India
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Updated: Friday, 20 Jul, 2018 8:47pm
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Arunachalam Muruganantham improved the lives of poor Indian women by inventing a machine that makes cheap sanitary pads.
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