Menstruation The Observer India’s sanitary towel hero Pad Man bound for Bollywood glory Big-screen musical tells story of welder Arunachalam Muruganantham, who became a pioneer for menstrual health Arunachalam Muruganantham with his low-cost sanitary towel machine. “When I asked her why, she said we would have to cut half of our milk budget to buy sanitary pads. In India, only 12% of women have access to sanitary products; the rest struggle to improvise, using old newspapers, rags and sawdust. Muruganantham hopes the film will help him fulfil his dream of making India a 100% sanitary pad-using country. I’m ecstatic to be known as pad man, as it makes a difference to women’s lives.”

Source: The Guardian February 04, 2018 00:00 UTC