Arunachalam Muruganantham

My vision is to make India into a 100% sanitary-pad-using country. Menstruation is no more a taboo. ”

The strong creation created by God in the world is not the lion, not the elephant, not the tiger - the girl. ”

The most difficult thing is changing people's mindset. ”

I have accumulated no money but I accumulate a lot of happiness. If you get rich, you have an apartment with an extra bedroom - and then you die. ”

Social entrepreneurship is like a butterfly, sucking honey from a flower, but the flower won't die. They're helping the flower to make pollination. ”

I suffered a lot when I tried to make sanitary napkins and promote the idea. My family - including my mother and wife - deserted me. Villagers even tied me to a tree and beat me. But after seeing me successful now, they come and say that they all knew that I would become famous one day. ”

I am the son of a hand-loom weaver. I have a connection with yarn. I thought, 'Why not try to make an affordable sanitary pad for my wife?' ”

My nature is such that even if I failed 9,999 times, I'll attempt for the 10,000th time again. ”

Being the son of a handloom weaver, I have knowledge of cotton and some other material. ”

To break the age-old taboos and to see girls and women use pads was a difficult task. ”