The 'Tampon King' who sparked a period of change for India's women

[beetle]

I haven't got that logic as yet. The man who created this machine was abandoned by his family. :WTF:

Kis baat ka logic nahin samajh aya?Question ya phir quote ka? From what I read about this man and his work....it seems that his mission became his obsession.Since his work was involved with the intimate female hygiene and study of the intimate hygiene pf many women in the reproductive age ...it created problems with his wife and mother. He stored used hygiene products for study and even spent time simulating menstrual period on himself using animal blood or something like that.This led many to believe he was crazy. The article did mention that later on his wife and mother made up with him.

[Crookbond]

Kis baat ka logic nahin samajh aya?Question ya phir quote ka? From what I read about this man and his work....it seems that his mission became his obsession.Since his work was involved with the intimate female hygiene and study of the intimate hygiene pf many women in the reproductive age ...it created problems with his wife and mother. He stored used hygiene products for study and even spent time simulating menstrual period on himself using animal blood or something like that.This led many to believe he was crazy. The article did mention that later on his wife and mother made up with him.

I meant our society doesn't give due credit to the "crazy ones, the misfits, the rebels, the round pegs in the square holes". On the contrary, one who follows a imaginary set of guidelines is considered to me a "great" person. I feel for these folks.

[Crookbond]

Arunachalam has a company Jayshree Industries - http://newinventions.in/ I have a chance to meet him - lets hope I can make it.

After taking four years painful research, A.Muruganantham (46) has designed, created, tested and implemented a sanitary napkin-making machine that operates on a small scale. Contrary to a large-scale production model which requires Rs.3.5 Crores as initial investment,Muruganantham’s sanitary napkin-making machine can be made available to a buyer for approximately Rs.75,000. This allows smaller players to adopt the business model propagated by him, and thus generates more employment and wealth in the most neglected sections of society.

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[Sachinism]

http://www.ted.com/talks/arunachalam_muruganantham_how_i_started_a_sanitary_napkin_revolution.html Think this is a different talk, haven't watched either yet

[Crookbond]

Overcoming India's Menstruation Taboo http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2013/08/overcoming-indias-menstruation-taboo/278297/

In 2010, the research agency AC Nielson conducted a nationwide survey that found that 70 percent of women in India cannot afford sanitary napkins, and only 12 percent of the 355 million menstruating women in the country use them. Just 2 percent of women in rural India use sanitary napkins, even though three-quarters of the population lives there.

Many Indian women even use paper, sand, ash, or even leaves during their periods, and doctors warn that these unhygienic habits can lead to cervical cancer and other infections. Until two years ago, sanitary napkins had a luxury tax of 14 percent, but it was reduced to 1 percent after pressure from advocacy groups and NGOs.

:facepalm:

[beetle]

^^^.....A major reason i is poverty but another reason is the disregard we as a nation have for hygiene involving the bodily fluids and waste.Even the well off families in rural India do not consider it a necessity. If families can buy bidis and cigarettes....motorcycles and tractors...how difficult is it to by sanitary napkins. Even if they don't want to buy the high end stuff...there are enough cheap stuff available that is better than what is being used. The woman who works in my house comes from a village in MP.She buys sarees and bangles every month.Wastes money on gutka ....talks endlessly on her mobile....but still does not consider this as a necessity. Same with toilets. In most towns and villages...toilets are so badly neglected. Most villages don't even have them. I can get how a person with a thatched hut cannot afford it...but what about the ones with pakka houses and land. Even in towns ....people spend money on fancy houses but the toilets are pathetic.Only recently do we see a change mostly in modern houses that people have started investing money on toilets and toilets are finding their rightful place in the houses.

[Crookbond]

I understand we are poor in sanitation per se, but the charge of 14% luxury tax on sanitary napkins is just idiotic.

[asterix]

^^^.....A major reason i is poverty but another reason is the disregard we as a nation have for hygiene involving the bodily fluids and waste.Even the well off families in rural India do not consider it a necessity. If families can buy bidis and cigarettes....motorcycles and tractors...how difficult is it to by sanitary napkins. Even if they don't want to buy the high end stuff...there are enough cheap stuff available that is better than what is being used. The woman who works in my house comes from a village in MP.She buys sarees and bangles every month.Wastes money on gutka ....talks endlessly on her mobile....but still does not consider this as a necessity. Same with toilets. In most towns and villages...toilets are so badly neglected. Most villages don't even have them. I can get how a person with a thatched hut cannot afford it...but what about the ones with pakka houses and land. Even in towns ....people spend money on fancy houses but the toilets are pathetic.Only recently do we see a change mostly in modern houses that people have started investing money on toilets and toilets are finding their rightful place in the houses.

There could be some reasons like: 1) Lack of awareness of the availability & usage of Sanitary napkins. 2) Social stigma associated with buying Sanitary napkin from a store. Women would be hesitant to buy themselves or ask their partners to buy for them. Even if they ask their partners, the partners themselves might be shy or egoistic to buy the stuff from a shop.

[beetle]

^ +1 true....A lot of women and most men are hesitant.It takes a really confident man to get one for his wife or daughters. My husband doesn't feel embarrassed buying sanitary napkins but once I asked him to get a cigarette for me....he refused saying he feels awkward asking for it....:hysterical::hysterical:

[Crookbond]

^ +1 true....A lot of women and most men are hesitant.It takes a really confident man to get one for his wife or daughters. My husband doesn't feel embarrassed buying sanitary napkins but once I asked him to get a cigarette for me....he refused saying he feels awkward asking for it....:hysterical::hysterical:

You dragged the conversation from ..... to mouth. :giggle:

[Sachin=GOD]

You dragged the conversation from ..... to mouth. :giggle:

:cantstop:

[beetle]

:blink::embaressed_smile::P

[asterix]

:cantstop: Talk about buying Napkins for wife... I usually don't feel embarassed when alone near the aisle but there are always couple of ladies picking up the stuff.. I'd then roam around to show as if I'm browsing the opposite aisle and the moment nobody's there, I grab specific ones (strict instructions already for specific ones and sometimes it's difficult to locate them among so many different types. Many times by mistake in hurry, picked up the wrong stuff) and scoot...

[rkt.india]

:haha::cantstop:

[beetle]

:cantstop: Talk about buying Napkins for wife... I usually don't feel embarassed when alone near the aisle but there are always couple of ladies picking up the stuff.. I'd then roam around to show as if I'm browsing the opposite aisle and the moment nobody's there, I grab specific ones (strict instructions already for specific ones and sometimes it's difficult to locate them among so many different types. Many times by mistake in hurry, picked up the wrong stuff) and scoot...

:two_thumbs_up:Don't let these ladies make you feel awkward.....embrace your freedom...You do know they have wings....:trytofly:

[asterix]

:two_thumbs_up:Don't let these ladies make you feel awkward.....embrace your freedom...You do know they have wings....:trytofly:

:cantstop: Day & Night...

[Crookbond]

:two_thumbs_up:Don't let these ladies make you feel awkward.....embrace your freedom...You do know they have wings....:trytofly:

On the topic - this clearly means something else. :D

[FischerTal]

:hatsoff:

[Detonator]

I read about him in a Tamizh weekly journal few yrs back. :hatsoff: A big industry in Tirupur, century apparels i guess, are producing a lot of non-woven fabric in ultra cheap cost using his machine in large scale.