From school dropout, to welder, to sanitary towel entrepreneur: Arunachalam Muruganantham has led a unique life, even more so since it was given the Bollywood biopic treatment.
Pad Man, released in February, tells Muruganantham’s life story, which changed forever when he discovered that his wife was using dirty rags during her period. Such alternatives, along with sawdust and newspaper, are common practice in a country where just 12 per cent of women have access to sanitary products, leaving the rest at risk of severe infection.
