27 Arunachalam Muruganantham Quotes for You to Enjoy

Arunachalam Muruganantham

Indian Businessman

Born: Nov 25, 1961

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

Lion God World Strong Girl Creation Tiger Created Elephant

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

Time Nature Attempt Failed Times Again Even

The world has a shortage of solution providers. Everybody want to be in the 'Forbes' list. Arunachalam Muruganantham

World Everybody Solution Forbes Providers List Want Shortage

There were offers from a few Bollywood filmmakers, but I was sceptical as to whether those films will do justice to my vision or even my life. I was also apprehensive because what if I sign an agreement and give the rights to some filmmaker, and he shelves the project? Arunachalam Muruganantham

Life Justice Rights Vision Will My Life Few Films Apprehensive Project Those Sign Some Give Sceptical He Also Because Shelves Were Offers What If Whether Even Agreement Bollywood Filmmaker Filmmakers

Most of the students whom I have lectured were inquisitive to learn and contribute towards my vision. So, the youth who want to achieve in life can do a lot for society. Arunachalam Muruganantham

Life Youth Vision Achieve Society Inquisitive Students Towards Most Learn Were Lot Contribute Want Who Whom

I got married at 24. It was an arranged marriage. Arunachalam Muruganantham

Marriage Married Arranged Got

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

Knowledge Son Other Some Cotton Material Being

I may fail today, but if I have another idea tomorrow, maybe it will work. Arunachalam Muruganantham

Work Today Tomorrow Will Fail Idea Another May Maybe

My argument is that there is already an automated machine to make pads. What I did - I reverse-engineered it to 'simple.' Anyone who wants to compete will have to come out with a simpler machine. Arunachalam Muruganantham

Simple Will Argument Machine Out Simpler Come Make Did Anyone Automated Wants Pads Who Compete

I know that if I had got educated, I might have ended up as a call-center employee. Arunachalam Muruganantham

Had Employee Know Got Educated Up Ended Might

I didn't take the money route because I saw my parents struggle for survival. Arunachalam Muruganantham

Struggle Survival Money Parents Saw Take Because Route

When I tell a foreign audience that 90 per cent of Indian women have no access to sanitary napkin, there is a visible disbelief. But there is hardly a ripple when I say the same thing to an Indian crowd. Arunachalam Muruganantham

Ripple Women Same Thing Say Visible Tell Indian Per Crowd Disbelief Napkin Access Audience Foreign Same Cent Sanitary Thing Hardly

When I speak a serious subject in an informal and humorous way, it has bigger impact. So much so, when BBC made a small documentary, they first thought of having a voiceover for me. The producer liked my English so much, he said they were retaining my original voice. Arunachalam Muruganantham

Me Speak Thought Made First Humorous Way Impact Having Small Voice Voiceover Retaining He Liked Documentary Said Were Subject Bigger Informal Much Producer English Original Serious

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. Arunachalam Muruganantham

Flower Honey Entrepreneurship Like Make Die Social Helping Sucking Butterfly

Wherever I went and spoke about menstrual hygiene, I was beaten up by people. I used to cover my cheeks with both my hands whenever I went to speak on the subject, so how could I ever imagine that someone would make a film on such a topic? Arunachalam Muruganantham

People Speak Topic Would About Someone Both Hygiene Could Beaten Spoke Cheeks Make How Cover Subject Up Hands Whenever Wherever Used Film Ever Imagine

To help my mother, I started working as a workshop helper. There I learned welding and other tools. Arunachalam Muruganantham

Mother Other Tools Learned Working Help Helper Workshop Started

Imagine: I got patent rights to the only machine in the world to make low-cost sanitary napkins - a hot-cake product. Anyone with an MBA would immediately accumulate the maximum money. But I did not want to. Why? Because from childhood, I know no human being died because of poverty - everything happens because of ignorance. Arunachalam Muruganantham

Ignorance Rights Human Being World Money Poverty Everything Machine Immediately Would Only Know Make Because Got Accumulate Patent Did Died Maximum Childhood Human Being Want Anyone Happens Low-Cost Product Sanitary Why Imagine

The most difficult thing is changing people's mindset. Arunachalam Muruganantham

People Difficult Changing Mindset Most Most Difficult Thing Thing Difficult Thing

I am becoming a solution provider. I'm very happy. I don't want to make this as a corporate entity. I want to make this as a local sanitary pad movement across the globe. Arunachalam Muruganantham

Happy Local Corporate Solution Entity Make Globe Becoming Am Provider Very Movement Want Pad Across Sanitary

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

Vision Country India Taboo More Make

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