Some people come across a PROBLEM and try to adjust themselves according to the PROBLEM.
Some people come across a PROBLEM and try to remember all the great heroes who during their own times found a solution to deal with the then persisting PROBLEM for inspiration.Then they dream about what they can possibly do.But the thing is that they never execute their plan.
And then there are people like Arunachalam Murunganantham who not only dreamt about tackling a
PROBLEM but actually had the courage to implement his idea into reality.
Its almost a year ago,while surfing news channels i came across a program showing a man who recieved a divorce threat from his wife and a threat to get backlisted from his own community.Now in India its not always the same.Unfortunately after 65 years of independence,a woman stands in front of the gun.
So i put down the TV remote and started watching.But for some reasons i had to go out so read the catchy line "A man recieved a divorce threat from his wife and many other threats from his community and yet goes on discovering the cheapest sanitary pads for women ".As i was in a hurry so failed to watch the complete program.
But as i was watching the TED videos few days back,i came across the video of Arunachalam Murunganantham.And believe me after i finished watching it,i had given this man a standing ovation with the crowds present in the audtitorium.This man explained what all it takes to live a meaningful life.And as you are scratching your head,the answer according to him is-
To live a meaningfull life,All you need is a PROBLEM.Your work,Your thingking should be dedicated towards addressing the problem with your designed solution.
He addressed a topic which unfortunately is still considered as a TABOO in India.The topic is
SANITARY NAPKINS.
He invented a way to manufacture cheapest Sanitary Napkins.But it was not possible in a single day.He faced lot of criticisims from his very own people.His wife had threatend him for a divorce and he was chased out from his own village.Despite all the struggle,he went on to fulfill his dream.He embarked on this journey so that his idea would help her wife to use healthy sanitary napkins other than rag which is unhealthy and unhygenic but when his idea took shape in the form of reality it became a boon for every women who could not afford branded sanitary napkins.
The best part in his speech is when he said that he had set up his factory thousand of kilometeres from the reach of MNCs so that it is not used for buisness purpose which mostly MNCs does.
And all this he did being a school dropout.During his speech he used incorrect english which many GRAMMAR NAZIS roaming all over would shout at but he conveyed his idea because communication is not about speaking a language fluently.The point he proved is that education does not always confirms ones ability to learn the values of life.Its how much one takes from his surroundings to learn those values.Even maximum educated people would have not been able to do what he did.
I still remember the day when our biology teacher skipped few pages from the chapter Reproductive System.She hurriedly finished the chapter and told us to finish the leftover at home.And that was the day the knowledge about Menstruation remained unclear in our heads.Though we cleared it later but by then the word Menstraution turned out to be a part of a joke for boys and for girls it turned out to be something as frightening as a burning flame.
To me menstruation is the same natural process like SHAVING beard is for us.But the way it has been projected through the years has made it a Taboo.There is nothing to hide about it.A child when not told about menstruation in class would certainly assume it to be a off topic and would google about it.Then what is the point in hiding it from him/her.But if the child is taught in a proper way in the class then there are high chances that he would percieve it in the correct way.
Not everyone of us can become Arunachalam Murunganantham but we can try in our own ways to make this world a better place.This person has proved once again that the journey of miles can be completed only if the traveller has taken the first small step.Kudos to this man for his invention.
You can listen to this man speaking about his invention in the video posted below-
Some people come across a PROBLEM and try to remember all the great heroes who during their own times found a solution to deal with the then persisting PROBLEM for inspiration.Then they dream about what they can possibly do.But the thing is that they never execute their plan.
And then there are people like Arunachalam Murunganantham who not only dreamt about tackling a
PROBLEM but actually had the courage to implement his idea into reality.
Its almost a year ago,while surfing news channels i came across a program showing a man who recieved a divorce threat from his wife and a threat to get backlisted from his own community.Now in India its not always the same.Unfortunately after 65 years of independence,a woman stands in front of the gun.
So i put down the TV remote and started watching.But for some reasons i had to go out so read the catchy line "A man recieved a divorce threat from his wife and many other threats from his community and yet goes on discovering the cheapest sanitary pads for women ".As i was in a hurry so failed to watch the complete program.
But as i was watching the TED videos few days back,i came across the video of Arunachalam Murunganantham.And believe me after i finished watching it,i had given this man a standing ovation with the crowds present in the audtitorium.This man explained what all it takes to live a meaningful life.And as you are scratching your head,the answer according to him is-
To live a meaningfull life,All you need is a PROBLEM.Your work,Your thingking should be dedicated towards addressing the problem with your designed solution.
He addressed a topic which unfortunately is still considered as a TABOO in India.The topic is
SANITARY NAPKINS.
He invented a way to manufacture cheapest Sanitary Napkins.But it was not possible in a single day.He faced lot of criticisims from his very own people.His wife had threatend him for a divorce and he was chased out from his own village.Despite all the struggle,he went on to fulfill his dream.He embarked on this journey so that his idea would help her wife to use healthy sanitary napkins other than rag which is unhealthy and unhygenic but when his idea took shape in the form of reality it became a boon for every women who could not afford branded sanitary napkins.
The best part in his speech is when he said that he had set up his factory thousand of kilometeres from the reach of MNCs so that it is not used for buisness purpose which mostly MNCs does.
And all this he did being a school dropout.During his speech he used incorrect english which many GRAMMAR NAZIS roaming all over would shout at but he conveyed his idea because communication is not about speaking a language fluently.The point he proved is that education does not always confirms ones ability to learn the values of life.Its how much one takes from his surroundings to learn those values.Even maximum educated people would have not been able to do what he did.
I still remember the day when our biology teacher skipped few pages from the chapter Reproductive System.She hurriedly finished the chapter and told us to finish the leftover at home.And that was the day the knowledge about Menstruation remained unclear in our heads.Though we cleared it later but by then the word Menstraution turned out to be a part of a joke for boys and for girls it turned out to be something as frightening as a burning flame.
To me menstruation is the same natural process like SHAVING beard is for us.But the way it has been projected through the years has made it a Taboo.There is nothing to hide about it.A child when not told about menstruation in class would certainly assume it to be a off topic and would google about it.Then what is the point in hiding it from him/her.But if the child is taught in a proper way in the class then there are high chances that he would percieve it in the correct way.
Not everyone of us can become Arunachalam Murunganantham but we can try in our own ways to make this world a better place.This person has proved once again that the journey of miles can be completed only if the traveller has taken the first small step.Kudos to this man for his invention.
You can listen to this man speaking about his invention in the video posted below-
His Wikipedia Page
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arunachalam_Muruganantham.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arunachalam_Muruganantham.
Thank you.
Nice one. Good to see ideas propagating.
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