Meet the 'Padmen' working for menstrual hygiene with Delhi-based Azah
By A Mystery Man Writer
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Two decades ago, when Arunachalam Muruganantham set out to find an alternative for cloth used during menstruation by his wife and sisters, he unknowingly began a revolution in India’s menstrual hygiene culture.
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