TN has an Oscar connect through ‘Padman’ Muruganantham

There is a Tamilnadu connection to the Oscars. Period. End of Sentence, based on the taboos that Indian women fight during their menstruation and the solution provided by Arunachalam Muruganantham of Coimbatore, walked away with the Oscar in the category short film (live action).

Though the film is directed by American woman Rayka Zetabchi and produced by Melissa Berton, it speaks of the problems faced by Indian women during menstruation.

It also carried an interview with ‘Padman’ Muruganantham of Coimbatore who came up with a cheap sanitary napkin for the use of underprivileged and rural women.