<p>Our society has men like Akshay Kumar and Arunachalam Muruganantham, who understood the pain a female goes through during the course of menstruation cycle. Rather than blindly following the horde of hypocrisy, some men chose to show their concern to any and every female around them.</p>

<p>A small town man from Tamil Nadu,Arunanchalam&nbsp;Muruganantham runs a factory, producing low-cost sanitary napkins. This initiative was not a money-making-idea. It was rather a step to get involved in the sphere shared by females; it had helped him to understand the pain of his wife, sister, and mother goes through while bleeding each month. Of course, the ride was no less than a roller coaster. Belonging to a conservative family, talking about menstruation with his own wife seemed like a sin. Running away from the judgemental eyes finally landed him in a medical college where he collected the used sanitary napkins. His moral never dropped even for a second because he had realised that menstruation was shrouded with the blind superstitious belief which is harmful to the entire female section. He had understood why men are unaware of the female biological phenomenon. He had understood that women of the society had been living a tough life all alone and needed proper hygienic sanitation during menstruation.</p>

<p>Taking inspiration from Arunachalam Muruganantham, writer/producer Twinkle Khanna along with husband Akshay Kumar, took the initiative further. Although the small town guy had gained his fame long before, Akshay Kumar made him India&#39;s &#39;Padman&#39;. This effort was made to inculcate in the society that menstruation is no evil spirit, and is as natural as peeing, which needs to be sanitised properly.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Giving Akshay Kumar the lead role in the film Padman was the right decision. Akshay, after all, starred in another taboo-breaking film &ndash; Toilet: Ek Prem Katha, and the actor is considered as an epitome of change in society. The film started off with a decent earning of 10 Cr, 13 Cr, and 16 Cr on the first three days of release. However, the film has seen with a considerable slowdown in the second week.</p>

<p>But the point is not how big hit the movie was at the box office. Rather, the impact of the movie in our personal lives needs to be analysed. Since I had expected a lot more viewership to this &lsquo;breaking-the-stereotype-movie<wbr />&rsquo;, which actually didn&#39;t turn out likewise, I ended up conducting a survey asking what people know/think about menstruation.&nbsp;</p>

<p>From the responses of people, I realised that some have been hesitant in watching this film with family. A father and daughter might have felt embarrassed, or the son and the mother, or possibly a sister and a brother. To my shock, few men had answered &lsquo;I don&rsquo;t know what is menstruation&rsquo;, &lsquo;women bleed&rsquo;, &lsquo;Its women&rsquo;s personal problem, why should I know&rsquo;, &lsquo;women are Apavitra (profane) while bleeding&rsquo;, &lsquo;my wife and daughter don&rsquo;t tell me their problem regarding menstruation because of family customs&rsquo;.&nbsp;</p>

<p>This is disheartening because blood excreted during menstruation is actually what we all are made of. Had the blood been flowed in sewage even after conceiving the fetus, no human would have taken birth. Thus, if the women are profane during the course of menstruation, I believe we all are profane too.&nbsp;</p>

<p>The entire society needs to understand that although it is the woman who bleeds, the course of menstruation is to be dealt by the entire society. Not that men should start to bleed, but just as in pregnancy the husband has a very important responsibility of taking care of her wife. Similarly, while the wife, sister, daughter or mother is bleeding, men should play an empathetic role. The role of not giving her a judgemental nasty look, the role of sympathising her, the role of comforting and proving her, the role of becoming a helping hand instead of shunning her away simply by saying &#39;it happens every month, get used to it&#39;.&nbsp;</p>

<p>(Disclaimer: The opinions expressed above are the personal views of the author and do not reflect the views of ZMCL)</p>


Although it is the women who bleed, the course of menstruation is to be dealt by the entire society. Akshay Kumar and Muru are amongst few to understand menstruation but what about the rest.

Our society has men like Akshay Kumar and Arunachalam Muruganantham, who understood the pain a female goes through during the course of menstruation cycle. Rather than blindly following the horde of hypocrisy, some men chose to show their concern to any and every female around them. A small town man from Tamil Nadu,Arunanchalam Muruganantham runs a factory, producing low-cost sanitary napkins. This initiative was not a money-making-idea. It was rather a step to get involved in the sphere shared by females; it had helped him to understand the pain of his wife, sister, and mother goes through while bleeding each month. Of course, the ride was no less than a roller coaster. Belonging to a conservative family, talking about menstruation with his own wife seemed like a sin. Running away from the judgemental eyes finally landed him in a medical college where he collected the used sanitary napkins. His moral never dropped even for a second because he had realised that menstruation was shrouded with the blind superstitious belief which is harmful to the entire female section. He had understood why men are unaware of the female biological phenomenon. He had understood that women of the society had been living a tough life all alone and needed proper hygienic sanitation during menstruation. Taking inspiration from Arunachalam Muruganantham, writer/producer Twinkle Khanna along with husband Akshay Kumar, took the initiative further. Although the small town guy had gained his fame long before, Akshay Kumar made him India's 'Padman'. This effort was made to inculcate in the society that menstruation is no evil spirit, and is as natural as peeing, which needs to be sanitised properly. Giving Akshay Kumar the lead role in the film Padman was the right decision. Akshay, after all, starred in another taboo-breaking film – Toilet: Ek Prem Katha, and the actor is considered as an epitome of change in society. The film started off with a decent earning of 10 Cr, 13 Cr, and 16 Cr on the first three days of release. However, the film has seen with a considerable slowdown in the second week. But the point is not how big hit the movie was at the box office. Rather, the impact of the movie in our personal lives needs to be analysed. Since I had expected a lot more viewership to this ‘breaking-the-stereotype-movie’, which actually didn't turn out likewise, I ended up conducting a survey asking what people know/think about menstruation. From the responses of people, I realised that some have been hesitant in watching this film with family. A father and daughter might have felt embarrassed, or the son and the mother, or possibly a sister and a brother. To my shock, few men had answered ‘I don’t know what is menstruation’, ‘women bleed’, ‘Its women’s personal problem, why should I know’, ‘women are Apavitra (profane) while bleeding’, ‘my wife and daughter don’t tell me their problem regarding menstruation because of family customs’. This is disheartening because blood excreted during menstruation is actually what we all are made of. Had the blood been flowed in sewage even after conceiving the fetus, no human would have taken birth. Thus, if the women are profane during the course of menstruation, I believe we all are profane too. The entire society needs to understand that although it is the woman who bleeds, the course of menstruation is to be dealt by the entire society. Not that men should start to bleed, but just as in pregnancy the husband has a very important responsibility of taking care of her wife. Similarly, while the wife, sister, daughter or mother is bleeding, men should play an empathetic role. The role of not giving her a judgemental nasty look, the role of sympathising her, the role of comforting and proving her, the role of becoming a helping hand instead of shunning her away simply by saying 'it happens every month, get used to it'. (Disclaimer: The opinions expressed above are the personal views of the author and do not reflect the views of ZMCL)

Opinion: Like Padman, are other men sharing the pain of menstruation?

<p>The Twitterati in Pakistan are furious about the movie being banned.&nbsp;News reports on Saturday said the country&#39;s Censor Board had refused to clear the movie.&nbsp;</p>

<p>The board reportedly said the movie was against the country&#39;s culture and tradition.&nbsp;</p>

<p>A number of people have slammed the decision:&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>

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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">Yes, Pakistani Women menstruate too. I support <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Padman?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Padman</a> and menstrual hygiene. Ban on <a href="https://twitter.com/PadManTheFilm?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@PadManTheFilm</a> in Pakistan is senseless. Release it now. <a href="https://t.co/KpsTL6Rc3a">pic.twitter.com/KpsTL6Rc3a</a></p>
&mdash; Ammara Ahmad (@ammarawrites) <a href="https://twitter.com/ammarawrites/status/962294732918489088?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 10, 2018</a></blockquote>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">&quot;Against our traditions &amp; culture&quot; Oh well, coz women don&#39;t menstruate here... What stupid people sitting at Censor Board ! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/PadMan?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#PadMan</a> must be allowed in Pakistan ! <a href="https://t.co/S7PUfBV9ak">https://t.co/S7PUfBV9ak</a></p>
&mdash; Gharidah Farooqi (@GFarooqi) <a href="https://twitter.com/GFarooqi/status/962412837321805824?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 10, 2018</a></blockquote>
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Menstruation is a fact of life, and bringing it to mainstream consciousness is neither immoral nor un-Islamic.</p>
&mdash; Mehr Tarar (@MehrTarar) <a href="https://twitter.com/MehrTarar/status/962353264074338304?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 10, 2018</a></blockquote>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">Insecurity, illiteracy &amp; double standards of <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Pakistani?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Pakistani</a> filmmakers who&#39;re okay with dirty raunchy item numbers but consider &quot;unislamic&quot; to film a social awareness topic of <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/menstruation?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#menstruation</a> on <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WomenEmpowerment?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#WomenEmpowerment</a><br />
Censor board, ????move<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Padman?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Padman</a> banned in <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Pakistan?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Pakistan</a> <a href="https://t.co/MHfDx1zVys">https://t.co/MHfDx1zVys</a></p>
&mdash; Mona Alam (@MonaAlamm) <a href="https://twitter.com/MonaAlamm/status/962294395033870336?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 10, 2018</a></blockquote>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">Banning padman in Pakistan just shows how we havent mentally progressed as a nation. Utterly disappointing.</p>
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<p>Meanwhile, the Pakistan Government wrote on its official&nbsp; Twitter handle, &quot;The decision to issue a NOC by the Ministry of Information Broadcasting National History and Literary Heritage is yet to be taken on the release of a foreign feature film &quot;Padman&quot; as the film has not yet been previewed by the Central Board of Film Censors.&quot;</p>

<p>Pakistani filmmaker Syed Noor, reacting to the incident, said that &quot;not only PadMan but I think even Padmaavat should not have been released as it portrays Muslims in a very negative light&quot;, PTI reported.</p>

<p>Directed by R Balki, PadMan is a biographical comedy-drama based on the life of a social activist Arunachalam Muruganantham of Tamil Nadu.</p>

<p>Muruganantham invented a low-cost, sanitary pad-making machine and is credited with generating awareness about menstrual hygiene in rural India.</p>

<p>PadMan was released in India on February 9.</p>


Pakistan's Censor Board has reportedly banned the movie saying it goes against the country's culture and tradition

The Twitterati in Pakistan are furious about the movie being banned. News reports on Saturday said the country's Censor Board had refused to clear the movie. The board reportedly said the movie was against the country's culture and tradition. A number of people have slammed the decision: Yes, Pakistani Women menstruate too. I support #Padman and menstrual hygiene. Ban on @PadManTheFilm in Pakistan is senseless. Release it now. pic.twitter.com/KpsTL6Rc3a — Ammara Ahmad (@ammarawrites) February 10, 2018 × "Against our traditions & culture" Oh well, coz women don't menstruate here... What stupid people sitting at Censor Board ! #PadMan must be allowed in Pakistan ! https://t.co/S7PUfBV9ak — Gharidah Farooqi (@GFarooqi) February 10, 2018 × Banning PadMan in Pakistan is another one of those illogical things that simply affect the business of cinemas in Pakistan. Menstruation is a fact of life, and bringing it to mainstream consciousness is neither immoral nor un-Islamic. — Mehr Tarar (@MehrTarar) February 10, 2018 × Insecurity, illiteracy & double standards of #Pakistani filmmakers who're okay with dirty raunchy item numbers but consider "unislamic" to film a social awareness topic of #menstruation on #WomenEmpowerment Censor board, ????move#Padman banned in #Pakistan https://t.co/MHfDx1zVys — Mona Alam (@MonaAlamm) February 10, 2018 × Banning padman in Pakistan just shows how we havent mentally progressed as a nation. Utterly disappointing. — Amna Mazhar (@ozilinaa) February 10, 2018 × Meanwhile, the Pakistan Government wrote on its official Twitter handle, "The decision to issue a NOC by the Ministry of Information Broadcasting National History and Literary Heritage is yet to be taken on the release of a foreign feature film "Padman" as the film has not yet been previewed by the Central Board of Film Censors." Pakistani filmmaker Syed Noor, reacting to the incident, said that "not only PadMan but I think even Padmaavat should not have been released as it portrays Muslims in a very negative light", PTI reported. Directed by R Balki, PadMan is a biographical comedy-drama based on the life of a social activist Arunachalam Muruganantham of Tamil Nadu. Muruganantham invented a low-cost, sanitary pad-making machine and is credited with generating awareness about menstrual hygiene in rural India. PadMan was released in India on February 9.

Pakistan Twitterati furious over PadMan ban

<p>It&#39;s not often we get to see a Bollywood film dealing with an important social issue, trying to break a stereotype established in the society for centuries and most importantly an A-lister actor taking on this challenge to portray a risky character who may or may not be able to make into the hearts of the masses.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Releasing tomorrow on February 9, <em>PadMan</em> starring Akshay Kumar in the lead along with Sonam Kapoor and Radhika Apte will take on this challenge. The story is inspired by real-life story of&nbsp;Arunachalam Muruganantham,&nbsp;a&nbsp;social entrepreneur&nbsp;from&nbsp;Coimbatore&nbsp;in&nbsp;Tamil Nadu,&nbsp;India. Inventor of the low-cost sanitary pad-making machine and credited for innovating grassroots mechanisms for creating awareness about traditional and unhygienic practices around menstruation in rural India, the film traces Arunachalam&#39;s hurdles and rise to fame in real-life.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Arunachalam dropped out of school at&nbsp;14 years of age and&nbsp;worked as a farm labourer, workshop welder to earn his daily wage for several years before being hit by the realisation that Indian rural women have no access or awareness about their own personal hygiene. He understood the challenges faced by women on a monthly basis after being in close quarters with his wife and watching her use unhygienic products to stop bleeding during her menstruation cycle.&nbsp;</p>

<p>In an exclusive interview with WION, the real &#39;PadMan&#39;&nbsp;opens up about his ongoing struggle for women&#39;s personal hygiene awareness and his hopes from the Bollywood movie of the same name:</p>

<ul>
	<li>How important is it for Bollywood to take up the issue of menstrual hygiene -- still a social taboo in India?&nbsp;</li>
</ul>

<p><em>For 18 years we have been working towards menstrual hygiene awareness in the country but nobody talks about women&#39;s menstruation. In fact, it would be the first time that an interview is based on this issue.&nbsp;Nobody has spoken about it for centuries-- mother never talks to daughter or&nbsp;vice versa. Now that a Bollywood movie is being made on the topic, the film with its visual space will at least empower women to talk about it, to open up. Via Akshay Kumar, via this movie, women will be empowered to start a dialogue. I am hopeful that since its a Bollywood movie, the topic it deals with will reach nook and corner of India and the world, something we always aspired to be able to do.&nbsp;</em></p>

<ul>
	<li>The focus of the film and your campaign is mostly on rural population, however, the urban populace is also affected by social taboos like not visiting the temple while menstruating. Most feel it&#39;s a part of Hindu tradition. Some think there are scientific reasons behind it.&nbsp;</li>
</ul>

<p><em>These are century-old traditions, it will slowly go away via debates.&nbsp;Instead of looking for an opportunity from the society, I tried finding a solution to the problem with the little knowledge I had and became a solution-provider. In India, we need to become that and then we can become a superpower.&nbsp;</em></p>

<ul>
	<li>In 1998, when you approached&nbsp;Shanti, your wife to use sanitary napkins, she said we have to compensate on&nbsp;house budget to afford, what can the government do to make sanitary pads available and affordable?&nbsp;</li>
</ul>

<p><em>The government needs to start by making a propaganda&nbsp;for menstrual hygiene&nbsp;awareness, to educate the women and then give them&nbsp;pads. I want them (government) to join us for this initiative. Currently, they just give pads without making them aware, it is useless.&nbsp;If you drop coke inside the jungle, what will the tribals do with </em><em>it?</em></p>

<p><em>We have started the Pad challenge via which we pose with a pad in hand. The message behind this is: &#39;I am holding the pad, it&#39;s not a sin, it&#39;s a pride&#39;.&nbsp;</em></p>

<ul>
	<li>At a point in your life, you wore pads for yourself to find out if they worked. It led to your&nbsp;mother leaving you and your wife filing for a divorce. The society even called you&nbsp;mentally unstable. How did you cope?</li>
</ul>

<p><em>The whole society thought I was a pervert, a psycho and neglected me. I</em><em>&nbsp;literally cried watching a scene in the movie that depicted that phase of my life. On the flip side, it made me free, made me feel like a &#39;pardesi&#39;&nbsp;but that made my job easier. I </em><em>took it positively and conducted research without any disturbance.&nbsp;</em></p>

<ul>
	<li>This one time you went to buy a sanitary pad for your wife, you faced a certain apprehension from the shopkeeper. Pease narrate.&nbsp;</li>
</ul>

<p><em>There was once when I got a chance to buy a sanitary&nbsp;pad for my wife when I saw her using a rag cloth -- I rode my cycle for 14 km&nbsp;and reached this shop. I asked the shopkeeper for a pad and he asked which brand, I had no idea what he meant and just asked him to give me any. He, then, took a packet, wrapped it in a brown packet, checked if no one was watching him and then handed me the packet readily. It looked like he was smuggling the packet to me. And this was not just limited to that place but even in Delhi where shopkeepers shy from handing the packet normally to you. There is so much stigma around that packet.&nbsp;</em></p>

<ul>
	<li>Sanitary pads are liable to 12% GST&nbsp;while there are products like sindoor, bindi, kajal that are free of tax. The government argues that if they&nbsp;remove the tax from pads then they would end up taking a massive hit on the domestic market and on imports. &nbsp;</li>
</ul>

<p><em>They are only concerned about AA, availability and affordability while we are focusing our attention on a third A-- awareness as that is missing. GST is not a problem when you teach the importance of hygiene. People won&#39;t shy off from paying one or two rupees more. Also, the government can make pads tax free and not make losses as the spending on women&#39;s personal health will then come down if awareness is prioritised. They can even end up saving double.&nbsp;&nbsp;</em></p>

<ul>
	<li>In India, 93% women&nbsp;can&#39;t afford sanitary napkins. What do you hope to achieve?&nbsp;</li>
</ul>

<p><em>Our mission is creating rural employment for millions of women in India and converting India into 100% sanitary napkin using country from the current level of less than 10%. The film will help us to achieve this mission.&nbsp;</em></p>

<p>In 2014, Arunachalam was named by Time&#39;s magazine as one of the most influential people on the planet while also being awarded by the Government of India the prestigious Padma Shri.</p>

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Arunachalam is a South India-based social entrepreneur who invented a low-cost sanitary pad making machine and runs a campaign for importance women's personal hygiene awareness

It's not often we get to see a Bollywood film dealing with an important social issue, trying to break a stereotype established in the society for centuries and most importantly an A-lister actor taking on this challenge to portray a risky character who may or may not be able to make into the hearts of the masses. Releasing tomorrow on February 9, PadMan starring Akshay Kumar in the lead along with Sonam Kapoor and Radhika Apte will take on this challenge. The story is inspired by real-life story of Arunachalam Muruganantham, a social entrepreneur from Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu, India. Inventor of the low-cost sanitary pad-making machine and credited for innovating grassroots mechanisms for creating awareness about traditional and unhygienic practices around menstruation in rural India, the film traces Arunachalam's hurdles and rise to fame in real-life. Arunachalam dropped out of school at 14 years of age and worked as a farm labourer, workshop welder to earn his daily wage for several years before being hit by the realisation that Indian rural women have no access or awareness about their own personal hygiene. He understood the challenges faced by women on a monthly basis after being in close quarters with his wife and watching her use unhygienic products to stop bleeding during her menstruation cycle. In an exclusive interview with WION, the real 'PadMan' opens up about his ongoing struggle for women's personal hygiene awareness and his hopes from the Bollywood movie of the same name: How important is it for Bollywood to take up the issue of menstrual hygiene -- still a social taboo in India? For 18 years we have been working towards menstrual hygiene awareness in the country but nobody talks about women's menstruation. In fact, it would be the first time that an interview is based on this issue. Nobody has spoken about it for centuries-- mother never talks to daughter or vice versa. Now that a Bollywood movie is being made on the topic, the film with its visual space will at least empower women to talk about it, to open up. Via Akshay Kumar, via this movie, women will be empowered to start a dialogue. I am hopeful that since its a Bollywood movie, the topic it deals with will reach nook and corner of India and the world, something we always aspired to be able to do. The focus of the film and your campaign is mostly on rural population, however, the urban populace is also affected by social taboos like not visiting the temple while menstruating. Most feel it's a part of Hindu tradition. Some think there are scientific reasons behind it. These are century-old traditions, it will slowly go away via debates. Instead of looking for an opportunity from the society, I tried finding a solution to the problem with the little knowledge I had and became a solution-provider. In India, we need to become that and then we can become a superpower. In 1998, when you approached Shanti, your wife to use sanitary napkins, she said we have to compensate on house budget to afford, what can the government do to make sanitary pads available and affordable? The government needs to start by making a propaganda for menstrual hygiene awareness, to educate the women and then give them pads. I want them (government) to join us for this initiative. Currently, they just give pads without making them aware, it is useless. If you drop coke inside the jungle, what will the tribals do with it? We have started the Pad challenge via which we pose with a pad in hand. The message behind this is: 'I am holding the pad, it's not a sin, it's a pride'. At a point in your life, you wore pads for yourself to find out if they worked. It led to your mother leaving you and your wife filing for a divorce. The society even called you mentally unstable. How did you cope? The whole society thought I was a pervert, a psycho and neglected me. I literally cried watching a scene in the movie that depicted that phase of my life. On the flip side, it made me free, made me feel like a 'pardesi' but that made my job easier. I took it positively and conducted research without any disturbance. This one time you went to buy a sanitary pad for your wife, you faced a certain apprehension from the shopkeeper. Pease narrate. There was once when I got a chance to buy a sanitary pad for my wife when I saw her using a rag cloth -- I rode my cycle for 14 km and reached this shop. I asked the shopkeeper for a pad and he asked which brand, I had no idea what he meant and just asked him to give me any. He, then, took a packet, wrapped it in a brown packet, checked if no one was watching him and then handed me the packet readily. It looked like he was smuggling the packet to me. And this was not just limited to that place but even in Delhi where shopkeepers shy from handing the packet normally to you. There is so much stigma around that packet. Sanitary pads are liable to 12% GST while there are products like sindoor, bindi, kajal that are free of tax. The government argues that if they remove the tax from pads then they would end up taking a massive hit on the domestic market and on imports. They are only concerned about AA, availability and affordability while we are focusing our attention on a third A-- awareness as that is missing. GST is not a problem when you teach the importance of hygiene. People won't shy off from paying one or two rupees more. Also, the government can make pads tax free and not make losses as the spending on women's personal health will then come down if awareness is prioritised. They can even end up saving double. In India, 93% women can't afford sanitary napkins. What do you hope to achieve? Our mission is creating rural employment for millions of women in India and converting India into 100% sanitary napkin using country from the current level of less than 10%. The film will help us to achieve this mission. In 2014, Arunachalam was named by Time's magazine as one of the most influential people on the planet while also being awarded by the Government of India the prestigious Padma Shri.

WION Exclusive: Meet the real 'PadMan' Arunachalam Muruganantham