padman's producer, twinkle khanna. it's a compelling story, it was so compelling that i abandoned my second book, i was halfway through that, and i started writing about him. and then i chased him for eight months. i called him every single day till finally he agreed to meet me. what i found wonderful is his concept of social entrepreneurship, where he sells these machines only to ngos and women's groups, so they can earn a livelihood as well as have access to sanitary pads. sometimes it's important to be led by someone that you believe has a reputation, or you are inspired by. and twinkle khanna and akshay kumar are both beloved celebrities in india, so i think it's important for people to stand up in the community, that have a voice, and give a voice to other girls and women that don't necessarily talk about menstruation. the team behind the movie say they hope it will put an end to the stigma and shame that some women are made to feel every month. alice hutton, bbc news. the headlines on bbc news: thejustice secreta

padman‘s producer, twinkle khanna.l is his concept of social entrepreneurship, where he sells these machines only to ngos and women‘s groups, so they can earn a livelihood as well as have access to sanitary pads. sometimes it's important to be led by someone that you believe has a reputation, or you are inspired by. and twinkle khanna and akshay kumar are both beloved celebrities in india, so i think it's important for people to stand up in the community, that have a voice, and give a voice to other girls and women that don't necessarily talk about menstruation. the team behind the movie say they hope it will put an end to the stigma and shame that some women are made to feel every month. alice hutton, bbc news.

the film's producer, twinkle khanna, told my colleague, chloe tilley, how the idea for the production doing on menstruation, for the times of india. when i read about him,i times of india. when i read about him, iwas times of india. when i read about him, i was completely fascinated. here was a man from a very simple, conservative village, and he encountered a problem when he realised that his wife was using unhygienic rags. now, in normal man would probably... really unhygienic, he said he would not clean his microwave with it. yes. a normal man would say let me answer monies that i could buy them for my wife, but he isa i could buy them for my wife, but he is a very eccentric idiosyncratic character, and he decided to make it cheaper pad. he decided to go ahead with that. his wife got fed up of testing his pads for him, and he got fed up of waiting months after month. because there is a gap. no other woman was willing to test this out, so, he devised a contraption, almost like an artificial womb with almost like an artificial womb with a pigs bladder that he filled up with pigs‘ blo

let's speak now to pad man producer twinkle khanna— a woman's activist and one of india's bestsellingbout menstruation. i write columns for the times of india. i read about him and was completely fascinated. here was a man from a very simple and conservative village and he encountered a problem and realised that his wife was using unhygienic rags. really unhygienic as well. a normal man would say, if i can't afford sanitary pads then i will earn more money to buy them for my wife. but arunachalam muruganantham is a very eccentric and idiosyncratic character. he decided to make a cheaper version. his wife got fed up of testing the pads for him. he got fed up of waiting month after month. he had to waiting month after month. he had to wait a month for each trial as well. no other woman was willing to test it out. he had a contraption with a pig's blather furled with it out. he had a contraption with a pig's blatherfurled with pig ‘s blood. he went cycling around with this. he replicated having a period. it still leaked. the people in a village thought he was a pervert or hay had a sexua