The Indian sanitary pad revolutionary
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#3What a classic Hero's Journey story- man encounters difficulty experienced by his loved one, tries to solve her problem efficiently, loses her in the process, becomes an outcast, persists, finds meaning in his work, receives help, is humble, helps people at an epic scale, reunites with his wife, happy ending, better world, triumph over ignorance and hardship.
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#4OT: I liked how the article was written.
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#5So after all that he managed to lower the price from £0.04 to £0.025 ... is that a meaningful reduction?
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#6> He believes that big business is parasitic, like a mosquito, whereas he prefers the lighter touch, like that of a butterfly. "A butterfly can suck honey from the flower without damaging it," he says.
What a profound and inspiring worldview.
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#7So after all that he managed to lower the price from £0.04 to £0.025 ... is that a meaningful reduction?
Now it's creating employment for women within the villages and being sold for a lower price, while it previously was being mass produced by machinery and sold at a much higher profit margin.
You're right though, to the end consumer it's not that meaningful of a reduction, especially since it is an expense that is only incurred once a month.
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#8> He believes that big business is parasitic, like a mosquito, whereas he prefers the lighter touch, like that of a butterfly. "A butterfly can suck honey from the flower without damaging it," he says. What a profound and inspiring worldview.
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#9This is an amazingly inspiring story, I love the entrepreneurial spirit and dedication of Mr Muruganantham.
However, there is a bigger story hiding behind this personal triumph. It's clear that people living in impoverished areas are not in a position to buy sanitary products at market rates (being sold at a margin of 4000% or more). But for example many do have access to cheap raw materials. It makes a ton of sense to simply make that stuff locally for a fraction of the cost, and with that comes a much greater independence for those poor regions. Let's hope that in time this becomes a trend that expands to many industries.
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#10I like this article a lot.
Similar problem was in communist Czechoslovakia. There was only one factory making hygiene products for entire country, but it burned down on second year of 5 year plan. Central planning committee could not be arsed to change the plan...