"I realised that women weren't allowed to enter the farm or work there during their periods. Since these women were daily wage labourers and had families dependent on them, I knew they had financial problems. "When I spoke to a few of them, I realised the real problem was much bigger. These women did not follow basic sanitation during menstruation. They were ignorant and were using ash and forest grass during their periods. They weren't aware of sanitary napkins or cloth."


Then Mangesh Jha found a solution. Read the story of Jharkhand's PadMan here.