My plea is that don't wait for a girl to become a woman to empower them. Empower a girl's life by giving sanitary pads to them. With pads, we give them wings.
Interpretation
Empowering young girls with sanitary products is crucial for their growth and development.
In this quote, Arunachalam Muruganantham emphasizes the importance of providing sanitary pads to girls, arguing that such support not only addresses a basic health need but also empowers them to pursue their dreams and ambitions without the interruption of menstruation. By offering this essential resource, society can help girls transition into adulthood with confidence and dignity, ultimately giving them 'wings' to soar in life.
In practice
During a women's empowerment workshop, I quoted this to highlight the importance of accessible hygiene products.
I do not approve of anything that tampers with natural ignorance. Ignorance is like a delicate exotic fruit; touch it and the bloom is gone. The whole theory of modern education is radically unsound. Fortunately in England, at any rate, education produces no effect whatsoever. If it did, it would prove a serious danger to the upper classes, and probably lead to acts of violence in Grosvenor Square.
As a child, you respond physically, tactically. You're delighted by sound, you're delighted by recognizing something. It's like hide and seek. Is it there? Is it not there? Is it this note? Is it not this note? It's one fantastic game.
A child is an eager observer and is particularly attracted by the actions of the adults and wants to imitate them. In this regard an adult can have a kind of mission. He can be an inspiration for the child's actions, a kind of open book wherein a child can learn how to direct his own movements. But an adult, if he is to afford proper guidance, must always be calm and act slowly so that the child who is watching him can clearly see his actions in all their particulars.
Learning to read music in Braille and play by ear helped me develop a damn good memory.
There are very many people who read simply to prevent themselves from thinking.
Books transmit values. They explore our common humanity. What is the message when some children are not represented in those books?
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