Akshay Kumar's Padman Must Be Shown In Village Schools & Hostels! Says Scientist Maya Vishwakarma
Akshay Kumar, Sonam Kapoor and Radhika Apte starrer Padman must be shown in village schools and hostels say scientish Maya Vishwakarma, who works towards educating tribal women about menstrual health.
A
scientist,
working
towards
educating
tribal
women
about
menstrual
health
and
providing
them
with
cheap
sanitary
pads,
has
urged
the
PadMan
star
Akshay
Kumar
to
screen
the
movie
in
village
schools
and
hostels.
Maya
Vishwakarma,
popularly
known
as
'Padwoman’
or
'Pad-jijji’
in
the
tribal
areas
of
Narsinghpur
district
of
Madhya
Pradesh,
has
written
a
letter
to
Kumar,
urging
him
to
arrange
screening
of
the
movie,
which
deals
with
the
issue
of
menstrual
hygiene,
in
schools
and
hostels
in
villages.
She
said
doing
so
will
help
in
creating
awareness
about
menstrual
hygiene
among
girls
and
women
in
rural
areas.
The
movie
should
specially
be
screened
for
males
in
villages
to
make
them
sensitive
about
menstrual
health
of
women
and
change
their
outlook
about
an
issue
which
is
still
considered
a
taboo,
said
the
36-year-old
biologist.
Vishwakarma
has
returned
to
her
village
Mehragaon
in
Narsinghpur
district
from
the
US,
where
she
went
for
higher
studies,
and
is
devoting
her
energy
in
spreading
awareness
about
menstrual
hygiene
among
tribal
women.
In
the
letter,
Vishwakarma
said
the
Bollywood
star
should
talk
to
state
governments
and
convince
them
to
declare
the
movie
tax-free
so
that
it
reaches
a
large
number
of
people
across
the
country.
Prompted
by
her
own
experience
of
unsafe
menstrual
hygiene
during
her
early
years,
Vishwakarma
started
her
mission
two
years
ago.
Vishwakarma
said
only
24
per
cent
of
the
women
in
Madhya
Pradesh
use
sanitary
pads.