Only stockings knitting machine movies cant bring change."She urged Kumar to share the profit of his movie on providing cost-effective pads to women in the tribal areas and villages."As compared to branded products, the pads made by us are much cheaper. We procure raw materials at cheaper rates while labour is also cost-effective. So, our cost of a pack of seven pads would be around Rs 15-20 while the price of branded products is much higher."Vishwakarma, daughter of a poor `lohar (blacksmith), said she studied in the village school and then moved to a nearby town for further schooling before shifting to Jabalpur for pursuing MSc in biochemistry.Later, she got an opportunity to do research at the AIIMS, New Delhi and moved to the US for a PhD in chemical and biological engineering which she could not complete.

Vishwakarma said during the past two years she has been spending about 6-8 months every year in India and the rest in California."After two years of research, production of sanitary pads started in October last after machines were arranged through my own resources and crowd funding. We are now working on packaging," she said."Women and girls even dont dry their inner clothes in the open. They do not talk about their problems. They consider menstruation a curse. So, education on this issue is needed. I visit tribal villages of Narsinghpur and adjoining districts and educate women about menstruation."The factory set up by her is producing 2,000 sanitary pads per day. "We are struggling with initial problems but would soon increase the production," she said.The recent Congress victory in key bypolls in Rajasthan has busted the "myth" of the BJP being an election-winning machine and sent out a message that its "jumlebaazi" (rhetoric) will not work, party state unit chief Sachin Pilot said on Sunday.

Pilot, who campaigned intensely and worked at the grass-roots level for the two Lok Sabha constituencies and one Assembly seat, said the outcome would also have a bearing on the upcoming polls in other states, including Karnataka.He said the results had come at a time when the BJP was on the "back foot". Collective efforts of all leaders are towards that," he said.Also read: Budget will uplift Dalits, farmers, tribals, says PM ModiHe also asserted that there was no factionalism in the state unit of the party and all leaders were united in their objective of defeating the BJP in Rajasthan.The margin of victory registered by the Congress had been striking with its candidate Karan Singh Yadav trouncing his nearest BJP rival Jaswant Yadav by 1,96,496 votes in Alwar, and the main opposition partys nominee for Ajmer Raghu Sharma beating BJPs Swaroop Lamba by over 84,414 votes.