Kathmandu, June 10 -- Despite coming from different worlds, this lawyer and civil engineer duo's work for the shared social cause of fighting menstrual taboos was not an easy task.

But 23-year-olds, Jesselina Rana and Shubhangi Rana's social business Pad2Go, a sanitary pad vending machine distributor, has been realised and they are being lauded for their work.

Living in the outskirts of Delhi, Jesselina and her law school friends often had to buy sanitary pads in bulk while heading to the city. Bulk-buying turned out to be unfeasible in the long run, however, but with the help of student council members, they introduced a vending machine. They could finally purchase sanitary pads on the go, says Jesselina. Although vending machines were...