Indian child rights activist, Kailash Satyarthi, shared the Nobel Peace Prize with Pakistani teenager, Malala Yousufzai, who stood up to the Taliban and survived a near fatal shooting.
All of 60 years, Satyarthi was born and brought up in Vidisha of Madhya Pradesh. An electrical engineer by profession, it's interesting to go through the important milestones of his life:-
- He was a good debater and had always stood against the misuse of government machinery.
- His organisation is called the 'Bachpan Bachao Andolan' - the save childhood movement.
- He has been at it since 1980, when he gave up his job as an electrical engineer to begin the
crusade against exploitation of children.
- He founded a group, 'Good weave' which certifies child-labour-free rugs and provides
assistance to rescued and 'at risk' children.
- He'd survived numerous attacks on his life during his crusade to end child labour, the most
recent being the attack on him and his colleagues while rescuing child slaves from the garment
sweatshops of Delhi on 17 Mar 2011.
- He has been honoured with the Nobel Prize on the day of his wedding anniversary!
There were a record 278 candidates for the Nobel Peace Prize for 2014 and of these, 47 were organisations. The Prize has been awarded to 124 laureates, thus far, their breakdown being 100 individuals and 24 organisations.
A great day, indeed, for all of us. Yet another occasion to be proud being an Indian!
My salutes to Satyarthi and Malala!!
Tailpiece.
Satyarthi was in the running for the Prize for the last decade. His brother, Jagmohan's words on the occasion point to a stark fact - though it doesn't take the sheen out of Satyarthi's achievement in any way - "He's been trying for the Nobel for three years. On one occasion, his name was short listed but later the prize went to someone else. This time he's made it big".
Only a crying baby gets milk! Sad!!
All of 60 years, Satyarthi was born and brought up in Vidisha of Madhya Pradesh. An electrical engineer by profession, it's interesting to go through the important milestones of his life:-
- He was a good debater and had always stood against the misuse of government machinery.
- His organisation is called the 'Bachpan Bachao Andolan' - the save childhood movement.
- He has been at it since 1980, when he gave up his job as an electrical engineer to begin the
crusade against exploitation of children.
- He founded a group, 'Good weave' which certifies child-labour-free rugs and provides
assistance to rescued and 'at risk' children.
- He'd survived numerous attacks on his life during his crusade to end child labour, the most
recent being the attack on him and his colleagues while rescuing child slaves from the garment
sweatshops of Delhi on 17 Mar 2011.
- He has been honoured with the Nobel Prize on the day of his wedding anniversary!
There were a record 278 candidates for the Nobel Peace Prize for 2014 and of these, 47 were organisations. The Prize has been awarded to 124 laureates, thus far, their breakdown being 100 individuals and 24 organisations.
A great day, indeed, for all of us. Yet another occasion to be proud being an Indian!
My salutes to Satyarthi and Malala!!
Tailpiece.
Satyarthi was in the running for the Prize for the last decade. His brother, Jagmohan's words on the occasion point to a stark fact - though it doesn't take the sheen out of Satyarthi's achievement in any way - "He's been trying for the Nobel for three years. On one occasion, his name was short listed but later the prize went to someone else. This time he's made it big".
Only a crying baby gets milk! Sad!!
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