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Nobel Peace Prize — An India-Pak celebration
Youngest-ever Nobel laureate has high hopes
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Divided by borders, united by peace, B-Town says on Twitter
India’s child rights crusader loves to cook for rescued kids
Vidisha celebrates Satyarthi's feat
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Nobel Peace Prize — An India-Pak celebration Dedicates the prize to kids he has rescued, says the day marks an end and a beginning Aditi Tandon Tribune News Service
New Delhi, October 10 "I believe this will be the turning point in our fight to save children from slavery and abuse of all kinds. This award will help put issues of child labour, trafficking and slavery on the political and social agenda....It's in a sense a beginning..." says the 60-year-old activist.
It all started in 1980 when Satyarthi told Sumedha, his wife, that he wanted to quit his job as an electronics engineer and start a life as a missionary. "It was a commitment I made to myself and lived by," says Satyarthi, his wife recalling how awestruck she was by her partner's passion to highlight the ills of society and save children from exploitation. Before forming Bachpan Bachao Andolan (BBA) in 1980, Satyarthi dabbled for a while in writing, publishing a newspaper that highlighted real-life cases of children's exploitation. "Then came the Adolan which went from strength to strength, working to rescue children trapped in exploitative labour. It has been a very unusual, difficult journey with my husband receiving life threats and being attacked. But the smiles it brought to children's lives made a difficult life worthy of living," Sumedha says. In 34 years, BBA has saved and rehabilitated 85,000 children. About the award he says: "I wish it had been given to Mahatma Gandhi. I was born after he passed away but I have imbibed his values in my life. I learnt my activism from Mahatma Gandhi. He remains my ideal." "He was at work in the office when the news came around 2 pm today. I have not met him as I was away to a doctor. He is flooded with visitors," says Sumedha. The family admits it was not expecting anything. Satyarthi's daughter Asmita says the nomination for the Nobel happened first in 2006. "We had lost hope but it has come back," she says. Satyarthi says: “I would like to divert everybody’s attention to the fact that more than 16.5 crore child labourers are still suffering all over the world and of these, 6 crore are in India. The award is a cause to work for them." For future, he says he will work with his award co-recipient Malala Yousafzai for peace across the world. "I will go and see Malala," says the man of the moment, who survived a lethal attack from circus owners in Gonda, UP, where he had led raids to rescue child workers from a circus.
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Youngest-ever Nobel laureate has high hopes
London, October 10 "We cannot express the level of our happiness in words. I just spoke to Ziauddin (Malala's father) and her mother. I also spoke to Malala, and they are all very excited and happy about this," the Telegraph quoted Malala's first cousin Mehmood ul Hassan as saying. Hassan said the whole family was thrilled. "Malala told me that Allah has blessed her with this award and she hopes this peace prize will help her cause (of educating girls), which is what she is focused on," he said. Malala was shot in the head by a Taliban gunman two years ago in Pakistan when she was on her way to school. A critically injured Malala was airlifted, at the Pakistan Government expense, to Britain where she was treated for life-threatening injuries. She survived.— IANS
The leaders say
Shri Kailash Satyarthi has devoted his life to a cause that is extremely relevant to entire humankind. I salute his determined efforts. Malala Yousafzai's life is a journey of immense grit and courage. I congratulate her on being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. She is (the) pride of Pakistan. She has made her countrymen proud. Her achievement is unparalleled and unequalled. Girls and boys of the world should take the lead from her struggle and commitment. The prize should be seen as recognition of the contributions of India's vibrant civil society in addressing complex social problems such as child labour and the important role played by them in collaboration with the government in the nation's efforts to eliminate all forms of child labour in the country. Satyarthi is a champion of child rights whose work is now recognised internationally. Yousufzai's spirited fight for education to girls in Pakistan has inspired many in South Asia. The awards have brought glory to the entire South Asia. It is a moment of immense pride for the nation. The prize to Satyarthi is a rightfully deserved recognition of his tremendous contribution. This news brings great happiness to me and the entire nation. More so because she has been awarded the prize for what should be foremost priority of this country: girl education. Nobel peace prize to Satyarthi and Malala is a message that if government fails you the world doesn't, if the media ignores you the world doesn't. Today the government, media, people, have all to come together to recognize that the change is because of the social reformers who are continuing to serve the country and the people out of love not for any expectations. |
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Divided by borders, united by peace, B-Town says on Twitter
Satyarthi is a child rights activist, while Pakistani teenager Yousufzai is known for standing up to the Taliban and surviving a near-fatal shooting. Indian film celebrities took to Twitter to share their congratulatory messages: Madhur Bhandarkar: Delighted that #KailashSatyarthi & #Malala have been conferred #nobelprize2014! Proud moment for all who believe in world peace & prosperity. Anupam Kher: CONGRATULATIONS to Kailash Satyarthi of India & Malala Yousafzai of Pakistan for Nobel PEACE Prize, 2014. Peace is Always a Possibility. Purab Kohli: India and Pakistan - divided by political borders, united by peace! #NobelPeacePrize #KailashSatyarthi #Malala Anil Kapoor: Congratulations! Proud to hear that Malala Yousafzai & Kailash Satyarthi won the Nobel PEACE. @MalalaFund @k_satyarthi Riteish Deshmukh: Great news - Malala Yousafzai and Kailash Satyarthi win Nobel Peace Prize - #IndoPakPeace. Rahul Bose: Wonderful news about the #NobelPeacePrize. Congratulations, Kailash Satyarthi and Malala Yousufzai. Siddharth: Malala Yousafzai continues to be the most important young lady of this generation. Not yet 18. Nobel peace prize winner. #salute Hansal Mehta: Kailash Sathyarthi and Malala Yousufzai win the Nobel Peace Prize! India and Pakistan share a peace prize. Pritish Nandy: How wonderful to see the Nobel Prize guys sidestep all the predictable choices and award Kailash Satyarthi, a man who rarely attracts media. Hopefully now, the cause that Kailash Satyarthi so strongly espouses will get some more media attention and become mainstream. —IANS
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India’s child rights crusader loves to cook for rescued kids
New Delhi, October 10 Umesh Gupta, a former employee of Satyarthi's Bachpan Bachao Andolan (BBA), recalled what a brilliant cook Satyarthi is and how he loves to cook for kids rescued from bonded labour. "On several occasions, he cooked for the children who we rescued from work units. His love and compassion shines through such a gesture. The children who would be scared a moment ago would open up and smile in his warmth," Gupta said. Rakesh Senger of BBA had a similar tale to narrate. "It never fails to amaze us how Satyarthiji comforts the rescued children. After a rescue operation, children are obviously very scared. But an hour with Satyarthiji and they become composed and relax. He has the gift," he said. BBA has been one of the first NGOs to have started work on child rights, and against child labour in 1980. Touching the lives of thousands of young children, the group actively participates in rescue operations along with the police and the labour department. BBA has also led successful campaigns against the use and sale of products in domestic and international markets that employ children to do the work. — IANS
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Vidisha celebrates Satyarthi's feat
Vidisha (MP), October10 An atmosphere of celebration and jubilation prevailed at Satyarthi's 'Choti Haveli' residence located at the Kile Andar area in Vidisha town. An engineer by training, Satyarthi completed his school and college education from Vidisha town which was represented in the Lok Sabha by political stalwarts such as former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee, MP CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan and Union External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj. — PTI
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Mumbai, October 10
Mahesh Bhatt: Kailash Satyarthi wins the Nobel Peace Prize 2014 for his work on promoting child rights in India. Farhan Akhtar: Life feels good when good things happen to good people. Heartiest congratulations to Mr Kailash Satyarthi & Malala. #NobelPeacePrize.