Mr. Kailash Satyarthi amazed me, and a lot of other
people when he was jointly awarded the Half
Nobel Prize last year. It also caused a bit of embarrassment to me as I was travelling abroad at that time and some of the co-travellers wanted me to tell them more about this gentleman's accomplishments. I told them in my usual straight forward (read blunt) way that though I considered myself to be a reasonably aware Indian, I had never heard this name before.
Nobel Prize last year. It also caused a bit of embarrassment to me as I was travelling abroad at that time and some of the co-travellers wanted me to tell them more about this gentleman's accomplishments. I told them in my usual straight forward (read blunt) way that though I considered myself to be a reasonably aware Indian, I had never heard this name before.
The provocation of writing this present piece is a
news article published in the venerable The Hindu recently (http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/a-childfriendly-world/article7736577.ece)
The article, inter-alia,
says that "Nobel Peace laureate Kailash Satyarthi said on Wednesday that
he will write to the heads of governments of all 193 United Nations member
countries asking them to ensure effective implementation of child-friendly
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)."
Is this gentleman being
plainly pompous or purely naive!
By the way he seems to have set up a "Kailash Satyarthi Children's Foundation". That's some modesty, this!
By the way he seems to have set up a "Kailash Satyarthi Children's Foundation". That's some modesty, this!
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