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There is no greater crime than depriving children of their dreams. This statement is from Nobel laureate Kailash Satyarthi, who is known as a warrior, not an activist but an advocate of Indian child rights and education and fighting against child labour.
He was born on 11 January 1954 in Vidisha, Madhya Pradesh, in the family of Ram Prasad Sharma and Chironji. After completing his schooling in Vidisha, he earned his electrical engineering degree here. He also earned a master’s degree in high-voltage engineering. After completing his studies, he also served as a teacher in a college for some time, but he did not mind for long in this work. From childhood, he was inclined towards social service. While teaching in the college, he decided to dedicate his life to society and work only to improve the lives of the children.
There is no greater violence than to deny the dreams of our children.
In 1980, he said goodbye to his career and became the General Secretary of the Bonded Labor Liberation Front. After this, he started working to protect children’s rights, but his work got recognition from the Bachpan Bachao Andolan. Founded the Bachpan Bachao Andolan against child labour in the year 1983. His work was praised all over the world. After this, his steps automatically moved toward the children of South Asia. Their efforts have improved the lives of more than 80 thousand children and provided them opportunities for better education and livelihood. He carried out his work so that he is recognized as a symbol today.
To convert this movement into a mass movement, NGOs, teachers and trade unions from all over the world joined. He has linked taking work from children to human rights and has raised his voice against it. They consider it the most prevalent form of global abuse of children. They also say that issues like poverty, illiteracy, unemployment and population growth in the world stood before humanity today.
I refuse to accept that the shackles of slavery can ever be stronger than the quest for freedom.
UNESCO made him a member of the Body Global Partnership for Education formed by him. In addition, he has been appointed a member of several international organizations and committees, including the Center for Victims of Torture-USA, the International Labor Rights Fund and the International Cocoa Foundation. His works have been honoured by various national and international honours and awards.
These awards include the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize, presented to her jointly with Pakistani women’s education activist Malala Yousafzai. He is survived by his wife Sumedha, son Bhuvan Ribhu and daughter Asmita Satyarthi.