“Indian Kailash Satyarthi and Pak’s Malala Yousafzai win Nobel peace prize 2014”
Everyone became proud and started sensing pride the moment we read Indian…. Also, Indian to get Nobel.... One more point to sense pride in oneself and a reason to straighten up the collar.
But suddenly Google search engines grew faster to understand who this Indian is?
Who this Indian is to win Nobel peace prize after Mother Teresa ? and the data populated.
It was a shame as well as pride. A very disappointing sense and mixed bag of emotions after reading the details about this awardees.
“ Mr. Kailash Satyarthi (Born 11 January 1954) is an Indian children rights activist and founder of Bachpan Bachao Andolan (Save the Children movement). An activist who has acted to protect rights of more than 83,000 children from 144 countries (Official Data available)
An Engineer by education but gave up his career as teacher and became Secretary General for the Bonded Labor Liberation Front; he also founded the Bachpan Bachao Andolan (Save the Childhood Mission) in 1980.
Involved with :
* Global March Against Child Labor and its international advocacy body
* International Center on Child Labor and Education (ICCLE)
* Served as the President of the Global Campaign for Education from its inception in 1999 to 2011
* Established Rugmark (now known as Goodweave) as the first voluntary labelling, monitoring and certification system of rugs manufactured without the use of child-labour in South Asia
* Member of a UNESCO body established to examine this and has been on the board of the Fast Track Initiative (now known as the Global Partnership for Education)
* Satyarthi serves on the board and committee of several international organisations including the Center for Victims of Torture (USA), the International Labor Rights Fund (USA), and the International Cocoa Foundation
* He is now reportedly working on bringing child labour and slavery into the post-2015 development agenda for the United Nation's Millennium Development Goals
I am pretty much aware, that any reader would say am I referring wiki by any chance. Yes the details are fetched from online details available.”
But when I turned down the Awards and Honors section, it disappointed me. Mr. Satyarthi has numerous awards and honors from fellow countries like United States, Germany, Spain, Netherlands. But I could not find a Indian Pat on back anywhere. And here the shame took over my pride within seconds.
जग मारतंय पाठीवर थाप
कौतुकाचा होतोय वर्षाव
नयन आसुसले माझे खरं
माय ला कधी येणार जाग
पैसा नको, नको अडका
दखल व्हावी कामाची ….
हाती घेतलाय वसा
आस फक्त त्याला पूर्णत्वाला नेण्याची
कामाची पोच पावती
मीळो आमच्या कार्याला
एकच ध्यास निव्वळ फक्त ….
आमचा भारत व्हावा आदर्श
हक्क प्रत्येकाला शिक्षणाचा ….
घराचा , अन सन्मानाचा ….
ह्या साठी झटतोय आम्ही ….
आस नयनी एकच फक्त….माय ला कधी दिसणार त्याची ….
We have Indians being awarded with civilian awards much before they actually deserve. But these deserving candidates are awarded much after all world praises them. Doesn’t this make you all angry and disappoint you a bit ? Indian Bollywood stars are awarded the Civilian awards in the Republic of India much early and these activists (many are awarded Indian awards later, after they have world recognition). It pisses me off. Especially stars who have not really achieved anything to be awarded. These are famous for nothing.
Why do we need Google search engines to actually understand “Who these dignitaries are?” who are Noble, Magsaysay awardees? This is shame on us as well as Indians. Don’t we all Indians feel shameless about this?
I really feel though…..
