Satyarthi, Malala receive Nobel Peace Prize

“A young girl and a somewhat older man, one from Pakistan and one from India, one Muslim, the other Hindu; both symbols of what the world needs: more unity. Fraternity between the nations,” he added. Satyarthi, who gave up his job as an electrical engineer to run an NGO for rescuing children from forced labour and trafficking, said, “I refuse to accept that the world is so poor, when just one week of global military expenditure is enough to bring all of our children into classrooms.”

“I



refuse to accept that the shackles of slavery can ever be... stronger than the quest for freedom,” said 60-year-old Satyarthi, who asked the audience to feel the child inside them and globalise compassion. The audience included King Harald V of Norway and Pakistan’s former prime minister Yousuf Raza Gilani.

“Let us inculcate and transform the individuals’ compassion into a global movement. Let us globalise compassion. Not passive compassion, but transformative compassion that leads to justice, equality, and freedom,” Satyarthi said after receiving the award here at Oslo City Hall.

He also said that crime against children has no place in a civilised society.