THE MOMENT OF PRIDE FOR ALL INDIANS
THE MOMENT OF PRIDE FOR ALL INDIANS
As I stepped through the grand doors to enter the great City Hall, I was overwhelmed to experience the vast number of high profile personalities who had made the effort to support the Noble Prize ceremony. A host of recognized faces had assembled to celebrate the two noble laureates India’s Kailash Satyarthi and Pakistan’s Malala Yousafzai. I felt a great deal of personal honor and pride to be amongst this elite group of people to witness this historical event. At an impressive age of sixty and a renowned child activist, Mr. Satyarthi rescued over 80,000 children from illegal labor and during his powerful speech, it was clear he represented their sound of silence, their cry of innocence and their face of invisibility. He further explained that if one child is in danger - the whole world is in danger. His energetic words called to all corners of the world to unite together to demonstrate a change from exploitation to education, poverty to prosperity, darkness to light and to stride together to diminish violence and inject peace. The inspiring words and actions of Mr. Satyarthi called upon all leaders to join him in the fight to save children from slavery.
The room was filled with applause and the ambient noise was illuminated further as the eighteen year old Malala Yousafzai entered. This was a young woman who was the very first and youngest Nobel Prize winner in history. I can fully appreciate what a proud moment this was for all Pakistanis especially a great stimulus towards young people.
Her elevated words and poise captured my heart with the inspiring and courageous speech delivered leaving a real sense of encouragement and determination as judged by the media response which illuminated the room. Her humble words included thanking her father for not clipping her wings and letting her fly. She continued to explain people describe her in many different ways; a girl who was shot by the Taliban because she wanted to study, the
As I stepped through the grand doors to enter the great City Hall, I was overwhelmed to experience the vast number of high profile personalities who had made the effort to support the Noble Prize ceremony. A host of recognized faces had assembled to celebrate the two noble laureates India’s Kailash Satyarthi and Pakistan’s Malala Yousafzai. I felt a great deal of personal honor and pride to be amongst this elite group of people to witness this historical event. At an impressive age of sixty and a renowned child activist, Mr. Satyarthi rescued over 80,000 children from illegal labor and during his powerful speech, it was clear he represented their sound of silence, their cry of innocence and their face of invisibility. He further explained that if one child is in danger - the whole world is in danger. His energetic words called to all corners of the world to unite together to demonstrate a change from exploitation to education, poverty to prosperity, darkness to light and to stride together to diminish violence and inject peace. The inspiring words and actions of Mr. Satyarthi called upon all leaders to join him in the fight to save children from slavery.
The room was filled with applause and the ambient noise was illuminated further as the eighteen year old Malala Yousafzai entered. This was a young woman who was the very first and youngest Nobel Prize winner in history. I can fully appreciate what a proud moment this was for all Pakistanis especially a great stimulus towards young people.
Her elevated words and poise captured my heart with the inspiring and courageous speech delivered leaving a real sense of encouragement and determination as judged by the media response which illuminated the room. Her humble words included thanking her father for not clipping her wings and letting her fly. She continued to explain people describe her in many different ways; a girl who was shot by the Taliban because she wanted to study, the