There is no greater violence than to deny the dreams of our children.

My philosophy is that I am a friend of the children. I don't think anyone should see them as pitiable subjects or charity. That is old people's rhetoric. People often relate childish behaviour to stupidity or foolishness. This mindset needs to change. I want to level the playing field where I can learn from the children. Something I can learn from children is transparency. They are innocent, straightforward, and have no biases. I relate children to simplicity and I think that my friendship with children has a much deeper meaning than others.

India has hundreds of problems and millions of solutions.

I refuse to accept that the world is so poor, when just one week of global spending on armies is enough to bring all of our children into classrooms.

Child labor perpetuates poverty, unemployment, illiteracy, population growth and other social problems.

During the past few years North East India has emerged as one of the biggest destinations for child trafficking.

I think of it all as a test. This is a moral examination that one has to pass... to stand up against such social evils.