I am thankful to the Nobel committee for recognising the plight of millions of children who are suffering in this modern age

If not now, then when? If not you, then who? If we are able to answer these fundamental questions, then perhaps we can wipe away the blot of human slavery.

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

I am really honoured but if the prize had gone to Mahatma Gandhi before me I would have been more honoured

We talk of globalization, and how much money is needed for the education of children in the world, their liberation and rehabilitation just $9 billion which is four days of military expense. Just four days. Nine billion dollars is nothing. But what Americans spent on ice cream just 20 percent of this. One fifth of what you spend on ice creams could bring the children out of the clutches of their masters and put them to school.

I am thankful to the Nobel committee for recognising the plight of millions of children who are suffering in this modern age

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.