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.

A lot of work still remains but I will see the end of child labor in my lifetime.

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.

For centuries, we were taught that anger is bad. Our parents, teachers, priests, everyone taught us how to control and suppress our anger. But I ask: why can't we convert our anger for the larger good of society?

India has hundreds of problems and millions of solutions.

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