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

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.

India has hundreds of problems and millions of solutions.

We adults, our policies, our ways of governance, are responsible for poverty, not the children.

I refuse to accept that the shackles of slavery can ever be stronger than the quest for freedom.

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

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