He failed the first time he tried rescuing a child. Yet, Nobel Peace Prize laureate Kailash Satyarthi said he was determined to keep trying.
He failed the first time he tried rescuing a child. Yet, Nobel Peace Prize laureate Kailash Satyarthi said he was determined to keep trying. He was beaten up several times during many of his rescue missions, but his mission was bigger than him and he marched forward.
These are some of the anecdotes we learnt about Satyarthi when he launched his book “Karuna: The Power of Compassion” at the plenary session of the 15th Hyderabad Literary Festival on Saturday, January 24, where he also spoke about what compassion means to him.
“Compassion, for me, is when you feel other people’s problems, feel their pain and you try to solve it, forcing you to take action,” he said. “Unlike emotional quotient or intelligence quotient, compassion quotient (CQ) is unlimited. Compassion is innate,” the social reformer said.
Satyarthi said humans are amazing creatures who are born with power. “We have the capacity to find solutions.” This is why he wrote the book: “to spark compassion in people and a willingness to make a change.
