English A2 : Complex Factual Activity

(1) Mr Satyarthi's vision as a child was a vision of the future, of the cobbler boy sitting with him in his classroom.
(2) The foreign activists of equal rights mentioned in the speech are Nelson Mandela and Martin Luther King.
(3) Mr Satyarthi requests the listeners to put their hands close to their hearts, close their eyes and feel and listen to the child inside them.
(4) According to Mr. Satyarthi, thousands of Mahatma Gandhis, Nelson Mandelas and Martin Luther Kings are calling on us.

The boy's father said that he had never thought about the fact that his son was working outside the gate of the school and not studying with the others in the school. His answer made Satyarthi angry at that time and still makes him angry.

Kailash Satyarthi says that we live in an age of rapid globalisation. We are connected through:
(i) the high-speed internet
(ii) the exchange of goods and services in one single global market and
(iii) the thousands of flights from one corner to another corner of the globe.

Kailash Satyarthi is not ready to accept:
(1) that all the temples, churches, mosques and prayer houses have no place for the dreams of our children, when all great religions and all countries teach us to care for our children.
(2) that the world is so poor, when just one week of global military expenditure is sufficient to pay for the education of all the children.
(3) that all the laws and constitutions, police and judges, are unable to protect our children.
(4) that the shackles of slavery can ever be stronger than the quest for freedom.

The empty chair kept on the podium by Shri Satyarthi represents or symbolises the suffering and struggles of millions of children who are left behind.