NEW DELHI, June 28 -- The mission of the electrical engineer has changed the fate of thousands of children in India and around the globe.
As the youngest child, Kailash Satyarthi was born as Kailash Sharma on Jan 11, 1954 in Vidisha of Madhya Pradesh in a middle class family to a head constable father and house-wife mother. His illiterate mother's idealistic and helpful nature greatly influenced Satyarthi.
Living in a Uttar Pradesh locality of Hindus and Muslims, the Hindu Brahman boy learned Urdu from the local Maulvi from childhood.
After completing his higher secondary education in the local government school, Satyarthi got his graduate and post-graduate degrees in Electrical Engineering. Then he taught for two years in his college i...