FROM THE EDITOR

Your copy of LINEAGE is on your monitor yet again on the first of the month. Kunhiraman can do it any number of times. Meeting the 1st of the month deadline is nothing to boast of; the contents will decide on how the reader evaluates the magazine. We thank all contributors and readers.

K.E.Damodaran Nayanar

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1. Editorial

2. Thank you, Laxman

3. Democratisation of Digital India

4. Unit Pulse

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7. Titbits

8. Impulsive Buying

9. That was some time ago!

10. Parking Tips

11.Why Choose Led?

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14. Kailash Satyarthi’s Nobel lecture

15. Live simply, walk humbly and…..

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Thank you, Laxman NANDINI NAIR

Dear Mr Laxman, I must start with thanking you. We never met, but you were a daily blip of joy in the life of a 12-year-old. The year was 1994. I had just moved cities; from hip Madras to a more parochial Lucknow, from a co-ed school to an all-girls’ institution. Our family of four didn’t have a home as yet, so we all packed into room No. 37 of a state-run guest house for a few months. I missed my friends, I longed for my old routine and I hated the blue tunic, striped tie, steel-buckled belt and black shoes that I had to wear. I didn’t want to be there, but I had to be. In some strange way, ‘You Said It’ became the laughter at the end of yet another dull school day. I didn’t care much for

newspapers at the time, but in the Times of India I found you and ‘Around the World’ — which provided a preteen with all the gossip she could fathom. I took an instant liking to the Common Man, he with the prickly hair, oval specs and checked shirt. Looking back, I probably empathised with him. In frame after frame he seemed caught in a world that was not his making.

The liberty to comment was not his, but he bore witness. He was common not because he was ordinary, but because he was omnipresent. He was also the 12-year-old thrown into a world which she had not chosen.

The Common Man might have been silent but his curiosity was steadfast. He was understated but he was also distinct. He eavesdropped on the powerful; he travelled to cities and dwelled in villages.

To a child who was more intrigued by reality than fantasy, the Common Man proved to be the unlikely but perfect hero.

I bought The Best of Laxman (1993) and pored over the pages because they told a story of corrupt officials, venal politicians and broken systems.

I wrote a haphazard play drawn from your cartoons and staged it for Teachers’ Day with classmates who donned the roles of babus and netas. I sent the typewritten play to you, with one request — could you send me a cartoon with the Common Man in the limelight?

A simple brown envelope with ‘RK Laxman’ printed at the bottom arrived a few months later. We had moved into our own home by then, school had become less oppressive and I had even made friends. Along with a typed note you enclosed a cartoon of the Common Man middle and centre. He was no longer an observer, he was the star of his own tale. Thank you for showing me that every man can be a hero.

R.K. Laxman (1921-2015)

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Democratisation of Digital India: Barriers and opportunities Anu Madgavkar and Noshir Kaka

India has the second-largest online population in the world (behind China and overtaking the United

States), with about 243 million people using the Internet in 2014

Yet that leaves more than a billion offline Indians, the largest population of non-Internet users in any

country. At current trajectory, by 2018 only one-third of that billion will be online. This is far short of what

is needed to democratize Internet access and achieve the economic and social goals of the government’s

Digital India initiative. A goal of about 700 million Internet users within five years is more consistent with

the government’s vision of enabling broad reach and penetration of online services. Achieving that goal

will require strategies to reach a population that is much more difficult to serve than the Indians who are

already online. Nearly three-quarters of the remaining offline population is rural, 43 percent is illiterate.

However, we find that the chances of reaching this goal can be improved if India focuses on four key

challenges and opportunities . 1: Infrastructure About one-third of rural Indians say a lack of connections,

devices, or electricity are key obstacles to Internet adoption. While 2G mobile coverage now reaches

about 90 percent of the country, most of it is not Internet-enabled. 3G coverage is rapidly expanding, but

the quality remains low; dropped signals and peak overloads are common. To expand the reach and

capacity of the mobile Internet, India urgently needs a predictable, transparent, and fair spectrum-

licensing policy that would encourage provider investment in telecom infrastructure and adequate

bandwidth. Furthermore, the government’s ambitious plan to provide affordable and reliable broadband to

250,000 gram panchayats by 2017 must gain momentum. Infrastructure is arguably the most critical

barrier for the government to address and will require policies that enable greater private participation in

both wireless and fiber-based systems. Addressing this priority early would provide tremendous tailwind

to India’s digital revolution. 2: Affordability Even if Internet access were available in rural areas, a large

segment of the Indian population still wouldn’t be able to afford it. Average prices for data downloads and

smartphones are among the lowest in the world, but India’s consumers still face tremendous affordability

challenges due to low incomes. For close to 950 million people, even the cheapest data plans are equal

to 13 percent of their monthly consumption expenditure (compared with less than 4 percent for the richest

segment). In 2013, the average retail price of a smartphone in India was equivalent to more than 16

percent of gross national income per capita, compared with 5 to 6 percent in China. When device prices

fall at a rapid rate, demand explodes. From 2008 to 2013, the average retail price for a smartphone in

India dropped by 29 percent and smartphone in use rose from just under 5 million units in 2008 to almost

76 million units in 2013. The introduction of sub-$100 smartphones will drive demand up further. India

needs to capitalize on this trend by creating a low-cost environment in which to make or market devices.

Mobile data plans in India are already among the lowest in our sample of 25 countries- a 500 Mb prepaid

plan cost USD 3.40 per month in 2013 (equal to 2.6 percent of gross net income per capita a month) so

the potential for further dramatic price declines may be muted. However, if consumers believe Internet

access will save them money in other spending categories such as entertainment, education, or

healthcare, they might substitute mobile phone service for other items, which would help increase Internet

penetration. 3: Incentive Indian consumers have demonstrated they respond to technologies that offer the

incentive of consumer utility, even in the face of low affordability. Take mobile phones. The opportunity to

increase incomes enabled by mobile phones created powerful incentives for users to adopt the

technology, even finding ways to circumvent barriers of affordability. The ‘missed call’ was an example of

the ingenuity that has been used to spread technology (the service allows subscribers to communicate

even when they are unable to pay for the voice minutes. Mobile, text-based apps that provide information

and have the potential to affect income (for example, market prices and weather forecasts) have also

gained traction. Low-cost text-messaging platforms such as WhatsApp have become extremely popular

among retailers, who use them to communicate with customers. Meanwhile, Internet entrepreneurs such

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as Naukri.com, Makemytrip, and Flipkart are using innovative delivery models to provide online job

search, travel, and shopping, despite India’s poor digital payment infrastructure and under-developed

supply chains.are demonstrating. 4: Capability Many of the Indians who do not yet have Internet access

also lack the knowledge and skills to take advantage of what the Internet has to offer. Above all, a low

literacy rate is a major impediment to increasing Internet penetration. In a recent survey of all Indians, 69

percent of respondents said they weren’t aware of the Internet, while 33 percent lacked the digital literacy

(defined as the ability to operate a computer) to get online. In years past, the postman served as the

primary interface between illiterate rural citizens and the outside world, writing letters on their behalf,

reading them incoming mail, and filling out government forms. In the India of the future, a moderately

skilled para-technician (someone with basic education and mobile Internet skills) could sit at a post office

e-service centre and fulfill a similar role in connecting poor rural Indians to e-government and other

services such as e-commerce. The wide range of language in India presents another barrier. The need to

customize services for many languages lowers the incentive for providers to develop content. In contrast,

China’s languages are more concentrated, making it easier for device manufacturers and content

providers to cater to the online population. Many Indian consumers are composing written vernacular

communications in the English script. More intuitive services with simple graphical interfaces, and

stronger local language support could significantly reduce the digital literacy barriers to Internet adoption.

The quest to bring 700 million more Indians onto the Internet is not simply an arbitrary goal. It is a vital

step in supporting continuing economic growth, raising more citizens out of poverty, and driving

productivity gains across the economy. With Internet connections, Indians can access better health care

and education. They can buy goods and services at better prices, receive government services, and

make their farms and businesses more successful. It is a goal worth reaching (Source:Moneycontrol.com)

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UNIT PULSE Senior Engineers Kozhikode. The monthly meeting of Senior Engineers Kozhikode was held on 10.01.2015, 10:30 am at Calicut Towers., the first meeting of 2015. Er A.Chandran presided the meeting. In his presidential remarks he explained the information concerned with retired engineers and conveyed his sincere wishes, to all members and family, for a happy new year 2015. Er Chandrahasan gave an idea on the financial position of our senior engineers” monthly meetings. Er T. Ravindran requested all to visit our members who are not in a position to attend monthly meetings, due to ill health. Er Krishnanunni informed that medical allowance of pensioners have been increased to Rs 300 pm with effect from 29.11.14

Er Krishnanunni also read out the relevant parts of lineage January 2015 for discussion. Er. Chandrahasan then distributed New Year gifts, on behalf of the office bearers, to all participants. The meeting ended at 2 pm after lunch Ramachandran

Senior Engineers Kannur. The January meeting was held on 13th January. In the New Year, with new office bearers, it was a happy occasion. The President Er.C.Balakrishnan, who presided, informed the happy news that medical allowance of Rs 300 has been sanctioned. Minutes of the last meeting and the accounts were approved. Floral Birth Day greetings were given to Ers.E.K.Pavithran, P.Ramachandran, and K.C.Bhaskaran. Er.V.P.Soman presented the contents of lineage. Er.Sasi read his article in the lineage. In the general discussion different subjects like Run Kerala, Technical tour to Raichur, Non receipt of diary etc were discussed. Er.M.V.Gopala-krishnan reported the status of pending issues of KSEB pensioners and requested all members to cooperate from with the Association. Er.K.P.Ravindran, the senior most member, administered the oath of office to the newly elected office bearers. Several members suggested the need of more emphasis on charity works. An outline of the future course of action was drawn and the meeting closed after a lunch hosted by Er.E.P.Bhaskaran Nambiar V.P.Soman

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Riddle with Answer

Q: What do you call a bear without an ear?

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TITBITS PATIENCE

“Patience is an inner pause, a brief internal stillness and a moment we give ourselves to breathe through our initial reaction so we can move to the place where a calm thoughtful, peaceful response is born. Patience is a gift of time we give ourselves to process and understand so we can respond with compassion and intention rather than with raw, often negative emotion.”

--- --L.R.Knost

HOW I LEARNED TO MIND MY OWN BUSINESS

I was walking past the mental hospital the other day and all the patients were shouting “13...13...13...13..” The fence was too high to see over, but I saw a little gap in the planks. So, I looked through to see what was going on. Some idiot poked in my eyes with a stick. Then they all started shouting “14...14...14...14...”

- (FB) HARD FIGURES Pension fund is the most efficient way to save for retirement. You start contributing from the very month you start earning. Your contribution rises with every increment in your salary. If a person takes up a job at age 25 and save Rs5000 per month and if the employer makes a matching contribution, it builds up a massive corpus of Rs 6.89 Crores over 35 years. I have assumed the increment and subscription rise will be 8% every year and Pension Fund gives 8.5% return.

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Now, if the monthly expenditure at the time of joining is Rs 50000 per month, a 7% inflation will push it up to Rs 5.34 Lakhs. To sustain inflation-adjusted withdrawals a corpus of Rs 10.52 Crores is needed, for the period age 61-80. The 6.89 Crore Pension Fund will get wiped off in just 12 years. At 72 you have no money. In actual practice, Pension Fund withdrawals are permitted. Acquisition of house, vehicle, farm, expense for children’s education, marriage expenses eat away the Pension Fund.

Pun Q: How many seconds are there in a year? A: Twelve. January 2nd, February 2nd, March 2nd, April 2nd, May 2nd, June 2nd, July 2nd, August 2nd,

September 2nd, October 2nd, November 2nd and December 2nd. - (garnered)

Winter Punderland As we waited for a bus in the frosty weather, the woman next to me mentioned that she makes a lot of mistakes when texting in the cold. I nodded knowingly. “It’s the early signs of typothermia.”

(Readers’ Digest)

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IMPULSIVE BUYING

Days traditionally meant to celebrate as holidays are fast becoming valid excuse for shopping. In a state with rampant consumerism, it could not be otherwise. The marketers know how the mind works and they are not hesitant to use this knowledge to stoke the consumers’ desire and lessen their self-control. Tactics emphasizing scarcity, (e.g. ‘only 10TVs at this price in stock’) and delayed cost, (‘0%interest until 2016’) are employed to great effect. Such tactics prey on one of mind’s greatest vulnerabilities - the innate human preference for rapid reward or immediate gratification. Most people would opt to receive Rs 20 today rather than Rs 100 in a tear, though logically speaking, an investment guaranteed to quadruple your money in 12 months is hard to beat! The phenomenon known as temporal discounting offer plays a central role in impulse-buying decisions. To the extent that retailers can increase your impatience for reward or otherwise, evoke a sense of urgency in you, your belief that a pleasurable expenditure is worthwhile increases, while the rewards of saving and investing that money appears more and more distant. Can we as shoppers, resist? We can. We all have a proclivity for immediate gratification, but we are also capable of self-control. The real question is: How do we ensure that we exercise that control? A natural suggestion is to rely on will power. But when it comes to holiday shopping, that is likely to fail. Will power tends to be limited. Each successful exercise of it actually increases the likelihood of subsequent failure, if temptations come in quick succession, as they do in shopping malls. So rather than trying to over-ride your decision making impulse, a better strategy might be to change them. An effective way to do that is by cultivating the emotion of gratitude. That’s right. The solution to the shopping season’s excesses may lie in the very message of thanksgiving itself. Psychologists have long known that negative emotions like anger and fear can alter decisions. Until recently, we haven’t focused on the effects of positive emotions on decision-making. The emotion of gratitude, viewed from a cost-benefit perspective, stresses the long-term values of short-term sacrifice. (e.g- If I am grateful to you for a favor I’ll work hard to repay it and thereby ensure you’ll help me again in

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future.) Consequently, my colleagues and I suspected that gratitude might also enhance patience and self-control. From our study, e established that those feeling neutral demonstrated the usual preference for immediate reward. Certain emotions can temporarily enhance self-control by decreasing desires for immediate ratification. Feeling happy doesn’t increase patience; feeling grateful does. So if you are looking to reduce impulse buying, take time to celebrate with your friends and family and count your blessings. The easiest way to thwart the retailers’ enticements as you peruse the shopping aisle isn’t to resist what you want; it is to be thankful for what you have.

-David De Stenu in New York Times

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That was some time ago! When Window was just a square hole in a room & Application was something written on a paper. When Keyboard was a Piano and Mouse just an animal. When File was an important office material and Hard Drive just an uncomfortable road trip. When Cut was done with knife and Paste with glue. When Web was a spider's home and virus was flu. When Apple and Blackberry were just fruits.... That's when we had a lot of time for Family & Friends!

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Parking Tips

How one parks is an important car care element. It can make a difference between an old

looking car and well-kept one.

How and where you park can make a difference between a dented car and well-kept one. It can make a difference between heading to an important meeting in a car strewn with leaves and bird droppings or a nice shiny one. Where and how you park is also a safety concern for others and yourself. Here’s how to do it right while caring for your car.

Be considerate to other road users and pedestrians

When parking your car, the first thing you should check is

whether it is safe and legal to park there. Check for no

standing zones, no parking zones and day specific zones as

parking in places where one is not allowed may lead to your car getting towed. Do not park too close to a

gate, intersection, bus stop, fire hydrant, post box or taxi and rickshaw stands. One must also never park

too close to another car at the risk of getting boxed in.

Parking under trees

Parking under a tree may seem sensible as it prevents your car from getting too hot in the summers, but

stray objects like branches or coconuts might damage your car. Also, bird droppings can completely ruin

your paint if not wiped clean soon. Some migratory birds like storks have acidic droppings that burn

through your clear coat and into your paint leaving permanent damage. Check where you park and if

possible never under a tree. In the monsoon, heavy winds and rain can also cause trees to fall resulting in

complete destruction of your car.

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How to apply the handbrake

Applying the handbrake is crucial although the correct procedure is very important. Many drivers simply

throw the car into gear (or Park in an automatic) and rip the handbrake on. In this case, it is the

transmission that usually takes up most of the load and not the handbrake.

Whenever you are parking a car, especially on a hill, park and stop safely. At this point your standard

footbrake should be holding the car stationary, select neutral no matter whether the car has an automatic

or manual transmission and then pull on the handbrake. The correct way to apply the handbrake is to

push the button in as you are pulling it on. Avoid the clicking sound that comes due to not pressing the

button. Once the handbrake is on, pull again firmly to hear one click and let your foot slowly off the

footbrake. Now the parking brake holds the car’s weight. The driver can not select 1stgear in a manual or

Park mode in an automatic for added security. On a hill, always put the car in gear.

Always remember to choose a space with a wall on one side or at the end of a cue of parked cars so as

to minimize the chances of your car getting damaged. Also, always remember to park your car only inside

a designated spot if parking in a parking lot so as not to inconvenience other users.

Cyrus Dhabhar (Zigwheels)

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WHY CHOOSE LED?

Light 60w ICL 11w CFL 9w LED

Cost, Rupees 12 120 350

Lamp life, hours 1000 6000 25000 Energy cost, for 25000 hours, Rs 4800 880 720 Life cycle cost, Rs 5100 1480 1070

(We assumed Rs 3.20 as the KSEB price. The tariff bracket I am in is around Rs 4 now. –Ed.)

Courtesy: Energy Management Centre

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Some golden words from Literature Heavy rains remind us of challenges in life. Never ask for a lighter rain, just pray for a better umbrella. That is Attitude. When flood comes, fish eats ants and when flood recedes, ants eat fish. Only time matters. Just hold on. God gives opportunity to every one. In a theatre when drama plays, you opt for front seats. When film is screened, you opt for rear seats. Your position in life is only relative. Not absolute. For making soap, oil is required. But to clean oil, soap is required. This is the irony of life. Life is not about finding the right person. But creating the right relationship. It's not how we care in the beginning. But how much we care till the end. When you are in problem, don't think it's the End. It is only a Bend in life. Difference between Man and God is God gives gives and forgives. Man gets, gets and forgets. Only two categories of people are happy in life - the Mad and the Child. Be Mad to achieve a goal. Be a Child to enjoy what you achieved. Never play with the feelings of others. You may win. But loose the person for lifetime. There is no Escalator to success. Only Steps!!

A.Suhair

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Kailash Satyarthi’s Nobel lecture

(My dear children of the world…)

Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Excellencies, distinguished Nobel Committee, dear brother Tom Harkin, brothers and sisters, and my dear daughter Malala.

From this podium of peace and humanity, I am deeply honoured to recite a mantra from the ancient texts of wisdom, Vedas.

This mantra carripotential to liberate humanity from all man

Let’s walk together. In the pursuit of global progress, not a single person should be left out or left behind in any corner of the world, from East to West, from South to North.

Let’s speak together, let our minds come together! Learning from the experiences of our ancestors, let us together create knowledge for all that benefits all.

I bow to my late parents, to my motherland India, and to the mo

With a warm heart I recall how thousands of times, I have been liberated, each time I have freed a child from slavery. In the first smile of freedom on their beautiful faces, I see the Gods smiling.

I give the biggest credit of this honour to myKishore from India and Iqbal Masih from Pakistan who made the supreme sacrifice for protecting the freedom and dignity of children. I humbly accept this award on behalf of all such martyrs, my fellow activists across the world and my countrymen.

My journey from the great land of Lord Buddha, Guru Nanak and Mahatma Gandhi; India to Norway is a connect between the two centers

Friends, the Nobel Committee generouto do that. I represent here the sound of silence. The cry of innocence. And, the face of invisibility. I have come here to share the voices and dreams of our children, our children, because our children.

I have looked into their frightened and exhausted eyes. And I have heard their urgent questions: Twenty years ago, in the foothills of the Himalayas, I met a small, skinny boy. He asked me: “Is the world so poor that it cannot give me a toy and a book, instead of forcing me to take a tool or gun?”

I met with a Sudanese child-soldier who was kidnapped by an extremist militia. As his first training, he was forced to kill his friends and family. He asked me: “What is my fault?” Twelve years ago, a childmother from the streets of Colombia a dream. Can my child have one?” There is no greater violence than to deny the dreams of our children. The single aim of my life is that every child is: free to be a child, free to grow and develop,

Kailash Satyarthi’s Nobel lecture

Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Excellencies, distinguished members of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, dear brother Tom Harkin, brothers and sisters, and my dear daughter Malala.

From this podium of peace and humanity, I am deeply honoured to recite a mantra from the ancient texts of wisdom, Vedas.

This mantra carries a prayer, an aspiration and a resolve that has the potential to liberate humanity from all man-made crises.

pursuit of global progress, not a single person should be left out or left behind in any corner of the ast to West, from South to North.

Let’s speak together, let our minds come together! Learning from the experiences of our ancestors, let us together create knowledge for all that benefits all.

I bow to my late parents, to my motherland India, and to the mother earth

With a warm heart I recall how thousands of times, I have been liberated, each time I have freed a child from slavery. In the first smile of freedom on their beautiful faces, I see the Gods smiling.

I give the biggest credit of this honour to my movement’s Kaalu Kumar, Dhoom Das and Adarsh Kishore from India and Iqbal Masih from Pakistan who made the supreme sacrifice for protecting the freedom and dignity of children. I humbly accept this award on behalf of all such martyrs, my fellow

across the world and my countrymen.

My journey from the great land of Lord Buddha, Guru Nanak and Mahatma Gandhi; India to Norway centers of global peace and brotherhood, ancient and modern.

Friends, the Nobel Committee generously invited me to deliver a “lecture.” Respectfully, I am unable to do that. I represent here the sound of silence. The cry of innocence. And, the face of invisibility. I have come here to share the voices and dreams of our children, our children, because

I have looked into their frightened and exhausted eyes. And I have heard their urgent questions: Twenty years ago, in the foothills of the Himalayas, I met a small, skinny boy. He asked me: “Is the

ve me a toy and a book, instead of forcing me to take a tool or gun?”

soldier who was kidnapped by an extremist militia. As his first training, he was forced to kill his friends and family. He asked me: “What is my fault?” Twelve years ago, a childmother from the streets of Colombia – trafficked, raped, enslaved – asked me this: “I have never had a dream. Can my child have one?” There is no greater violence than to deny the dreams of our children. The single aim of my life is that every child is: free to be a child, free to grow and develop,

Kailash Satyarthi’s Nobel lecture

members of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, dear brother Tom Harkin, brothers and sisters, and

From this podium of peace and humanity, I am deeply honoured to recite a mantra from the ancient texts of wisdom, Vedas.

es a prayer, an aspiration and a resolve that has the made crises.

pursuit of global progress, not a single person should be left out or left behind in any corner of the

Let’s speak together, let our minds come together! Learning from the experiences of our ancestors,

With a warm heart I recall how thousands of times, I have been liberated, each time I have freed a child from slavery. In the first smile of freedom on their beautiful faces, I see the Gods smiling.

movement’s Kaalu Kumar, Dhoom Das and Adarsh Kishore from India and Iqbal Masih from Pakistan who made the supreme sacrifice for protecting the freedom and dignity of children. I humbly accept this award on behalf of all such martyrs, my fellow

My journey from the great land of Lord Buddha, Guru Nanak and Mahatma Gandhi; India to Norway of global peace and brotherhood, ancient and modern.

sly invited me to deliver a “lecture.” Respectfully, I am unable to do that. I represent here the sound of silence. The cry of innocence. And, the face of invisibility. I have come here to share the voices and dreams of our children, our children, because they are all

I have looked into their frightened and exhausted eyes. And I have heard their urgent questions: Twenty years ago, in the foothills of the Himalayas, I met a small, skinny boy. He asked me: “Is the

ve me a toy and a book, instead of forcing me to take a tool or gun?”

soldier who was kidnapped by an extremist militia. As his first training, he was forced to kill his friends and family. He asked me: “What is my fault?” Twelve years ago, a child-

asked me this: “I have never had a dream. Can my child have one?” There is no greater violence than to deny the dreams of our children. The single aim of my life is that every child is: free to be a child, free to grow and develop,

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free to eat, sleep, see daylight, free to laugh and cry, free to play, free to learn, free to go to school, and above all, free to dream.

All the great religions tell us to care for children. Jesus said: “Let the children come to me; do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to them.” The Holy Quran says: “Kill not your children because of poverty.”3 I refuse to accept that all the temples and mosques and churches and prayer houses have no place for the dreams of our children. I refuse to accept that the world is so poor, when just one week of global spending on armies is enough to bring all of our children into classrooms. I refuse to accept that all the laws and constitutions, and the judges and the police are not able to protect our children. I refuse to accept that the shackles of slavery can ever be stronger than the quest for freedom.

I REFUSE TO ACCEPT. I am privileged to work with many courageous souls who also refuse to accept. We have never given up against any threat and attack, and we will never. Undoubtedly, progress has been made in the last couple of decades. The number of out of school children has been halved. Child mortality and malnutrition has been reduced, and millions of child deaths have been prevented. The number of child labourers in the world has been reduced by a third. Make no mistake, great challenges still remain Friends, the biggest crisis knocking on the doors of humanity today is intolerance. We have utterly failed in imparting an education to our children. An education that gives the meaning and objective of life and a secure future. An education that builds a sense of global citizenship among the young people. I am afraid that the day is not far when the cumulative result of this failure will culminate in unprecedented violence that will be suicidal for humankind.

Yet, young people like Malala, are rising up everywhere and choosing peace over violence, tolerance over extremism, and courage over fear. Solutions are not found only in the deliberations in conferences and prescriptions from a distance. They lie in small groups and local organisations and individuals, who confront the problem every day, even if they remain unrecognised and unknown to the world Eighteen years ago, millions of my brothers and sisters in 103 countries marched across 80,000 kilometers. And, a new international law against child labour was born. We have done this. You may ask: what can one person do? Let me tell you a story I remember from my childhood: A terrible fire had broken out in the forest. All the animals were running away, including the lion, king of the forest. Suddenly, the lion saw a tiny bird rushing towards the fire. He asked the bird, “what are you doing?” To the lion’s surprise, the bird replied “I am on my way to extinguish the fire.” He laughed and said, “how can you kill the fire with just one drop of water, in your beak?” The bird was adamant, and said, “But I am doing my bit.”

You and I live in the age of rapid globalisation. We are connected through high-speed Internet. We exchange goods and services in a single global market. Each day, thousands of flights connect us to every corner of the globe. But there is one serious disconnect. It is the lack of compassion. Let us inculcate and transform the individuals’ compassion into a global movement. Let us globalise compassion. Not passive compassion, but transformative compassion that leads to justice, equality, and freedom.

Mahatma Gandhi said, “If we are to teach real peace in this world... we shall have to begin with the children.” I humbly add, let us unite the world through the compassion for our children. Whose children are they who stitch footballs, yet have never played with one? They are our children. Whose children are they who mine stones and minerals? They are our children. Whose children are they who harvest cocoa, yet do not know the taste of a chocolate? They are all our children. Devli was born into intergenerational debt and bonded labour in India. Sitting in my car immediately after her rescue the eight-year-old girl asked: Why did you not come earlier? Her angry question still shakes me – and has the power to shake the world. Her question is for all of us. Why did we not come

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earlier? What are we waiting for? How many more Devlis will we allow to go without rescue? How many more girls will be abducted, confined and abused? Children, like Devli across the world are questioning our inaction and watching our actions. We need collective actions with a sense of urgency. Every single minute matters, every single child matters, every single childhood matters. I challenge the passivity and pessimism surrounding our children. I challenge this culture of silence, this culture of neutrality.

I, therefore, call upon all the governments, intergovernmental agencies, businesses, faith leaders, the civil society, and each one of us, to put an end to all forms of violence against children. Slavery, trafficking, child marriages, child labour, sexual abuse, and illiteracy have no place in any civilised society.

Friends, we can do this.

Governments must make child friendly policies, and invest in education and young people. Businesses must be more responsible and open to innovative partnerships. Intergovernmental agencies must work together to accelerate action. Global civil society must rise above business-as-usual and scattered agendas. Faith leaders and institutions, and all of us must stand with our children. We must be bold, we must be ambitious, and we must have the will. We must keep our promises.

Over fifty years ago, on the first day of my school I met a cobbler boy my age sitting at the school gate, polishing shoes. I asked my teachers these questions: “Why is he working outside? Why is he not coming to school with me?” My teachers had no answer. One day, I gathered the courage to ask the boys’ father. He said: “Sir, I have never thought about it. We are just born to work.” This made me angry. It still makes me angry. I challenged it then, and I am challenging it today.

As a child, I had a vision of tomorrow. That cobbler boy was studying with me in my classroom. Now, that tomorrow has become TODAY. I am TODAY, and you are TODAY. TODAY it is time for every child to have the right to life, the right to freedom, the right to health, the right to education, the right to safety, the right to dignity, the right to equality, and the right to peace. 5

TODAY, beyond the darkness, I see the smiling faces of our children in the blinking stars. TODAY, in every wave of every ocean, I see our children playing and dancing. TODAY, in every plant, tree, and mountain, I see that little cobbler boy sitting with me in the classroom. I want you to see and feel this TODAY inside you. My dear sisters and brothers, may I ask you to close your eyes and put your hand close to your heart for a moment? Can you feel the child inside you? Now, listen to this child. I am sure you can! Today, I see thousands of Mahatma Gandhis, Martin Luther Kings, and Nelson Mandelas marching forward and calling on us. The boys and girls have joined. I have joined in. We ask you to join too.

Let us democratise knowledge. Let us universalise justice. Together, let us globalise compassion, for our children! I call upon you in this room, and all across the world. I call for a march from exploitation to education, from poverty to shared prosperity, a march from slavery to liberty, and a march from violence to peace. Let us march from darkness to light. Let us march from mortality to divinity. Let us march!

— © THE NOBEL FOUNDATION, STOCKHOLM, 2014

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Live simply, walk humbly and love genuinely Sometimes you are unsatisfied with your life, while many people in this world are dreaming of living your life.. A child on a farm sees a plane fly overhead & dreams of flying. But, a pilot on the plane sees the farmhouse & dreams of returning home. That's life!! Enjoy yours...If wealth is the secret to happiness, then the rich should be dancing on the streets. But only poor kids do that. If power ensures security, then officials should walk unguarded. But those who live simply sleep soundly. If beauty and fame bring ideal relationships, then celebrities should have the best marriages. Live simply, walk humbly and love genuinely..! All good will come back to you...!!

A.Suhair

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Comedy of Errors A man checked into a hotel. There was a computer in his room, so he decided to send a mail to his wife.

He accidentally typed the wrong email address, and without realizing sent the mail to a widow who has

just returned from her husband's funeral. The widow opened up her mail, expecting condolence

messages from relatives and friends. After reading the first message she fainted. The son rushed into the

room, found his mother on the floor and saw the computer screen which read:

'to my loving wife, i know you are surprised to hear from me. They have computers here and we are

allowed to send mails to loved ones. I’ve just been checked in. How are you and the kids? This place is

really nice but I am lonely here. I have made necessary arrangement for your arrival tomorrow. Expecting

to see you darling soon. I can't wait anymore to see you!!

Suhair A.K.

The new Office bearers of Kannur unit for the year 2015

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