Childhood and early life
Kailash Satyarthi was born on 11 january 1953 in Vidisha,a small town in Madhya Pradesh,a state in India.Even as a child he was a very compassionate individual.He noticed that some children did not go to school like he did and instead worked under harsh conditions to earn money.
Disturbed by the inequalities he witnessed,he decided to do something about it.He asked his classmates to donate textbooks and money to the underprivileged so that the pool kids too got a chance to study.
He studied electrical engineering in a Bhopal college and went on to earn a post-graduate diploma in high-voltage engineering.
After his graduation he began working as an engineer.A lucrative career lay ahead of him but the young man’s heart was not in an engineering job.He wanted to help the people,especially the poor children who worked as bonded labourers and thus he quit his job
He started a journal called “The Struggle Shall Continue” in 1980 in order to create awareness about the problem of child labor.When he learned of a factory in which children were forcibly kept and made to work,he decided it was time to take action.
He joined hands with a group of like-minded people and conducted raids on factories from where he rescued several children and their parents who were held as bonded labourers.This was a dangerous idea and he often got beaten up.