· Calls Malala – ‘the daughter of humanity’ who is also an inspiration for her own fight for social justice
· CBI
Director is a bujdil bureaucrat having no courage to face corrupt
politicians. Termed Durga Shakti and Ashok Khemka, Indian “Malala”
Today, on the occasion of International Children’s Day, India’s first
woman IPS officer and social activist Dr Ms Kiran Bedi, in presence of
eminent audience and school children launched a book “Malala” by Dr Asha Vinod and Sarita Singh - on the life and struggle of Pakistan’s daughter the living legend Malala Yousafsai.
Addressing
the school children and the eminent scholars like Mr. Rahul Dev, Mr.
Prempal Sharma and social activist Ms Natasha Jain; Dr Kiran Bedi said,
Malala at a very young age has not only given hope to millions of fair
gender people in Pakistan’s Swat Valley alone, but has also given
inspiration to social activist like her in India, who are fighting for
social justice and corruption free society. “Behind Malala's courage are
also her determined father Ziyauddin Yousafzai and her mother who are
very passionate about their daughter’s education and the media which
broke the news first for the world to know what Taliban was doing!” Dr
Bedi added.
She urged to call 14th
November every year as Malala Day. Dr Bedi said that fortunately
educated people are coming in bureaucracy but they don’t have enough
courage change and fight against corrupt system. She termed CBI director
as a bujdil (coward) bureaucrat and call bureaucrats like Durga Shakti and Ashok Khemka as Indian examples of Malala phenomena.
“Malala
and me have lot in common – we both have Pathan blood in our veins, out
parents were hell bound for their daughters’ education and we both have
courage to question the system,” Dr Bedi said, while revealing the
school children, the recipe of becoming Malala.
While
books on Malala are banned in Pakistani schools, Dr Bedi and other
speakers like Rahul Dev urged Indian schools to add the book - ‘Malala’
by Dr Asha Vinod and Sarita Singh to be included in school curriculum in
India, especially in Delhi municipal corporation run schools. While
talking on occasion the Director of Hind Pocket Books Mr. Shekhar
Malhotra, who also run a literary CSR for girl child said, “We need one
Malala in every house, so that the second struggle of independence of
India against corruption, social injustice and violence against women,
can be won.”
Malala
Yousafzai is a Pakistani school pupil and education activist from Swat
District of Pakistan's northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. She is
known for her activism for rights to education and for women, especially
in the Swat Valley, where the Taliban had at times banned girls from
attending school. The 16 year teenager was nominated for Nobel Prize for
peace this year.
ABOUT AUTHORS
Published
by Hind Pocket Books the book ‘Malala’ in Hindi language is written by
Dr Asha Vinod and Sarita Singh, who have also written biography of
Steve Jobs and a book on “God’s Particle”.
ABOUT HIND POCKET BOOKS
The
extraordinary legend of paperback publishing was pioneered by Hind
Pocket Books. In 1959 a set of ten paperbacks were published in Hindi
for the first time. This was a major breakthrough in Indian Publishing.
Ever since, Hind Pocket Books has been the fastest growing publishing
house in India with 6000 titles published in last 55 years. Starting
with publishing in Hindi, today it publishes books in many languages
including English, Urdu, Punjabi, Bangla and Malayalam. Hind Pocket
Books is the umbrella company for a host of imprints which publish books
that cater to the needs of different segments of society and
specializations.
