Kailash Quotes & Sayings

For me, peace is a fundamental human right of every child; it is inevitable and divine. — Kailash Satyarthi

Bollywood is huge. Anything that's made in large quantity will evidently overshadow others. But that won't stop artistes from making albums. A person who has faith in his music will go ahead. — Kailash Kher

The single aim of my life is that every child is:
free to be a child,
free to grow and develop,
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. — Kailash Satyarthi

Money and good life had never been my goal. — Kailash Kher

I have been very strongly advocating that poverty must not be used as an excuse to continue child labour. It perpetuates poverty. If children are deprived of education, they remain poor. — Kailash Satyarthi

Every child matters. If we fail our children, we are bound to fail our present, our future, faith, cultures, and civilisations as well. — Kailash Satyarthi

Nepal is a beautiful country with a lot of holy places. I also like the country because it's close to the Himalayas. According to Hindu mythology, that's the abode of Lord Shiva. — Kailash Kher

Music reality shows are a good thing, especially for those seeking a career in music. — Kailash Kher

My philosophy is that I am a friend of the children. I don't think anyone should see them as pitiable subjects or charity. That is old people's rhetoric. People often relate childish behaviour to stupidity or foolishness. This mindset needs to change. I want to level the playing field where I can learn from the children. Something I can learn from children is transparency. They are innocent, straightforward, and have no biases. I relate children to simplicity and I think that my friendship with children has a much deeper meaning than others. — Kailash Satyarthi

Music is the biggest tool of revolution - the best way to reach out to the youth and involve them. If you can't contribute to the world with your art, I don't see the meaning of life. — Kailash Kher

There is a triangular relationship between poverty, child labour and illiteracy who have a cause and consequence relationship. We will have to break this vicious circle. — Kailash Satyarthi

India may be a land of over a 100 problems, but it is also a place for a billion solutions. — Kailash Satyarthi

There is no greater violence than to deny the dreams of our children. — Kailash Satyarthi

I have come here only to share the voices and dreams of our children - because they are all our children. — Kailash Satyarthi

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. — Kailash Satyarthi

We still have a soft approach on the perpetrators of crimes like worst forms of child labour. — Kailash Satyarthi

My music is not just about entertainment. It is about enlightenment also. — Kailash Kher

The biggest challenge or biggest crisis knocking on the doors of humankind is fear and intolerance. — Kailash Satyarthi

Singing is a limitless form of expression, and I love to experiment with my work. — Kailash Kher

A. R. Rahman is truly India's Mozart. His music is celebrated worldwide. — Kailash Kher

A man with a silver spoon may get his share of supporters, but he can never be an inspiration for somebody! Patience and hard work are the key to every man's success. — Kailash Kher

I love listening to songs that are from the heart and that touch the heart. So, love is the preferred theme for most of the songs that I sing. — Kailash Kher

My birthday is a day when all I want is to bask in the love of my family and rarely accept offers for concerts and shows if they are to be held on this day. — Kailash Kher

Don't take things too seriously, and just chill. — Kailash Kher

The worst affected from corruption is the common man. — Kailash Kher

I am not a Ph.D. in economics or a doctorate in literature that I can afford to take my singing lightly. Even if I sing a jingle, I take it as seriously as oxygen. — Kailash Kher

I don't listen to Bollywood music much. But yes, I listen to Indian music quite often, and other non- film music. — Kailash Kher

I play the harmonium. I had learned to use the guitar for a bit before becoming a part of the music industry, but unfortunately didn't pursue it fully. I would love to learn to play the piano because it holds a unique connect for me in terms of rhythm. — Kailash Kher

I am thankful to the Nobel committee for recognising the plight of millions of children who are suffering in this modern age. — Kailash Satyarthi

It's a whole new world out here. The online world is like a blackboard on which, when you write, the whole world can see - and I'm thrilled about this development. I want to make full use of it. — Kailash Kher

I've experienced many hardships, but mentally, I've always been older, and that reflects in my actions, too. — Kailash Kher

From my own experience, I want to say that you should follow your heart, and the mind will follow you. Believe in yourself, and you will create miracles. — Kailash Satyarthi

World's children cannot wait any longer. While international community debates and issues recommendations, statements and fine speeches, world's children - marginalised, socially excluded, poor and vulnerable - continue to suffer. — Kailash Satyarthi

Learning from the experiences of our ancestors, let us together create knowledge for all that benefits all. — Kailash Satyarthi

Child slavery is a crime against humanity. Humanity itself is at stake here. A lot of work still remains, but I will see the end of child labor in my lifetime. — Kailash Satyarthi

Economic growth and human development need to go hand in hand. Human values need to be advocated vigorously. — Kailash Satyarthi

Just like gold, which has to weather very high temperatures to achieve the sheen and shine it finally gets, so also every person has to go through struggles in his life to achieve success. — Kailash Kher

The power of youth is the common wealth for the entire world. The faces of young people are the faces of our past, our present and our future. No segment in the society can match with the power, idealism, enthusiasm and courage of the young people. — Kailash Satyarthi

We adults, our policies, our ways of governance, are responsible for poverty, not the children. — Kailash Satyarthi

The country through which we had been travelling for days has an original beauty. Wide plains were diversified by stretches of hilly country with low passes. We often had to wade through swift running ice-cold brooks. It has long since we had seen a glacier, but as we were approaching the tasam at Barka, a chain of glaciers gleaming in the sunshine came into view. The landscape was dominated by the 25,000-foot peak of Gurla Mandhata; less striking, but far more famous, was the sacred Mount Kailash, 3,000 feet lower, which stands in majestic isolation apart from the Himalayan range. — Heinrich Harrer

We talk of globalization, and how much money is needed for the education of children in the world, their liberation and rehabilitation just $9 billion which is four days of military expense. Just four days. Nine billion dollars is nothing. But what Americans spent on ice cream just 20 percent of this. One fifth of what you spend on ice creams could bring the children out of the clutches of their masters and put them to school. — Kailash Satyarthi

Denial of childhood and denial of freedom are the biggest sins which humankind has been committing and perpetuating for ages. — Kailash Satyarthi

I think of it all as a test. This is a moral examination that one has to pass ... to stand up against such social evils — Kailash Satyarthi

What is most amusing and can happen only in India is that the most posh and big households that I've seen in Mumbai, the 'big city', will have their balconies and windows festooned with rows of baniyans and tauliyas hanging on them. — Kailash Kher

The confidence that we Indians are suddenly infused with while doing something wrong is absolutely commendable. — Kailash Kher

I have been getting offers from international artistes for collaboration all across the globe, but I prefer to work with Indian artistes. — Kailash Kher

More than 30 years ago, when I had embarked upon the fight against child labour, it was not even considered an issue worth any discussion. It was accepted as a way of life in India, much like it was in other countries. Today, no country or business or society can throw this issue away. — Kailash Satyarthi

The first 'D' is to dream: dream big - not for yourself, but for the country and for the world. The second 'D' is to discover: discover your full potential and the opportunities that surround you; and the third 'D' is to do. 'Do' means to act on your dreams and make best use of the opportunities you have discovered. — Kailash Satyarthi

Today, in every wave of every ocean, I see our children playing and dancing. Today, in every plant, tree, and mountain, I see our children growing in freedom. — Kailash Satyarthi

A right balance between music and lyrics is important. Music complements lyrics. — Kailash Kher

The fight against child slavery is the fight against traditional mindset, policy deficit, and lack of accountability and urgency for children across the globe. — Kailash Satyarthi

First of all, everyone must acknowledge and feel that child slavery still exists in the world, in its ugliest face and form. And this is an evil, which is crime against humanity, which is intolerable, which is unacceptable and which must go. That sense of recognition must be developed first of all. And secondly there is a need of higher amounts of political will. There is a need of higher amount of corporate engagement, and the engagement of the public towards it. So, everybody has a responsibility to save and protect the children on this planet. — Kailash Satyarthi

When the audience enjoys your performance, you feel like a magician who is doing magic. It's a great feeling! — Kailash Kher

Singing is my passion, my first love and the secret of my energy. Music to me is like finding my inner self, my soul. It gives me a great joy to see audiences enjoying with me. I have given my heart to singing. When I sing, I can feel romance in everything around me. — Kailash Kher

Let us democratise knowledge. Let us universalise justice. Together, let us globalise compassion! — Kailash Satyarthi

At about an age when most children start full time schooling, hundreds of thousands of their contemporaries start a lifetime of drudgery in factories and fields, working 12-16 hours daily. — Kailash Satyarthi

I have created a new genre. It is a soulful creation that comes straight from my heart. — Kailash Kher

My real guru are my experiences in life - the realisation that you are alone in this world came very early to me. — Kailash Kher

We are all souls, and what I have learnt so far is that while God is male, the souls created by Him are female, so I always had women as my theme, as they are dedicated to Him. — Kailash Kher

Music companies and buyers are not too encouraging towards independent musicians. Everyone wants to play safe and go with established names, but unless one breaks this routine, no new talent will come and survive. — Kailash Kher

Music is everywhere and in everything! I draw my inspiration from the day to day activities of my life! — Kailash Kher

The problem with working under an outside label is that your music never seems to reach the right people. — Kailash Kher

Let us unite the world through the compassion for our children. — Kailash Satyarthi

I am an untrained musician and a common man's singer. — Kailash Kher

I am positive that I would see the end of child labour around the world in my lifetime, as the poorest of the poor have realised that education is a tool that can empower them. — Kailash Satyarthi

Music is not a work for me - it's a form of meditation, and you don't need to work hard for it. — Kailash Kher

Equity is compromised due to the privatisation of education. Education has become a commodity. Those who can afford to buy it, buy it, and those who can sell it make money out of it — Kailash Satyarthi

I have struggled to make a place in this industry — Kailash Kher

Every single minute matters, every single child matters, every single childhood matters. — Kailash Satyarthi

Recording a song for a film doesn't take much time; it's hardly an hour's job, but concerts are constant, and so is travelling, so I've to take time out to work on my albums because I'm passionate about creating my own music. When you love something dearly, you set your priorities accordingly. — Kailash Kher

We as the governments, workers, employers and civil society must declare a war on child labour. This war cannot be won without strong, committed, coherent, and well-resourced worldwide movement. Equally needed is a genuine and active coordination between intergovernmental agencies at the highest level. — Kailash Satyarthi

I dream for a world which is free of child labour, a world in which every child goes to school. A world in which every child gets his rights. — Kailash Satyarthi

For centuries, we were taught that anger is bad. Our parents, teachers, priests, everyone taught us how to control and suppress our anger. But I ask: why can't we convert our anger for the larger good of society? — Kailash Satyarthi

Elimination of child labour and access to education are like two sides of one coin. One cannot be achieved without the other. — Kailash Satyarthi

If not now, then when? If not you, then who? If we are able to answer these fundamental questions, then perhaps we can wipe away the blot of human slavery. — Kailash Satyarthi

My inspiration comes from the common man and nature. — Kailash Kher

We want our music to reach everybody, so we're using the Internet. Every kid today is online, and we want to make sure our songs reach every one of them. — Kailash Kher

I am representing here - the sound of silence. The cry of innocence. And, the face of invisibility. I represent millions of those children who are left behind, and that's why I have kept an empty chair here as a reminder. — Kailash Satyarthi

I refuse to accept that the shackles of slavery can ever be stronger than the quest for freedom. — Kailash Satyarthi

I have cut four albums so far, and all of them have been trendsetters and commercially successful. I believe that once you start taking art in commercial terms, it ceases to be art. — Kailash Kher

During the past few years North East India has emerged as one of the biggest destinations for child trafficking. — Kailash Satyarthi

Childhood means simplicity. Look at the world with the child's eye - it is very beautiful. — Kailash Satyarthi

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. — Kailash Satyarthi

I am really honoured, but if the prize had gone to Mahatma Gandhi before me, I would have been more honoured. — Kailash Satyarthi

India has hundreds of problems and millions of solutions. — Kailash Satyarthi

I never go to temples, but when I see a child, I see God in them. — Kailash Satyarthi

There's no meaning to life without music. Everybody has their own connect with music. — Kailash Kher

Today it is time for every child to have a right to life, right to freedom, right to health, right to education, safety, the right to dignity, right to equality, and right to peace. — Kailash Satyarthi

Each time I free a child, I feel it is something closer to God. — Kailash Satyarthi

Child labor perpetuates poverty, unemployment, illiteracy, population growth, and other social problems. — Kailash Satyarthi

I am not a methodical singer. I don't follow any process or rules; what I follow is just my heart - whatever I experience, I just write and then compose it. — Kailash Kher

As the anti-slavery community, we must together ensure that this attention is transferred into concrete action and results. — Kailash Satyarthi

I don't add any deliberate nuances to the way I sing. I've seen so much and been all over the world, but I'm glued to my roots, and that comes across. — Kailash Kher

I don't follow anything blindly. I have to know the entire thing, if I have to get in to it. It might sound funny to you, but it's like using English language. I use an English word only when I know its meaning and understand its connotation. You won't hear me say, 'What's up, dude' or anything like that just for the heck of it. — Kailash Kher

My songs are all about celebrating poignant music. While some of them focus on fun and revelry, they are fortunately backed by powerful lyrics. Put together, the lyrics, tune and my voice strive to take the songs to the next level. — Kailash Kher

If you keep on buying things made by child slaves in such conditions, you are equally responsible for the perpetration of slavery. — Kailash Satyarthi

For us Indians, I don't think English can ever exude that magic of emotions which our mother tongue can. — Kailash Kher

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. — Kailash Satyarthi