I do not know if the meek will inherit the earth, as the biblical saying goes. But whenever anyone among them gets the recognition, I feel inspired, more so when the person happens to be from the region.
Mohammad Younus who has won the Nobel Peace Prize is a simple, unassuming Bangladeshi who has done the entire South Asia proud. That the honour has come to him for helping the poor to reconstruct their lives is all the more commendable.
South Asia is the most exploited area where more than 50 per cent people live on the periphery. What the Younus experiment tells is that even an individual, if determined, can make a dent in closed doors behind which the poor have been generally stacked.
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