Tuesday, January 7, 2014

Malala, Suu Kyi to address students in Pune on Jan 10

http://indiatoday.intoday.in/
Pakistani schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai and Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi will address students in Pune on Jan 10. Malala and Suu Kyi will be present at the inauguration of the three-day Indian Student Parliament (ISM) organised by the prestigious Maharashtra Institute of Technology.
An official of the Indian Student Parliament said: "Malala is expected to deliver one of the keynote addresses at the ISP, or Bharatiya Chhatra Sansad. The other address will be delivered by Suu Kyi." Malala, who defied the Taliban, will speak on women's education, the importance of politics among the youth and share her views on politics, which she intends to join in the near future, ISP founder-convenor Rahul Karad said.
The 16-year-old Malala is likely to visit a few other Indian cities during her first ever trip to India.
She shot to world fame and earned global admiration after she was shot by Taliban militants in a school bus in 2012, for speaking out in favour of girls' education in her native Swat Valley in Pakistan.
The ISP is a platform for students who wish to venture into politics.
It hosts eminent speakers like Suu Kyi and Malala to help and guide the young in the nation-building endeavour, the official said.
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