Sri Sri Ravishankar says he rejected the Nobel Peace Prize
Sri Sri Ravishankar
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1. While talking to a leading news channel on Monday, spiritual leader Sri Sri Ravi Shankar said that he had rejected the Nobel Peace prize.
2. Sri Sri claimed that after the peace prize was awarded to Pakistan’s Malala Yousafzai, it became clear to him that the award had been politicized.
3. Malala became a household name after she was shot in the head by Taliban on her way to school. Aged 17, she received the Nobel Peace prize in 2014 for her struggle against the suppression of children’s right to education.
4. While talking to the channel, Sri Sri claimed that Malala won the peace prize ‘for nothing’, thereby rendering the award insignificant in his opinion.
5. Last month, Sri Sri had tried to initiate peace talks with ISIS. But the attempt came to a grinding halt after the terror group responded by sending him a picture of a beheaded man.
