DAVOS: Young Pakistani activist Malala Yousafzai said that she wanted to visit India and work for the welfare of girls there. The 21-year-old said she has already learnt a lot about India and is a big fan of its movies and drama and wants to learn more about its culture and values. During her visit to Davos, she met a number of global leaders and CEOs to seek their support for girl education. She has co-founded Malala Fund that seeks to invest in girl education across the world, while one of its initiative Gulmakai Network supports the work of education of girls across the world.
Malala said she was very excited about expanding her Gulmakai Network to India, where she would want to work with the local people as they best understand the local issues and can suggest necessary solutions as well. The young activist agreed the issues were very much same in India and Pakistan. Brimming with excitement while talking about India, Malala said, "The support that I have received from India has been overwhelming and I want to thank everyone in India for their love and support. I get so many letters of support from India".
Recalling one such letter, she said there is one girl who sent her a letter saying she wanted to be Prime Minister of India and that "one day we both will be Prime Ministers and then we will negotiate and bring peace between the two countries".
"That touched my heart that the future generation is not only thinking about education but they, especially girls, want to be leaders as well. They want to be PMs, presidents and this gives me hope for the future," she said. Stating that she wants to visit India, Malala said, "As I am concerned about girls in Pakistan, I am also concerned about girls in India and the number is in millions. When we talk about the future of India and Pakistan then we have to invest in our girls because they are the future. How can we make our future better and brighter when we ignore these millions of girls by not giving them education. When we educate girls, we are not just educating them individually but we are also empowering them and we are giving them opportunity to earn for themselves," she said.
