Akshay Kumar launches campaign to end poverty and inequality

IANS

Actor Akshay Kumar, who is leading Indian celebrity online support for global Action/2015, says the campaign is all about taking action to end poverty and inequality, and providing equal opportunities for all.

India’s leading global ambassadors comprising A-list actors, actresses, directors, award-winning authors, dignitaries and public figures came together in a show of unity on Jan 15 to show their support via Twitter and Facebook for the launch of the action/2015 campaign.

The campaign, a global outreach initiative to address world-changing issues of climate change, poverty and inequality, saw an outpouring of solidarity from celebrities such as Akshay, who was the first person to tweet his support for the campaign, reaching out to social media users.

“Action/2015 is not about impossible stunts, it’s about taking a plan and turning it into a reality, taking action by ending poverty, inequality and providing equal opportunities for every single person on this planet to secure a better future for all of us today and for our future generation.

“Between the wealth on this planet and all the overpaid millionaires, if enough of us stand together and give what we can, we literally can end the pain and suffering in this world. That’s the kind of statistics I think people need to understand — this isn’t impossible, this is 100 percent doable,” Akshay told IANS.

He is sure the “world can change”.

“Let’s not complain and turn a blind eye anymore. Dig and then dig harder, do it for the hungry, the homeless, the dying, do it for the greater good.

“The power is in our hands and if we all come together this year, we could eradicate extreme poverty within an entire generation. 2015 will be a historic year, or it could be just like the last. Take Action/2015, make this ultimate dream today’s encouraging reality,” he added.

Akshay was joined in backing the campaign by actors Sonam Kapoor, Malaika Arora Khan, Pulkit Samrat, Kiara Advani, Mohit Marwah, Arfi Lamba, Chandan Roy Sanyal and Purab Kohli, author Chetan Bhagat, producers Ashvini Yardi (Grazing Goat Pictures) and Ritesh Sidhwani (Excel Entertainment), TV personalities Gautam Rode and sportstars Yuvraj Singh and Vijendra Singh.

The Action/2015 campaign is a growing movement of more than a thousand organisations in over 120 countries.

The campaign was announced by Pakistan’s education activist Malala Yousufzai when she accepted the Nobel Peace Prize.

Other major names to support the campaign include Queen Rania Al Abdullah, U2 frontman Bono, Hollywood actors Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, Hugh Jackman, philanthropists Bill and Melinda Gates, British-Sudanese entrepreneur Mo Ibrahim and singer Shakira.

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49 Comments

  • As suspected several responses of mine to that irritating big cry baby are not being published….

    Where has impartiality gone Indicine…?

    Nipun can use the FCUK ending in ING word excesdively but the rest of us have to toe the party line…?

    The baby is a FCUK ing dusgrace whose whims you always cater to out but the rest of us have to wait like patience on a monument for discipline to be handed down…! Great job- you never reprimanded that obnoxious swine for using that F word n left it there for public consumption for weeks but my responses to him you have a problem with…! Maybe I should go to twitter n bash that idiot infront of his gang of 80 followers instead of humiliating him here infront of 80,000 followers…!

    What a joke this is becoming…. Whats annoying is you let me bash some buddha non stop but you protecting nipun n kShitij- I dont know why you like chameleons so much especially those 2 when despite his faults Dynamic is a funny chameleon- he I dont mind as its fun reading his gibberish…!

    • @Navin, this site and the comments section is for discussing movies and not to attack readers who comment. 99% of your comments are either personal attacks with unnecessary name-calling and not a single comment is on-topic. We cannot approve such comments here. Completely ruins our comments section. Thanks.

  • @indicine but u always say that from next time u will delete navins offensive,personal comments but still keep on publishing his c grade comments always.i request u to not publish any of his Lewd comments.

    • @Arjun Kapoor Fan, we do not like deleting comments especially of those members who have been a part of the site for a long time now. But when it crosses a limit and almost every comment is a personal attack, it makes no sense.

  • @indicine, ok! Off topic then what about nipun’s shit opinion every time. Lol. Last time mine comments also not publishsd. Also my Myanmar friend’s @Goutam raj quit because of you not publish comments.

  • @sambudha:: i used sonam kapoor 4,chameleon kapoor.
    But don’t who is the chame leone who created a laugh riot here,might be element.

  • @Ka thullu, Working hard everyone does. Tell ur akki to charge fair price for films cuz he cant cross 60 crores so producers become bankrupt. If SRK dances at wedding then thats his business, he cant give away his time for free, time is money, SRK is businessman too, he cud use that time to make money elsewhere. At least he and salman charges fair price for movie and can guarantee 100 crore grosser and hit movies even if movie is crap. Yr akki needs evertthing in his favour and will struggle to reach 112 crore (holiday) which HNY beat in 4 days lol.

  • Strange, why is a Russian so desperate to bash Aamir and Akshay? I think he wants them to give charity to Russian government lol.

  • @ navin @ Suchit why u always bash to khiladi kumar , offensive criticise is not good , i always respect aamir , salman & srk .

  • @thullu 3:35pm

    I am on twitter n I engage in some pretty fierce fanwars with Tottenham fans, pakistani cricket fans and john cena fans…. Nothing gets sorted out just alot of bashing, mocking n spitefulness….

    Plus I dont wanna get in the way of the bromance you got going on with nipun…. As they say “twos company threes a crowd” so you carry on manipulating, duplicating, scheming, reviewing the days events on Indicine with him n Im content with what Im doing….

  • @Arjun Kapoor fan 2:21pm

    Easy now- just bcoz I said you free to carry on with your nonsense without fearing a backlash from me doesnt mean Im gonna sit idle while you talk nonsense about me…. Lewd is something you know all about so stick that disgusting word back in your Youngistan script never to be brought in the public domain ever again… Control yourself n leave me well alone- I may be focusing more on the other two but if I see you getting too big for your boots then I wont hesitate gunning for you all over again…! Carry on being a clown as its your life so spend it how you see fit but me leave me out of it…

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