Speaker at TED

As the TED team travels around the world hosting salons in 14 cities, we’re collecting great local stories. Here’s a quick report from TED@Bangalore, held May 20, 2012, in the Mount Carmel College auditorium, and locally hosted by TEDxBLR.

First, check out Shilo Shiv Suleman‘s tweet about designing the stage:

Designing the stage @TEDNews @ted_com WorldwideAuditions in Bangalore,Sunday! Attend and helpthem find newstorytellers. http://t.co/lKmAyx8f

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Shilo Shiv Suleman (@shilo1221) May 16, 2012

Then check out Suresh Babu‘s photos of the events on Google+, and Kiruba Shankar’s multiple Facebook albums documenting everything from the speakers to the stage.

Other tweets included excitement from  Dinesh Chowdary and gratefulness from Sandeep Gautum:

Mr.Dhanish Sheikh ! A man who can talk about #LGBT publicly ! Just a matter of ideology and thinking ! #TED #Bangalore! http://t.co/GkL6vW6M

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Dinesh Chowdary (@DineshChowz) May 20, 2012

Just back from #TED@bangalore auditions; I wasnt in the off. list of speakers, but @TEDchris was kind enuff to allow me 2 mins of stagetime

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Sandeep Gautam (@sandygautam) May 20, 2012

Read more about the event from citizen blogger Mukesh Rijhwani, Designwala.org contributor, Ria Rajan, and speaker Shivam Sai Gupta.

Research: Larissa D. Green
Photo: Kiruba Shankar