As Lakshmi announced from stage in Session 6, the TEDIndia gift bag, made by Rickshaw Bagworks, was held up in customs coming in to India for the conference. But at midnight last night, they cleared. (Whew.) This morning we walked into the TED staff room to find a beaming Mark Dwight (left), the head of […]
Kavita Ramdas at TEDIndia, Session 5, “Redesigning Community,” November 6, 2009, in Mysore, India. Credit: TED / James Duncan Davidson “Redesigning Community” was a diverse, but powerful, session. Speakers tackled the literal aspects of design, as well as the more abstract idea of social redesign. As the session progressed, talks became more and more emotionally […]
Photo: Sendhil Mullainathan at TEDIndia, Session 4, “Reinventing Development,” November 6, 2009, in Mysore, India. Credit: TED / James Duncan Davidson Session 4 of TEDIndia, “Reinventing Development,” brought together some of the most innovative minds working in India’s development sector. Here’s what they told us: Sendhil Mullainathan looks at a frustrating issue in public health […]
Photo: Pranav Mistry at TEDIndia, Session 3, “Wonder. Wonders.” November 5, 2009, in Mysore, India. Credit: TED / James Duncan Davidson A round-up of Session 3 from TEDIndia: Chris Anderson opens up the session reminding the audience of TED’s purpose: to re-awaken wonder. The TED experience is about channeling curiosity, which develops into wonder. Pawan […]
Dr. R.A Mashelkar at TEDIndia, Session 2, “Not Business as Usual,” November 5, 2009, in Mysore, India. Credit: TED / James Duncan Davidson A round-up from the second session of the first-ever TEDIndia: Lakshmi Pratury begins Session 2 by asking, “Why was TED destined to come to India?” She says it’s because 18 is a […]
Photo: Lakshmi Pratury and Chris Anderson at TEDIndia, Session 1, “Fast Forward,” November 5, 2009, in Mysore, India. Credit: TED / James Duncan Davidson A round-up from the thunderous first session of TEDIndia: Usha Uthup‘s mesmerizing voice rings in the first day of TEDIndia magic — Lakshmi Pratury, curator of TEDIndia, kicks off the first […]
The TEDIndia webstream goes live in 3 hours! Get the stream here, on the Times of India site: ted.indiatimes.com See the speaker list for Day 1 >> And the phone-friendly schedule >> Follow news from TEDIndia on Twitter: @TEDNews for conference procedings @TEDIndia for reports from onsite and our team around the world Above: VS […]
The TEDIndia attendees are starting to gather at the Infosys campus in Mysore. Above, TEDIndia co-host Lakshmi Pratury, in yellow, in conversation at the first big community dinner last night. More TEDIndia images here >> Follow TEDIndia news here >>
We’re thrilled to announce that Day 1 of TEDIndia — plus the closing session on Day 3 — will be webcast live, to the world, for free. The webcast is hosted by the Times of India, TEDIndia’s online media partner. On Thursday and Saturday, watch the TEDIndia webcast at ted.indiatimes.com. Visit the link now to […]
We worry that IM, texting, Facebook are spoiling human intimacy, but Stefana Broadbent‘s research shows how communication tech is capable of cultivating deeper relationships, bringing love across barriers like distance and workplace rules. (Recorded at TEDGlobal 2009, July 2009, Oxford, UK. Duration: 08:51) Twitter URL: http://on.ted.com/5N Watch Stefana Broadbent’s talk on TED.com, where you can […]
Above is the first grand meeting of the AV crews from India, UK and the US who’ll be working on TEDIndia. Camera operators, video experts, cabling, wiring and lighting techs, even the slide guy. Lakshmi tells them: We may not all come from the same place, we may not be able to understand each other […]
In February 2008, Karen Armstrong won the TED Prize and made her wish — to create a Charter for Compassion, a document about the core shared value of every world religion and moral code, the Golden Rule. This document will be released to the world on November 12, the result of months of collaborative work […]
Ishan Bhalla is a volunteer at TEDIndia. TEDIndia volunteers — there are about 30 of them — will be onsite throughout the conference helping with registration, special requests and generally making things run smoothly. We spoke to Bhalla after orientation on Saturday. How did you find out about volunteering at TEDIndia? I’d been following the […]
Onsite at the Infosys campus in Mysore: The TEDIndia war room is live, and staff from around the world are here pulling together details before Tuesday’s events begin. TEDIndia co-hosts Chris Anderson and Lakshmi Pratury are in conference in one corner; employee volunteers from Infosys are sitting at a long table in another corner building […]
The euphonium, a tuba-like musical instrument, is rarely heard outside of traditional brass bands. Young euph prodigy Matthew White uses hip-hop rhythms and a wild new vocal technique to bring a fresh sound to this underappreciated horn. (Recorded at TEDGlobal 2009, July 2009, Oxford, UK. Duration: 2:21) Twitter URL: http://on.ted.com/5l Watch Matthew White’s talk on […]
The world turns on symmetry — from the spin of subatomic particles to the dizzying beauty of an arabesque. But there’s more to it than meets the eye. Here, Oxford mathematician Marcus du Sautoy offers a glimpse of the invisible numbers that marry all symmetrical objects. (Recorded at TEDGlobal 2009, July 2009, Oxford, UK. Duration: […]