Photo: Ramachandra Budihal at TEDIndia, Session 7, “Power of Stories,” November 6, 2009, in Mysore, India. Credit: TED / James Duncan Davidson Session 7: Ramachandra Budihal clearly thrilled TEDIndia‘s live audience — and also our webcast audience, who had plenty to say on Twitter: The 3D augmented device demoed by Ramachandra Budihal . Now I […]
Sidi Goma at TEDIndia, Session 6, “Green and Blue,” November 6, 2009, in Mysore, India. Credit: TED / James Duncan Davidson As the TEDIndia audience returned from its lunch break, the Sidi Goma dancers took the stage and gave a rousing performance. Drumming, dancing and shouting to the heavens, they brought a jetlagged room to […]
Sunitha Krishnan shared heartbreaking stories about some of the 3,200+ girls she has rescued from Indian brothels with her organization Prajwala. Through education, rehabilitation, and job training, she helps to restore hope and dignity to victims, and she encourages us to empathize with and accept trafficking victims as human beings. The Facebook and Twitter audiences […]
Kavita Ramdas, director of the Global Fund for Women, investigated how women are redefining certain paradoxes in their lives, for example the balance between modernity and tradition, and preserving a culture which has oppressive elements. Here are the reactions from Facebook and Twitter: Kavita Ramdas: Many women are using religious practices as instruments of opposition […]
As the founder of the Honeybee Network, Anil Gupta and his team search the world for low-cost innovations created out of the necessities of poverty. Today, at TEDIndia, he energizes the audience by animatedly explaining his creative model and showing the amazing inventions they’ve come across. His enthusiasm was infectious and it shows in these […]
Shukla Bose founded the Parikrama schools — a system for poor children in India that gives individual attention and gets spectacular results. From the TEDIndia stage, her story inspired and warmed the hearts of the audience. Here’s what they had to say: Backstage: Saw Shukla Bose before #TEDIndia this a.m., and she looked calm and […]
Photo: Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev at TEDIndia, Session 3, “Wonder. Wonders.” November 5, 2009, in Mysore, India. Credit: TED / James Duncan Davidson Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev‘s talk on mysticism and self-discovery captivated the imagination of TEDIndia’s viewers on Facebook and Twitter. Here’s a snapshot of what people were saying: Nice quote by Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev at […]
Photo: Pranav Mistry at TEDIndia, Session 3, “Wonder. Wonders.” November 5, 2009, in Mysore, India. Credit: TED / James Duncan Davidson The genius behind the Sixth Sense technology returned to TED to present a deeper look at his astonishing invention — and share his plans for the future. Here’s what viewers had to say on […]
Scott Cook, founder of Intuit, explained how software that informs farmers of market prices is helping to improve the income for India’s largest profession. Viewers on Twitter and Facebook said: “Farmers alone seem forgotten. But farmers aggregated are a force.” Intuit’s Scott Cook on #TEDIndia — brainpicker Farmers report 20% higher net income using Cook’s […]
Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh took to the stage in Session 2 to speak about cultivating a corporate culture based upon inspiration (rather than motivation) and which matches personal values. Pursuing happiness is not just a life goal; it’s a corporate mission. Check out what viewers had to say in Twitter and Facebook: I like the […]
Mythologist Devdutt Pattanaik explained how our subjective truths shape our worldviews. The differences between Eastern and Western mythologies — whether they portray life as linear or cyclical — resonate in the beliefs and behaviors of today’s business world. Check out the reactions on Facebook and Twitter: Brilliant point on “the world v/s my world” by […]
Hans Rosling kicked off the first session of TEDIndia speaking about Asia’s past and future life expectancy and per capita income. Using his trademark GapMinder bubble graph, he projects India and China will catch up to the US in 2048 … on July 27th, to be exact. The Twitter and Facebook audiences were impressed: Hans […]
The TED Blog caught up with Bjarke Ingels several weeks after he gave his TEDTalk at TEDGlobal 2009. How have the reactions been to your talk? Well, in the comments on the website, there’s been a lot of meticulous debate about whether or not you can actually see the Great Wall of China from the […]
Ask her anything >> Religious thinker Karen Armstrong has written more than 20 books on faith and the major religions, studying what Islam, Judaism and Christianity have in common, and how our faiths shaped world history and drive current events. She argues that compassion is the core, fundamental idea behind the three Abrahamic religions, and […]
At TED2006, Neil Gershenfeld gave a fun and fast-paced introduction to the FabLab — a miniature fabrication plant for making pretty much anything. Gershenfeld’s pioneering FabLab at MIT cost a cool million bucks, thankyouverymuch. He’s been spreading the idea of smaller FabLabs around the world — from urban Boston to the Takoradi Technical Institute in […]
This weekend in the Maldives, president Mohamed Nasheed made a splash when he held the world’s first underwater national cabinet meeting — a stratagem that foreshadows reality for the low-lying islands if climate change continues. By 2100, the UN predicts sea levels will rise up to 58 centimeters, a level that would literally sink the […]