Five
Questions
Adventurers and Artistes, Educationists
and Social Scientists. Geeks, Agnostics and Holy Men. TED attracts
them all. Why? That is one of the five questions we asked TEDIndia
Fellows attending the conference in Mysore. Here are some
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'I
could talk your head off'
We are mapping out the landscape of pharmaceutical innovation. This innovation map is going to be freely available to civil society actors across the globe making the actions of pharmaceutical companies transparent.
- Tahir Amin/Lawyer |
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'India
pushes me to stretch my limits'
Films can be fun, entertaining, informative, and a great opportunity for collaboration!
- Aparna Wilder/Filmmaker |
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Target
2012 Olympics for Rohini Rau
I want the youth and women of India to know that it is possible
to follow your dream and that we (as Indians) are capable of
incredible things. If you really want it, you can make it happen.
- Rohini Rau / Sailor |
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Bristol
Baughan's film on Obama
I am releasing a film we made about the election of Barack Obama
on television in the United States on Nov. 4. I am excited to
share my experience of living in a period of transition between
my very first start-up love and the next great endeavor.
- Bristol Baughan / Film producer |
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'Despite
all the chaos, India is home'
I have just embarked on an exciting new project to set up a
Music Experience Center in Bangalore, India, with the support
of a leading property developer in the city (as part of their
CSR initiative). - Manasi Prasad / Singer |
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'India
is like a mini world'
India is like a mini-world where diversity in all spheres is
so amazing that for an average of every 400 km you travel in
any direction, you seem to have entered a whole new country.
- Satyabrata Dam / Adventurer |
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'The
Power of Eight'
I'd like to share the idea that speculative design can play
an important role in creating new, alternate futures by creating
opportunities around emerging technologies. - Anab Jain
/ Superflux |
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'Sell
my work to the world'
Human sewage disposal linked to clean water provision. A scenario
whereby septic tanks of homes will be linked together and converted
into a decentralized biogas plant for green energy production
(biogas). - Olatunbosun Obayomi / Biotechnologist |
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'No
toilet, no Bride'
Professionally beginning my career as a filmmaker, I am currently
traveling across India in a trip I have named 'No Toilet! No
Bride'. - Puneet Rakheja / Filmmaker |
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'A
land of opportunity'
I am looking forward to meet with a large number of change agents
and people working in a diverse range of activities.
- Mohan Kandaswamy / Marine Technologist |
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'Some
bright EyeDAS for TED'
REPOrT stands for Rural Education and Prevention of OculaR Trauma.
It aims to prevent needless blindness among Rural Children due
to Eye Injuries. - Dr.Anthony Vipin Das / Opthalmologist |
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'Women
at the forefront'
Pitching a TV-series based on Women at the Forefront, a multimedia
project that takes a look at the headlines making the news,
through the eyes of women. - Roshini Thinakaran / Filmmaker |
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Food,
food and more food'
Diwali [the Hindu New Year] is round the corner. My current
project is obviously food based - creating blends of very strong
flavours like cardamom or chilli with chocolate and creating
desserts and cakes using such fusion themes. - Kishi
Arora / Foodaholics |
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The
Daily Dump Project
The open-source composting project - Daily Dump and how it seems
to be growing other ideas. - Poonam Bir Kasturi / Playnspeak
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The
culture of stress
Stress is a cultural universal which influences every human
on the planet. How we interpret, mediate, and cope with stress
alters everything from our physical, emotional, and spiritual
well being to social relationships, optimism, and job opportunities.
- Chelsea Shields Strayer / Boston University |
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'India
is still a mystery'
I am looking forward to meeting all the talented and inspiring
individuals that TED brings together. I am excited to being
introduced to new ideas and fields and will be my first experience
at TED. - Sandhya Naidu Janardhan / Designer |
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'Many
worlds interwoven'
I am really excited about setting up 20:20 Social, a social
media strategy company, which is doing some cutting edge work
at the intersection of business strategy, communities and social
technologies. - Gaurav Mishra / Social media strategist |
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'The
wellspring of a rich tradition'
I'm excited to share my documentary film, A Cricket in the Court
of Akbar, about my journey to India to compete in an Indian
classical music competition. - Andrew Mendelson / Artist,
Filmmaker, Musician |
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'India
equals the future'
I want to promote sustainable healthcare services in semi-urban
and rural India. - Ashwin Naik / Healthcare activist
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'The
optimism of the poor inspires me'
In India, many children attend school but few really learn.
I am working with Escuela Nueva, a foundation in Colombia that
has successfully addressed the same issue across Latin America.
- Deepti Doshi / Educationist |
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'I
want China and India to be leaders in innovation'
I am currently working on WiserEarth. The idea behind this is
that as we make connections and share knowledge and resources
in the movement for environmental protection and social justice,
we can co-create a future that we can believe in. -
Tony Yet / Environmentalist |
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'I
live and breathe GreenMango'
Our company, GreenMango, is what I live and breathe everyday.
GreenMango is a marketplace where we help more than 30,000 small
businesses like carpenters, tailors and plumbers find their
customers and grow their business. - Yasmina McCarty
/ Entrepreneur |
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Keeping
students informed
Let Me Know is an effort
to share information of opportunities with the Indian youth.
We believe that something as simple as information can be the
biggest catalyst for a student's success. - Nitin Rao
/ Activist |
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