TED-India meet in Mysore
Wouldn’t it be nice if the they could arrange to have the conference proceedings screened through closed-circuit network in another hall – Kalamandira or some other place – for the benefit of local audience ? Or they could tie-up with the city TV channel for live-telecast of TEDIndia, as they do with Dasara concerts held at the Mysore palace grounds.
Would local residents be interested? How would TED proceedings be of
local public interest ? I can’t answer this question better than
TEDIndia co-host Lakshmi Pratury. She says she would like those
attending the Mysore conference to take back three things:
1) No one who sits through a talk or seminar is with it all the time, a
hundred percent. Even if they stay focused on what they hear, for a
brief moment , they should feel it is a moment when they would rather
be here than anywhere else;
2) Her expectation is that on gatherings like this one meets at least one person who becomes a friend for life; and
3) Her hope is that those who sit through the proceedings would pick up
an idea or two that is not necessarily related their prime interest.
* Which local innovations are destined for global impact?
* Who are the young thinkers and doers capable of shaping the future?
* Can there be economic advancement without environmental destruction?
* Can a pluralistic democracy survive in the face of rising fundamentalism?
* Can we make money and be good? Really?
* What should we learn – or fear? — from China’s investment in Africa?
* Do we have enough water for everyone?
* How do we keep our youth challenged and our aged healthy?
* How can anti-poverty solutions be brought to scale?
* Is there wisdom to be found in traditional medicine??
* Which other ancient traditions can illuminate modern life?
Cross-posted from Giving It A Shot
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