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I'm passionate about

Tennis, i want to be a professional player and also a computer hacker, just love those things.

An idea worth spreading

That perspective matters alot. For every life scenario there are a lot of perspectives and the best thing to do is to look at it in a way that one gets the chance to climb up the ladder and not to climb down.

Talk to me about

how i can bring about a change in the social system of the United States and how i can make an impact on the American youth to study more, work less and indulge in less sexual activities.

People don't know that I'm good at

Giving speeches and making an impact.

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• A comment on Conversation: What should be done so that poverty can be removed.....???

  May 23 2012: Till the time there is corruption in India there is less hope of removing poverty. Law makes a lot of difference in people's life. In the United States, there is a law that every employee at any workplace cannot be paid less than minimum wage i.e. $7.25 per hour. Also, job security is offered in many job areas. These laws are a requirement in a country like India. I have been living in India since i was born and i know that even a common man working at any level hs problems getting his paycheck or his lease approved.
  I think that it's time Swiss Banks open their reports to the world so that all the politicians with tons of money can be caught, tried and sent to prison. According to a report on the black money indians have in Swiss banks, all the money indians have can be used to pay all the debts, taxes. The poor can be paid Rs. 2000 per month for 2 years and India can become a better place. The Indian Youth will definitely bring a change within the next 10 years.

• A comment on Conversation: Has anyone else been affected by the TED virus?

  May 23 2012: I am 16 and i got introduced by my brother and to be honest i cannot stop watching videos at ted. Even in my computer class i skip alot of my work just to watch ted. The most interesting one's for me were Perspective is Everything by Rory Sullivan and how to use a Paper Towel by Joe Smith.
  How to tie your shoes by Terry Moore was a really interesting one. One thinks that tying your shoe lace is something you know and are perfect at but these little details in life make you a polished personality.

• A comment on Conversation: Does Education teach us to memorize information, instead of understanding it, or is memorizing important for future use?

  May 6 2012: Memorizing things to some extent does not do any good, Understanding does. To understand something, a person needs to be in a particular scenario, like for example, stepping into a poor person's shoes so that he can understand what the poor guy goes through. But, it takes a lot of time to understand things and thus we are made to memorize stuff so that it can be used in the future.