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I'm passionate about

தமிழ் Tamil - Srirangam -Writer Sujatha - Technology - Srivaishnavam - 'Thalaivar' Rajinikanth - re'search' -Smart works- Books - the 'Green' thing - संस्कृत - the World -Globalisation - TED

An idea worth spreading

Coffee with me ?! I'm sure to open one of these topics, beware ;-) (1)Globalisation & India --> Any layman (or aam aadhmi)need to understand and have the right to know whats going on in their society ( Ex:land prices in Hosur,outskirts of Bengaluru)
(2)Other side of Outsourcing --> Cultural implications in India as a result of outsourcing. (3) NRIs --> Should we praise them or blame them. whats the effect of increasing figure of Indians studying abroad.
(4)Green revolution --> Its all what India was in 19th n early 20th centuries.
(5)Rajini, the phenonemon --> The reason behind HIM being a demi-god even among educated youths.
(6)A waiter's thesis --> A thesis on behavioral pattern & lifestyles of people, based on my experience as a waiter in an Indian restaurant abroad.
(7)Srirangam --> The temple,its history rolling back to 1500000 years & the hidden treasure behind it;why is it HOME for many Indian NRIs

Talk to me about

Globalisation - NRI - Other side of Outsourcing - Green Energy - UN Millennium goals - TED - Srirangam - Rajinikanth - World is flat - Thomas Friedman - Srivaishnavam - Tamil- Culture - Immigration

People don't know that I'm good at

Nothing. Should I say "a bit of almost everything" ?!

My TED Story

I heard about TED in 2008, through one of the famous Tamil writer Sujatha Rangarajan(Late) . In his biography, he has mentioned TED as "One good website for Life". He also wrote about willingness to bring TED to local(Tamil) audience and did suggest some speakers too. Being an ardent fan of Sujatha and his writings, I started exploring TED since then.I soon find myself calling proudly as a TEDster. Now, in 2009 his dream of bringing TED to India came true in the name of TEDx but he is no more. I network with fellow TEDsters across the globe,attend TEDx events and I'm a TED Tamil Translator too. I've always recommended TED to my friends and trying my level best to introduce TED to more local audience through TEDxSalem. A salute to all those achievers who shared with us their ideas and made this World a better place to live. I'm LEARNING and will learn through TED.

Comments

• TEDCred score: +2812.10 TEDCred reflects your contribution to the TED community.

• A comment on Talk: David Christian: The history of our world in 18 minutes

  Jan 10 2013: Thoroughly enjoyed it. If you have just 18 mins of time, then this is NOT the talk you should watch ;-) as you need few more minutes/hours come out of the hangover and you may find yourself thinking about those imponderable questions. I went through most of the discussion/forum/comments here and 1 in every 10 comments keep adding more insights fuellng your imagination. If you find URLs there in the comments, BEWARE ! Those are heavier than this one and you will forget that you are sitting at your desk ;-)
  
  On a personal experience related to this talk, I would like to watch next Chris Anderson's http://www.ted.com/talks/questions_no_one_knows_the_answers_to.html" and would like to get back to the verses of Srivaishnava Dravida Veda literature for some complete experience on the subject.
  
  Note : For all believer Vs non-believer, god Vs atheism kind of discussions here, I would recommend them all to watch/read/experience "LIFE OF PI".

• A reply on Talk: David Christian: The history of our world in 18 minutes

  Jan 10 2013: Loved yours words in this comments section. Thanks !
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  A reply on Talk: Rajesh Rao: A Rosetta Stone for the Indus script

  Jun 29 2011: Well observed. "Hate mails" are always a part whenever science cross overs religion/region related matters.
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  A comment on Talk: Rajesh Rao: A Rosetta Stone for the Indus script

  Jun 29 2011: Thanks for a very clear presentation. We TEDsters here always love when a researcher educates the audience in their respective field. We love it more when the speaker itself participates in the comments/conversations here. I loved the "aaru/yEzhu/mEy meen" example ! You made us THINK ;Good luck !
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  A comment on Conversation: Which relevant/important events currently unfolding around the world are being ignored by the media? Why are they relevant?

  Feb 15 2011: The mysteries that are yet to be revealed in the final phase of Srilanka war. The recommendations from the panel set by UN are still working on it.

• A comment on Conversation: Letâ��s show Translated TED talks at schools. Letâ��s engage local TED translators in retelling their favorite Ted talks for kids at schools.

  Feb 14 2011: Hello Kristine ! I second your thoughts.I completely agree with you on the example of William's talk. As that talk is slow enough and easy to understand, it reaches the kids easily. For elders, Hans Rosling's talks are such kind of "easy-to-understand" versions. For non-English or semi-english speakers, Hans Rosling like talks create greater impacts than other talks do.
  
  Even though we the translators try our best in transforming the message, its tough for us to take the whole message to the school children as it in the talk.There is some depreciation in carrying out the whole message to the audience. Other than the reason that the kids(or sometimes adults too) can't follow the subtitles, i can think of the following
  
  1. The translation in some languages ( say Tamil, Indic) are bit professional to what school children speak. Even many of the elders have given feedback to our tamil translated talks that they are not as it is reading a book or a statement but are jumbled. So, they can't get the full message.
  2. Some translators do use the colloquial day-to-day slang but that does not portray a professional work done.
  Due to the above reasons, when watching the talks with subtitles, when there are pits & down in the talks, audience minds are conscious about the choice of words,mistakes rather than the speaker's message.
  3. We are also missing the body language of the speaker as we are concentrating on the fast changing subtitles.
  
  Having experienced all these feedbacks from the audience who saw our translated talks, we had and still have difficulties in taking the message to the school kids. I like your idea of engaging local translators or ambassadors in carrying but the message but not sure about its feasibility. It will be great if we can find a solution for this. I love the work everybody is doing here. Expecting a great conversation here in the next 4 weeks.
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  A comment on Talk: Hans Rosling: The good news of the decade?

  Oct 11 2010: I was really curious if UN report would categorize South Korea, Qatar & Singapore as developing countries. Surprisingly, it does ! Here is the link Page 18/24 "Leveling & Trends in Child Mortality UN repot Sep 2010" http://www.childinfo.org/files/Child_Mortality_Report_2010.pdf UNBELIEVABLE !
  
  Learnt that nearly 50% of child mortality can be prevented using female education. Thanks Prof.Rosling.
  
  sitting alone in my lab watching this video, I found myself clapping the hands for this excellent presentation. Professor Rosling - YOU DID IT AGAIN.
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  A reply on Talk: William Kamkwamba: How I built a windmill

  Sep 19 2010: Work with What you have instead of blaming the society for everything. March On Willaim !
  @Micheal, Thanks for introducing the book to us.

• A comment on Talk: Hans Rosling: Global population growth, box by box

  Jul 23 2010: (9:06) Well, i'm not an optimist, neither am I a pessimist, I'm a very serious "possibilist" and we just work analytically with the world throwing away the emotions - ha ha ha ! Now Professor Rosling proved himself that he is a true Statistician

• A reply on Talk: Hans Rosling: Global population growth, box by box

  Jul 23 2010: Agreed. On a world of bilions, there are "n" number of factors contributing towards anything (population here). Professor Rosling over-simplified the explanation which is just his unique of explaining things. I'm sure even an average educated lay man would understand this video, which is what we actually want ( education for the poor)