TED Community » Ibthaj Khilji

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I'm passionate about

a sustainable future

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Political issues, Peace,

People don't know that I'm good at

Cricket,

My TED Story

It was like love at first sight.

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  A comment on Conversation: How can an individual help fight the current food crisis in East Africa?

  Aug 10 2011: Exactly! A lot of people have this notion that the world is cold and that everyone just thinks for themselves. But I don't think that's true, instead they are as you said emphatic! People just don't know.
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  A comment on Conversation: How can an individual help fight the current food crisis in East Africa?

  Aug 10 2011: we raised $80 000 at our local mosque :) and it all started with just a couple minutes of awareness for less than a week! I think if people know about the cause they will learn to care and to give! So all it takes is awareness!
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  A reply on Conversation: Have you believed something - or the idea of something - and discovered you were mistaken, or wrong? What's your story & what did you learn?

  Aug 10 2011: I feel as if humans have this need to have a 110% belief in something, it used to be religion and tomorrow it will be science....then what? In 500 years will we discover oh wait science is not the answer to everything, there is a world of metaphysics which is much more attractive. Maybe this is a human need, to have something bigger to firmly believe in, something dominant. Why not have a balance? What we know and what we don't know are both a fundamental part of our reality. They are as real as any matter...then why must we denounce what we don't know and fail to understand?
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  A reply on Conversation: Have you believed something - or the idea of something - and discovered you were mistaken, or wrong? What's your story & what did you learn?

  Aug 9 2011: my grandpa who is 85, raised up in a village in a rural area of Pakistan says that all the time :)
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  A comment on Conversation: Have you believed something - or the idea of something - and discovered you were mistaken, or wrong? What's your story & what did you learn?

  Aug 9 2011: I always wanted to be a frog as a child. I used to practice hopping around the house thinking when I would grow up, i would turn into a frog. But sadly...I didn't turn into a frog. I grew up though :) I was just thinking how crazy it is, growing up. As a child we believe in our innocence and the simplistic nature of our being....and then one day we sit there and reminisce about our past laughing at our gullible selves. I am still very young, but I feel that these moments are getting more frequent and I am just beginning to understand the world around me. Nevertheless, I would like to say most of the time I find I question everything, maybe it is the rebellious nature of being a teenager but I have learned something very important. As a child everything is right and wrong, now I am just beginning to see that there is more than right or wrong there is a very very large shade of gray! I apologize if this wasn't exactly the kind of answer you were looking for Linda, but I hope I have contributed to this epic question! I'm having a lot of fun reading other people's answers! haha!

• A comment on Conversation: How to train my self to be creative?

  Apr 19 2011: Don't be lazy!

• A comment on Conversation: Is love simply for the purpose of furthering the human race?

  Apr 19 2011: love is an emotion essential for the hope of a better future.

• A comment on Conversation: 7 Billion and Counting: The Rise of Global Population

  Apr 19 2011: So what are our choices? Drastic change or a mass die off.
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  A comment on Conversation: I propose that teachers from all over the world be allowed to upload videos on to Khan academy in a controlled fashion.

  Apr 12 2011: Lets get this message to sal and his team! We should also provide more help and support if we want to make a gloabal classroom! but I dream of the future of Khan Academy to be like modern day youtube!
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  A comment on Talk: Sarah Kay: If I should have a daughter ...

  Mar 18 2011: Beautiful! Is she on youtube?