Self-reflection became my compass and intellectually depth brings you clarity. Scattered thoughts came together. They didn't clash, they coalesed.Before I begin, let me ask you a simple question. You don't have to say anything. Just a simple raise of hands.Okay. >> How many of you feel life is moving faster than you can fully process it. >> Thank you.You may put your hands down. We live in a world that celebrates speed. More work, more good, more visibility.But there is something that we rarely talk of. dea ...

If you start thinking about this environment, you will be safe for the next coming 30 to 40 years. It takes 200 L of water to make one kg of rice. I was in the ministry of environment and forest. I was in the department of civil engineering gandha university.But let me just share with you that I'm standing before you because of my mother. It's only the mother mother's loving and also care has made me to stand before you on today at least to speak to you all. Coming to the nature of my work in the ministry e ...

This is the story of many many many Indian women. National Labor Surveys report that approximately 80% of Indian women participate in unpaid care work versus 30% of men. I want to start with a story about my friend Praniti.Praniti has been born and raised in an urban middle-class home and she was raised equal to her brother. Education was given the primary uh importance in her growing years. Praniti's parents were both working and they could afford a house help just like most middle-class Indian homes and s ...

Growing up in Bida, I became an influencer long before anybody here calls himself an influencer because our father had trees in his backyard. fruit bearing trees. So I had my sphere of influence.The neighborhood, the entire neighborhood knew that we had the trees and they knew that seasonally my father put the fruits in basket and shared with the neighborhood. They also knew that I had my on-site gig. If you are my friend that year, you get to snack on our guavas.They were mostly guavas, the jumbo kind, thi ...

Thank you very much for having me. Um, it's a pleasure to be here in my home state. It's really exciting to be here.There's a picture on your side and on the left, on my left and my right. And just take a look. Just take 10 seconds and if you can shout out one, two, three that you recognize or that resonate or that might mean something to you.So, there's an assortment of people, assortment of businesses, locations. I will start picking out names. I know half of you.Mila Muhammad, >> thank you very much. Sad ...

Good morning everyone and uh thank you for this opportunity. When you look at our society in the dry season, you can look at parch dry land and say nothing is growing. That's one way of looking at it.But from experience we know that in a few months once rain falls that that dry land had the potential for a lot of green a lot of flowers a lot of fruit and nutrition for the whole society. So as we look at our society as we ask ourselves when we see problems what really do we see. Is it really a problem or hav ...

You've seen it. You've probably done it. It's that single lean forward pose staring at our devices. It's ubiquitous across every environment we find ourselves in. at the airport, at the bus station, on the metro, waiting for the bus, at the restaurant, even at our own dining tables. It's our relentless obsession with our smartphones. I was sitting on the sidelines of my child's football game just a few weeks ago alongside other parents either side of me. Each of us with our foroding brick securely fastened ...

Judah Mkhambi and Chloé Swanepoel dance to the Shift Theme Judah Mkambi and Chloé Swanepoel are young South African dancers whose work blends technical excellence with powerful storytelling. Emerging from the Garden Route and shaped by the Rhythmical Seeds collective, they have performed on both national and international stages, using movement as a language of purpose, emotion, and connection. Together, their artistry reflects a new generation of performers redefining dance as more than entertainment; it b ...

When I was younger, I taught piano to underprivileged kids. This was a volunteer program, so lessons were done in a tiny, dusty room behind a school gym. Imagine a room just big enough to fit a piano and a small bench. One of my students, Andrew, he was a great piano player. He kind of looked like the kid from Home Alone. Blonde hair, blue eyes, ears that stuck out a little bit. Andrew always played well during our lessons, but when he had to play in front of people, he get extremely nervous. Sometimes he'd ...

I was 20 years old when I started the company that would nearly kill me. I was at university. Facebook had just sprung onto everyone's conscious. I started a social media brand called Unilad. I remember running down to my housemates's room and saying, "Philip, what do you think of the name Unilad. " and he blew out this puff of marijuana smoke and said, "Yeah, that's really cool, man. " So, with a focus group of Phillip, the name was chosen. But I had a problem. How do I get people to care about Unilad? And ...