[Music] Um hello I'm Kabir and I'm a student at this very school and for the next 5 to 10 minutes I'm your TEDex speaker. I want to start off by asking you a question and I really want your take on this. Is free will a real thing.Now really take your time to think about it because some of you will very instinctively and passionately say, "Yeah, of course it is. I make my own choices. I always make my own decisions. Yes, free will is real." But then think a little deeper. How many times have you done somethi ...

[Music] Good evening everyone and thank you and giving me an opportunity to be part of this event. Uh good evening to teachers, parents and children. uh look we are all product of our own experiences and I'm here to share some of my own experiences and in that context probably also talk about why emotional strength and emotional resilience is so important in this time and age and what are the simple action steps that we can take in our daily life to hopefully build that I'm not saying that these are the the ...

What if I told you the average kids in the school, the ones who never won medals, the ones who never topped their class, and the ones who were never chosen as the head boy or the headgirl are the ones quietly building some of the most extraordinary lives. Sounds unlikely, right. Let me tell you about a girl named Meera.Mera wasn't the star student. She was not even in the spotlight and was never the teacher's favorite. Most of the days, Meera just blended in the background, doing okay, not enough for being ...