Two weeks ago, people across the world celebrated festivals honoring light, goodness, and purity. They lit lamps. They offered prayers and celebrated the ideals of wisdom, goodness, and strength.But there's a small irony here. We glorify the feminine divine in songs and stories, but step outside the walls of celebration, the picture changes dramatically. The same hands that fold in reverence too often fail to protect. And the same voices that sing praises choose to stay silent. And the same systems that pre ...

For this piece, I chose to reflect on gender rights and why they matter, not just in theory, but in real life. Although it's a topic often debated in politics or discussed in the news, I've come to realize that gender rights shape people's everyday experiences more than many of us realize. My understanding of this changed significantly after I spent a few months living in Abu Dhabi in 2023.At first, I will admit I wasn't thrilled to leave Ireland. But after only a few weeks, not just me, but my entire famil ...

Almost three years ago, I made a choice. I chose not to give into the oppression and pressure forced on me by my own government. So instead, I chose to step into a new chapter of my life.One where I could be the writer and the warrior of my own story. I could fight for what I wanted. With that being said, let me give you a little bit of information about myself so you guys get to know me.I was 16 when for the very first time I came here in the United States, especially in this college. Stepping to the class ...

[music] [applause] I started my research journey here in IIA Delhi in 2022. And if you'd asked me back then why I wanted to be part of climate solutions, I would have said that it was because I wanted to help save the planet. But if you ask me the same question today, my answer would be completely different.I come from Manipur, a beautiful state located in northeast India. It's often called the jewel of India and it really is with green hills, incredible biodiversity, rich culture and communities that have ...

[মিউজিক] এবার যেটা দিয়ে শুরু করতে চাই আমার গল্প বা যেটা ভাগ করে নিতে চাই সেটা হলো এরকম যে মানে আমি আসলে শিখেছি আমার জীবন থেকে যে উপদেশ ব্যাপারটা কাজ করে না অর্থাৎ আমি যতবার যা কিছু শিখেছি আমার দুঃখের কাছে শিখেছি আমার বিপদের কাছে শিখেছি আমার ক্রোধের কাছে শিখেছি এটা ঠিক যে চারপাশে অনেক রসদ আছে কিন্তু যখন কেউ এসে আমাকে বলেছে তোমাকে আজকে আমি এটা শেখাতে চাই একটু শুনে রাখো শুনেই আমার ভালো লাগেনি তো এইটা আমি জানি আবার ধরেন আমি দেখেছি যে একটা পাখি সে খুব শক্তি নিয়ে উড়ে যাচ্ছে। মুক্তির শক্তি নিয়ে আমার দেখে ভালো ল ...

[applause] I want to share a story with you today about how a girl without a chair found a seed. Some people grow up asking what do I want to be. I grew up asking, "Will there be a chair for me?" Now, I want you to imagine this.You're 13 years old. The school bell rings, you grab your books, and you start running. Not because you're late, not because you're excited, but because if you weren't one of the first to reach the classroom, there won't be a chair left for you.Lose that race and you're left standing ...

RT Dr. Eli David (@DrEliDavid)“A society that puts equality before freedom will get neither. A society that puts freedom before equality will get a high degree of both.”— Milton Friedman https://t.co/HvpFtYSRLD ...

What does your selfworth have to do with the rule of law. What does our nation's destiny have to do with it. It's a question that I've been thinking for quite some time now.For the five years that I attended National Law School Bangalore, every day as I walked to class, Lord Deming's words stared me in the face. We lay ever so high that the law is always above you. Was Lord Denning trying to warn us.Was he aware of India's mayab culture. And was he trying to tell us that, you know, I don't care who your fat ...

Hello, Kalispera Bonacera. Um, yeah, obviously she gave it out. I'm totally Greek and I come from a very small town called Fibs or Tebe as you call it in Latin. You know, Fibs was the home of all ancient Greek tragedies and a Tyron was there, Antiggoni was there. So everything really in the ancient Greek tragedy scene happened in my hometown. So then when I was invited to speak here to TED, I thought, okay, is it me or are we living a new type of tragedy now? Is it a Greek one? No, but it's definitely Greek ...

“I’m not a child or a pet for you to tease,” a user from Xinjiang wrote online. “I spent years learning Mandarin so we could speak as equals” https://t.co/GWvptspd0R ...