Good afternoon. Why does some parts of the past live on while others disappear. How do cities decide which buildings to preserve and which to tear down or which people to include in a history textbook and which to omit.These are not random events. Even a house accidentally destroyed in a fire can be rebuilt exactly as it was or in a totally new fashion. Similarly, someone, some volunteer or curator decides which objects will be put on display in a museum and what the labels about them will say.These decisio ...

In this compelling TEDx talk, heritage enthusiast Saad Zahid takes us on an eye-opening journey through Pakistan’s hidden timelines—beyond 1947. From the 9,000-year-old city of Mehrgarh in Balochistan to the urban brilliance of the Indus Valley Civilization, from Gandhara's Buddhist marvels to Mughal grandeur, Saad reveals how this land has been a cradle of civilizations for millennia. Layer by layer, he walks us through centuries of architecture, spirituality, and multicultural heritage—across Sindh, Punja ...

[applause] My name is Wafi and today I'll be delivering a talk about leadership a blueprint for Brunai's future. Now let me ask a question before I begin my talk. Who raised their hand here who believe they are capable of being a leader.Can I see a raise of hand. Keep that in mind because this talk is all for you. So all right so before I begin I always have this saying that you are all built for tomorrow and you are rooted in yesterday.So what does this mean. This basically means that all of you are being ...

[applause] [applause] Good evening ladies and gentlemen. Let me take you on a journey. The labor pens came painful and strong and I was born born to a home that is steep in tradition. My mom was a pranakan. I hope you know what's a piranakan. My grandma was a woman brought out of China in order to wet my grandfather in Malaysia. Grandma took a look at this wee baby with eyes too large for her elflike face and with an air of dismissal she proclaimed, "Such an ugly baby. Throw her away. It is almost like Alic ...

We all enjoy TV shows and there's been a lot of TV shows that has come and gone. I've enjoyed quite a lot of them. But I still remember some that happened like 30 35 years back and back then there were very few not like how we have now.We didn't have Netflix then. There was one Night Rider. There was Bold and the Beautiful.There was uh uh small wonder but there was this one show that just shook me at that point of time. It was called mirror mirror. Now you know why there's a mirror here.Now in it there was ...

Good afternoon everyone. When we talk about youth and heritage, they seem to be far from each other. But after a quick show of hands, you'll learn the underlying connections between them.Question one, who saw the moon during the mid-autumn festival. Show me your hands, please. Thank you.And question two, who have been amazed by the ancient temples while playing the black mythong. Raise your hands if so. Thank you.We see that's most of us. Here's a question. When you saw the pictures view or just play the ga ...

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[Music] Namaste and a very beautiful good morning. First time a talk in the school for me. Indian textiles, handcraft, hand loom.one of the second most employment giving after agriculture and over that in Indian textiles it's the saris my first love it's more than just a garment it's a living canvas a canvas which is 7 m long a dream come true for any artist and for me any kind of weave any kind of design any account of my story, thought process I can put on the seven mters of canvas and there are if you go ...

[Music] I mean usually as musicians we speak before the music happens. So this is the other way around. So it's so if you can recognize that's my first performance when I was 2 and 1/2 years old and you can move on with the slides.So um my relationship with the tabla began I guess before I was even born because uh my father my grandfather both have been legendary virtuoso of this art form. So the tabla as a kid it used to be my favorite toy. It was my best friend and uh today it's become a companion. It's b ...

on behalf of Ayan. Uh firstly I won't take up much time but thank you so much Flora for inviting me here. Thank you all of you for having me here as well.Um this was a very difficult presentation for me to put together because I don't think about these things very often. My work I'm an architect. I work with identity. I work with culture and heritage architectural heritage sites across the country.I moved back from being in various different places in the world. Um 20 years of being away. I moved back in 20 ...