Josh Talks

Nearbuy co-founder Ankur Warikoo is a serial entrepreneur who was also named one of India's Forbes 40 Under 40. Having won numerous accolades for his spirited entrepreneurship and passion, Ankur has a story which is quite remarkable.

The belief goes that if you are 35 and a successful CEO here in India, you must have excelled at the system or been born in a rich business family. In Ankur’s case, it was neither. He took the adventurous route. From a budding physicist and astronaut to management consultant as a Famous ISB Alumni, and then serial entrepreneur, he shares a fascinating life journey.

Vidhi Jain does not send her daughter to school or force her into the rat race of exams and degrees. Disillusioned by the ‘factory schooling’ system, she became an educationist and created a radical alternative. Breaking barriers and going against typical Indian education system, here her students are given the room to make choices and the freedom to be creative. She shares the results this has achieved.

#Education #System #School #NoSchool

Dangal girl Babita Kumari Phogat shows how a girl broke through the struggles of an Indian family and got an Olympic medal for India. From life struggles to making India proud, this female wrestler is glad of making her father proud. With a gold medal in Commonwealth and Olympics and a movie to her name starring Aamir Khan as her father, Babita is an inspiration for the Indian girls passionate for sports.

How a young Delhi woman is reviving hopes for acid attack survivors (Video)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcQ2syNH_A0

In 2013, the Supreme Court of India passed a law to regulate the open sale of acid. The legislation was welcome but the ground realities haven’t changed. Every day, somewhere in India, two women have their faces permanently disfigured by a splash of concentrated acid. While they will never get back what they lost in a second of violence, Ria Sharma has resolved to chart a way back for these brave women.

Two friends in Pune have given a fresh voice to Hindi poetry. Noticing how poetry in English is suddenly becoming popular in India, while our rich heritage of Hindi and Urdu remains forgotten, they formed something called Mansarovar Project. They pick a famous poem, compose original music to the recitation, and make a short film around it. Their YouTube channel is giving form to this wonderful creativity. Here they talk about how this started, and they also recite two great Hindi poems for us!

#Ghalib #Paash #HindiKavita #Hindi #Urdu #Ghazal #Sahir #SahirLudhianvi #Nazm #Kavita #Premchand #Project #Language #Music #ShortFilm #Poetry #Pune #Performance

Two friends in Pune have given a fresh voice to Hindi poetry. Noticing how poetry in English is suddenly becoming popular in India, while our rich heritage of Hindi and Urdu remains forgotten, they formed something called Mansarovar Project. They pick a famous poem, compose original music to the recitation, and make a short film around it. Their YouTube channel is giving form to this wonderful creativity. Here they talk about how this started, and they also recite two great Hindi poems for us!

#Ghalib #Paash #HindiKavita #Hindi #Urdu #Ghazal #Sahir #SahirLudhianvi #Nazm #Kavita #Premchand #Project #Language #Music #ShortFilm #Poetry #Pune #Performance

What if we could document a life lesson each from all the anonymous faces around us, and leave this ocean of human wisdom open to access for anyone when they needed it the most? That’s Deepak’s idea, and his quest for documenting and sharing life lessons has taken him around the world.

What if we could document a life lesson each from all the anonymous faces around us, and leave this ocean of human wisdom open to access for anyone when they needed it the most? That’s Deepak’s idea, and his quest for documenting and sharing life lessons has taken him around the world.

Kodaikanal Won’t fame, Sofia Ashraf, in this powerful and persuasive talk speaks about standing up against the social injustice. Content creator by profession and rapper by digression, this Tamil girl rose to fame by getting 591 families compensated from Hindustan Unilever Limited. This talk gives an insight into the 15 year old struggle of various NGOs which played a key-role in the protest. As a little girl, Sofia started with rhymes about her identity wearing a hijab. The video talks about 2 of her famous creations, ‘Kodaikanal Won’t’ and ‘Don’t work for DOW’ which were presented in Justice Rocks, a protest rock show. The talk focuses upon the downs of being a female in the field of music, importance of being an audience, the power of art, music and much more.

Kodaikanal Won’t fame, Sofia Ashraf, in this powerful and persuasive talk speaks about standing up against the social injustice. Content creator by profession and rapper by digression, this Tamil girl rose to fame by getting 591 families compensated from Hindustan Unilever Limited. This talk gives an insight into the 15 year old struggle of various NGOs which played a key-role in the protest. As a little girl, Sofia started with rhymes about her identity wearing a hijab. The video talks about 2 of her famous creations, ‘Kodaikanal Won’t’ and ‘Don’t work for DOW’ which were presented in Justice Rocks, a protest rock show. The talk focuses upon the downs of being a female in the field of music, importance of being an audience, the power of art, music and much more.