Mallika Sarabhai: Dance to change the world

http://www.ted.com At TEDIndia, Mallika Sarabhai, a dancer/actor/politician, tells a transformative story in dance -- and argues that the arts may be the most powerful way to effect change, whether political, social or personal.

TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world's leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes. Featured speakers have included Al Gore on climate change, Philippe Starck on design, Jill Bolte Taylor on observing her own stroke, Nicholas Negroponte on One Laptop per Child, Jane Goodall on chimpanzees, Bill Gates on malaria and mosquitoes, Pattie Maes on the "Sixth Sense" wearable tech, and "Lost" producer JJ Abrams on the allure of mystery. TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design, and TEDTalks cover these topics as well as science, business, development and the arts. Closed captions and translated subtitles in a variety of languages are now available on TED.com, at http://www.ted.com/translate. Watch a highlight reel of the Top 10 TEDTalks at http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/top10

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[SophosVII]

I don't think she is annoying, in fact, the audience is much more captive than usual. Great work as a stage person!

[DodgerRiley]

If overpopulation is such a great threat to the world, then it would make more sense for you to choose to have 1 child. Take into account that your kid would have a much larger carbon footprint than someone from a developing nation and would consume more natural resources. Education of women is key to solving overpopulation so they can make better decisions for family planning.

[crudhousefull]

@OziNUT I haven't found a video on youtube yet that doesn't make a mistake here or there. I've watched around 500 TED videos btw. People don't really have time to take enough care to say each word/phrase correctly. I'm talking about nuclear physicists all the way to Buddhist monks (some who take extreme care to say the right thing). The key is to understand the gyst of the message...not nitpick

[OziNUT]

@crudhousefull I understand what she is saying, but... If I know one small part of this story is factually incorrect then naturally I will question the rest, anybody that does public speaking knows that you never state anything that is not true, all it takes is 1% of what you say to be incorrect and the audience will think the other 99% is as well...

[crudhousefull]

@OziNUT Try to understand what she was trying to say rather than picking at her choice of words. The gyst of what she was trying to make though is crystal clear, if you're a minority there's more of a probability of you being in jail. True though I made a mistake, I didn't remember her exact wording, though counting has nothing to do with it.

[OziNUT]

@crudhousefull ATM there are 29,106 prisoners (sentenced and unsentenced) in Australian prisons, 7,656 are Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders thats a national imprisonment rate of 167 prisoners per 100,000 adult population...

"If your in Australia, its mostly Aboriginal's in jail..." Her whole story is lost in what equates to this one false statement that you seem to agree with, 26% is the majority of inmates... orly... can she count???? ohh wait... can you... lolz

[crudhousefull]

@OziNUT You were right on the fact that I didn't do any research. But what she said still stands...indigenous prisoners constituted 24% of the Australian prison population in 2006. Still okay for me to call you a moron

[OziNUT]

@crudhousefull Do you even understand what I said.... im tippin no... If your going to stand on a stage preaching facts about a country and stereotype then do a little research before you make a statement. It just show how little you know about a subject/country or the people that live in it...

So tell me how thats being racist, Have you been to Australia or do you know more about this country than I do..... once again im tipping no, and you call me a moron lolz

[crudhousefull]

@DodgerRiley Only people with low IQs procreate anyway...unless of course the act itself is just for entertainment and no one takes necessary measures to stop pregnancy. Literacy and education are skyrocketing so we can be sure that births will slow to down to nothing very quickly

[crudhousefull]

@megalibra82 The number one problem we face is the US roaming around with a big stick. And it'll change when China and India knock it down in a couple of decades. So basically no great big problems. Get some sleep

[crudhousefull]

@poopistation Your insight defies your screen name

[crudhousefull]

@OziNUT That's what she said you moron. Listen before being racist