Aparna Rao: High-tech art (with a sense of humor)

http://www.ted.com Artist and TED Fellow Aparna Rao re-imagines the familiar in surprising, often humorous ways. With her collaborator Soren Pors, Rao creates high-tech art installations -- a typewriter that sends emails, a camera that tracks you through the room only to make you invisible on screen -- that put a playful spin on ordinary objects and interactions.

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[littlebirdmjfan]

I want that teddy bear, really bad.

[sladkajes]

0:15 ... enough with that intro!!!!!1

[Stefandurrr]

@sladkajes I like the intro!

[sujaysukumar123]

@Ko252 - 6) pizza may be Italian, just like English is frm England. But if u accept Australian, S African nd US English, then pizza is vry much American too.

Again. I'm not claiming everything that passes through India is Indian.India has contributed immensley to the English that you speak, in terms of Etymology and literary works. The Anglo Indians have English as their spoken Language. So, if Australian, American and South African english is acceptable, I dont see why Indian English is not.

[sujaysukumar123]

@Ko252 - 5) Biryani is an Indian dish, sorry to disappoint you, please google it. There are so many variants too Veg Biryani, Hyderabdai Biryani, Lucknowi Biryani etc.

No, noodles, pizza and thai are not Indian dishes - because these foods haven't yet become part of the Indian culture. I'm not claiming everything that passes through India is Indian.

[sujaysukumar123]

@Ko252 - Every form of Christianity is diverse, some say Mary is divine some dont, Baptists, Methodists, Catholics, Syrians, Coptics etc etc all have their own flavours of the religion, but every christian claims to be praying to the same Jesus of Nazreth. Similary, the US, India and Australia have different accents, but it's all English. I cant break the analogy down any further, I really hope you get it.

[sujaysukumar123]

@Ko252 - 1) It's upto a nation to adopt a language, if Indians didn't adopt German its just their choice. 2) Most of the world doesn't speak English in any particular way, so if one were to go with numbers, INDIAN way is far more favourable in comparison to Australian or South African. 3) what question are u expecting an answer for?

[sujaysukumar123]

@Ko252 - First of all i suggest you google this List_of_English_words_of_India­n_origin. You probably use most of these INDIAN words in your English, and yet you take objection to accepting that English is as much Indian as it is Australian, South African or American.

[jamkabi]

That little pygmy thing is so cool

[Ko252]

@sujaysukumar123 (conti.) 4) Whether he accepts is or not, isnt of any importance. Further on, your analogy (as all other you have made), is faulty. If this Christian translation of the Bible diverse significantly from the original, than it isnt the same GOD. 5) Regardless of biryani being a houshold dish in India; it doesnt make it an Indian dish. Following your logic; then noodles, pizza, thai should all be Indian dishes as well. 6) And pizza is Italian.

[Ko252]

@sujaysukumar123 I find it quite amusing, that you criticize my poor grammar, as you put it, while making illogical assertions yourself. 1) "Movable property". The same applies for german; will you define an Indian dialect for that as well? 2) "...second largest..." Still, most of the world doesnt speak Enligsh in the same manner as the average Indian. 3) "Englisth is ..." First of all, you didnt answer the question. And second, based on what? You are just making a groundless and weak assertion.