{"id":4046,"date":"2009-11-03T00:09:00","date_gmt":"2009-11-02T18:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indiauncut.com\/?p=3557"},"modified":"2009-11-03T00:09:00","modified_gmt":"2009-11-02T18:39:00","slug":"ted-india-here-i-come","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiauncut.com\/ted-india-here-i-come\/","title":{"rendered":"TED India, Here I Come"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Blogging and <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/amitvarma\" title=\"Amit Varma on Twitter\">tweeting<\/a> will be light for the next few days. I was <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/pages\/view?id=305\" title=\"TED India Fellows\">selected as a TED Fellow<\/a> a few weeks ago, and will be heading off to Mysore tomorrow for <a href=\"http:\/\/conferences.ted.com\/TEDIndia\/\" title=\"TED India 2009\">TED India<\/a>. I could choose to either liveblog and tweet furiously from there, or I could sit back and immerse myself in <a href=\"http:\/\/conferences.ted.com\/TEDIndia\/program\/guide.php\" title=\"TED India Program Guide\">the conference<\/a>. Given the quality of people I&#8217;ll get to meet, and the usual standard of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\" title=\"TED Talks\">TED Talks<\/a>, I think the latter option is wiser. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/profiles\/view\/id\/299204\" title=\"Amit Varma at TED\">Here&#8217;s my TED Profile<\/a>&#8212;and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rohitz.com\/2009\/11\/knowing-amit-varma-ted-india-fellow\/\" title=\"Knowing Amit Varma -- TED India Fellow\">here&#8217;s an interview<\/a> of mine taken for the occasion.<\/p>\n<p>And some of my favourite TED Talks:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/lang\/eng\/andrew_mwenda_takes_a_new_look_at_africa.html\" title=\"TED Talks: Andrew Mwenda takes a new look at Africa\">Andrew Mwenda takes a new look at Africa<\/a>.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/lang\/eng\/hans_rosling_shows_the_best_stats_you_ve_ever_seen.html\" title=\"TED Talks: Hans Rosling shows the best stats you've ever seen\">Hans Rosling shows the best stats you&#8217;ve ever seen<\/a>.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/lang\/eng\/steven_pinker_on_the_myth_of_violence.html\" title=\"TED Talks: Steven Pinker on the myth of violence\">Steven Pinker on the myth of violence<\/a>. <br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/dan_dennett_on_dangerous_memes.html\" title=\"TED Talks: Dan Dennett on dangerous memes\">Dan Dennett on dangerous memes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Really, there are so many wonderful TED Talks that picking out a handful of favourites seems sacrilegious. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\" title=\"TED Talks\">See them all<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Blogging and <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/amitvarma\" title=\"Amit Varma on Twitter\">tweeting<\/a> will be light for the next few days. I was <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/pages\/view?id=305\" title=\"TED India Fellows\">selected as a TED Fellow<\/a> a few weeks ago, and will be heading off to Mysore tomorrow for <a href=\"http:\/\/conferences.ted.com\/TEDIndia\/\" title=\"TED India 2009\">TED India<\/a>. I could choose to either liveblog and tweet furiously from there, or I could sit back and immerse myself in <a href=\"http:\/\/conferences.ted.com\/TEDIndia\/program\/guide.php\" title=\"TED India Program Guide\">the conference<\/a>. Given the quality of people I&#8217;ll get to meet, and the usual standard of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\" title=\"TED Talks\">TED Talks<\/a>, I think the latter option is wiser. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/profiles\/view\/id\/299204\" title=\"Amit Varma at TED\">Here&#8217;s my TED Profile<\/a>&#8212;and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rohitz.com\/2009\/11\/knowing-amit-varma-ted-india-fellow\/\" title=\"Knowing Amit Varma -- TED India Fellow\">here&#8217;s an interview<\/a> of mine taken for the occasion.<\/p>\n<p>And some of my favourite TED Talks:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/lang\/eng\/andrew_mwenda_takes_a_new_look_at_africa.html\" title=\"TED Talks: Andrew Mwenda takes a new look at Africa\">Andrew Mwenda takes a new look at Africa<\/a>.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/lang\/eng\/hans_rosling_shows_the_best_stats_you_ve_ever_seen.html\" title=\"TED Talks: Hans Rosling shows the best stats you've ever seen\">Hans Rosling shows the best stats you&#8217;ve ever seen<\/a>.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/lang\/eng\/steven_pinker_on_the_myth_of_violence.html\" title=\"TED Talks: Steven Pinker on the myth of violence\">Steven Pinker on the myth of violence<\/a>. <br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/dan_dennett_on_dangerous_memes.html\" title=\"TED Talks: Dan Dennett on dangerous memes\">Dan Dennett on dangerous memes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Really, there are so many wonderful TED Talks that picking out a handful of favourites seems sacrilegious. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\" title=\"TED Talks\">See them all<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>TED India, Here I Come - India Uncut<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/indiauncut.com\/ted-india-here-i-come\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"TED India, Here I Come - India Uncut\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Blogging and tweeting will be light for the next few days. I was selected as a TED Fellow a few weeks ago, and will be heading off to Mysore tomorrow for TED India. I could choose to either liveblog and tweet furiously from there, or I could sit back and immerse myself in the conference. Given the quality of people I&#8217;ll get to meet, and the usual standard of the TED Talks, I think the latter option is wiser.  Here&#8217;s my TED Profile&#8212;and here&#8217;s an interview of mine taken for the occasion. And some of my favourite TED Talks: Andrew Mwenda takes a new look at Africa. Hans Rosling shows the best stats you&#8217;ve ever seen. Steven Pinker on the myth of violence. Dan Dennett on dangerous memes. Really, there are so many wonderful TED Talks that picking out a handful of favourites seems sacrilegious. See them all!\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/indiauncut.com\/ted-india-here-i-come\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"India Uncut\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2009-11-02T18:39:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/indiauncut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/iu-placeholder4.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"822\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Amit Varma\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Amit Varma\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/indiauncut.com\/ted-india-here-i-come\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/indiauncut.com\/ted-india-here-i-come\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Amit Varma\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/indiauncut.com\/#\/schema\/person\/890a3d673b0c90c97d76c45a1754ac3c\"},\"headline\":\"TED India, Here I Come\",\"datePublished\":\"2009-11-02T18:39:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2009-11-02T18:39:00+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/indiauncut.com\/ted-india-here-i-come\/\"},\"wordCount\":158,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/indiauncut.com\/#\/schema\/person\/890a3d673b0c90c97d76c45a1754ac3c\"},\"articleSection\":[\"Personal\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/indiauncut.com\/ted-india-here-i-come\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/indiauncut.com\/ted-india-here-i-come\/\",\"name\":\"TED India, Here I Come - India Uncut\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/indiauncut.com\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2009-11-02T18:39:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2009-11-02T18:39:00+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/indiauncut.com\/ted-india-here-i-come\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/indiauncut.com\/ted-india-here-i-come\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/indiauncut.com\/ted-india-here-i-come\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/indiauncut.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"TED India, Here I Come\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/indiauncut.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/indiauncut.com\/\",\"name\":\"India Uncut\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/indiauncut.com\/#\/schema\/person\/890a3d673b0c90c97d76c45a1754ac3c\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/indiauncut.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":[\"Person\",\"Organization\"],\"@id\":\"https:\/\/indiauncut.com\/#\/schema\/person\/890a3d673b0c90c97d76c45a1754ac3c\",\"name\":\"Amit Varma\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/indiauncut.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/indiauncut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/amitvarma-bio.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/indiauncut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/amitvarma-bio.jpg\",\"width\":200,\"height\":200,\"caption\":\"Amit Varma\"},\"logo\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/indiauncut.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"TED India, Here I Come - India Uncut","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/indiauncut.com\/ted-india-here-i-come\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"TED India, Here I Come - India Uncut","og_description":"Blogging and tweeting will be light for the next few days. I was selected as a TED Fellow a few weeks ago, and will be heading off to Mysore tomorrow for TED India. I could choose to either liveblog and tweet furiously from there, or I could sit back and immerse myself in the conference. Given the quality of people I&#8217;ll get to meet, and the usual standard of the TED Talks, I think the latter option is wiser.  Here&#8217;s my TED Profile&#8212;and here&#8217;s an interview of mine taken for the occasion. And some of my favourite TED Talks: Andrew Mwenda takes a new look at Africa. Hans Rosling shows the best stats you&#8217;ve ever seen. Steven Pinker on the myth of violence. Dan Dennett on dangerous memes. Really, there are so many wonderful TED Talks that picking out a handful of favourites seems sacrilegious. See them all!","og_url":"https:\/\/indiauncut.com\/ted-india-here-i-come\/","og_site_name":"India Uncut","article_published_time":"2009-11-02T18:39:00+00:00","og_image":[{"width":822,"height":800,"url":"https:\/\/indiauncut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/iu-placeholder4.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Amit Varma","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Amit Varma","Estimated reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/indiauncut.com\/ted-india-here-i-come\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/indiauncut.com\/ted-india-here-i-come\/"},"author":{"name":"Amit Varma","@id":"https:\/\/indiauncut.com\/#\/schema\/person\/890a3d673b0c90c97d76c45a1754ac3c"},"headline":"TED India, Here I Come","datePublished":"2009-11-02T18:39:00+00:00","dateModified":"2009-11-02T18:39:00+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/indiauncut.com\/ted-india-here-i-come\/"},"wordCount":158,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/indiauncut.com\/#\/schema\/person\/890a3d673b0c90c97d76c45a1754ac3c"},"articleSection":["Personal"],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/indiauncut.com\/ted-india-here-i-come\/","url":"https:\/\/indiauncut.com\/ted-india-here-i-come\/","name":"TED India, Here I Come - India Uncut","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/indiauncut.com\/#website"},"datePublished":"2009-11-02T18:39:00+00:00","dateModified":"2009-11-02T18:39:00+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/indiauncut.com\/ted-india-here-i-come\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/indiauncut.com\/ted-india-here-i-come\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/indiauncut.com\/ted-india-here-i-come\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/indiauncut.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"TED India, Here I Come"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/indiauncut.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/indiauncut.com\/","name":"India Uncut","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/indiauncut.com\/#\/schema\/person\/890a3d673b0c90c97d76c45a1754ac3c"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/indiauncut.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":["Person","Organization"],"@id":"https:\/\/indiauncut.com\/#\/schema\/person\/890a3d673b0c90c97d76c45a1754ac3c","name":"Amit Varma","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/indiauncut.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/indiauncut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/amitvarma-bio.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/indiauncut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/amitvarma-bio.jpg","width":200,"height":200,"caption":"Amit Varma"},"logo":{"@id":"https:\/\/indiauncut.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/indiauncut.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4046"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/indiauncut.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/indiauncut.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiauncut.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiauncut.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4046"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/indiauncut.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4046\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/indiauncut.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4046"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiauncut.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4046"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiauncut.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4046"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}