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Dialogue: 0,0:00:06.50,0:00:10.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Have all of you\Nsuffered from TEDx [unclear]
Dialogue: 0,0:00:10.52,0:00:11.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.00,0:00:15.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One of the most\Nridiculous questions
Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.02,0:00:18.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I get to hear from many people\Nat different times
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.57,0:00:21.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is "who is superior,\Na man or a woman?"
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.00,0:00:26.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The idea of gender discrimination,\Nit frustrates me.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.42,0:00:28.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It baffles me.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.15,0:00:30.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At times, it really\Nmakes me sad.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.68,0:00:33.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, there is almost\Ndivine irony in the fact that
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.70,0:00:37.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was born in Rajasthan\Nwhich is north west India.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.72,0:00:41.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a beautiful place
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.25,0:00:44.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with rich culture,\Ncolors, and history,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.78,0:00:48.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but the sad thing is\Nthat a lot of people decided
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.80,0:00:52.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to stick with a lot of\Ndamaging traditions.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.82,0:00:56.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One of the most damaging\Nfrom them is the idea
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.35,0:01:00.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that a woman has a very\Nbelittling place in society.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:00.44,0:01:03.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I go to villages, and one of the things\NI see there is
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.90,0:01:07.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,10, 12 year old girls who are\Nplaying outside their house.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.92,0:01:11.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Except a few months later\Nwhen I go there, I don't see them.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.85,0:01:15.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I asked somebody. I said,\N"What happened to them?"
Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.38,0:01:18.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They said, "They've attained\Npuberty now,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.50,0:01:21.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so they are not going to be allowed\Nto step out of their house."
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.91,0:01:25.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I see eight year old girls\Ngetting married.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.42,0:01:28.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Marriage is not always\Nthe solution as well.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.45,0:01:33.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not always a guarantee\Nthat your life will now turn out to be ok.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.08,0:01:36.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, this notion which is not just\Nan Indian thing
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.10,0:01:39.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I see it outside India as well.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.12,0:01:43.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That the dignity of a family or society
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.65,0:01:46.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,lies on the shoulders of women
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.18,0:01:50.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,while a man can get away\Nwith absolutely anything.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.20,0:01:54.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I find it very, very\Nhumiliating sometimes.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.22,0:01:57.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, all these ideas put together,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.85,0:02:01.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sort of came together to me\Nwhen I was growing up.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.78,0:02:05.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I grew up in Dubai,\Nand I live in London now.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.80,0:02:09.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I was growing up,\NI learned something.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.32,0:02:13.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I learned that we can have\Ntwo realities, two different realities.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.75,0:02:16.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And, I learned that they can coexist.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.50,0:02:19.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some people have\Nmore than two realities,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.52,0:02:22.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is fine, I guess,\Nif it works for them.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.55,0:02:25.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But, I realized that I was not okay
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.20,0:02:28.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with these realities\Nbeing completely separate.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.52,0:02:31.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wanted to find a way\Nto bridge them.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.15,0:02:34.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wanted one\Nto transcend to another.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.50,0:02:38.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, my journey took me\Nback to India
Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.90,0:02:42.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at the age of 26\N3 years ago.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:42.45,0:02:47.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Did you notice how nicely I put my age \Nin there making me look young?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.50,0:02:49.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So 3 years ago,\NI went back to India
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.82,0:02:52.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I wanted to answer this question
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.25,0:02:54.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"What is the meaning to my life?"
Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.78,0:02:58.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have the luxury to travel\Nto education.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.80,0:03:01.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"What is the point of all of this?"
Dialogue: 0,0:03:01.72,0:03:04.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I started doing work\Nin the field of education.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.85,0:03:06.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I was doing that,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.38,0:03:09.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I thought what if we do\Na TEDx event in the village.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.00,0:03:12.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It will be really fascinating.\NI've been to TED events.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.32,0:03:15.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I love the whole atmosphere.\NIt's fabulous.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.15,0:03:17.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was thinking\N"Can this work in a village?"
Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.98,0:03:22.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Can we get the same feeling\Nthat all of you are feeling here today?"
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.60,0:03:25.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Can I get the same thing\Nin a rural context?"
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.72,0:03:27.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, I was in this idealistic trance,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:27.85,0:03:31.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I thought you wanna do\Nsomething good for people
Dialogue: 0,0:03:31.28,0:03:32.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they're gonna welcome you.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.94,0:03:37.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So in 2010, I decided\NI wanted to organize a TEDx event.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:37.82,0:03:41.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My TEDx event is called\NTEDxShekhavati.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:41.85,0:03:44.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I started running into problems.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:44.18,0:03:47.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some of them, things\Nthat I got to hear, were
Dialogue: 0,0:03:47.60,0:03:51.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Because you're a woman\Norganizing this event
Dialogue: 0,0:03:51.62,0:03:54.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's a bad thing.\NIt's against our religion.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:54.65,0:03:59.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You are corrupting\N[the moral] fabric of our society."
Dialogue: 0,0:04:00.70,0:04:04.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And after all of that,\Nafter working on this for like a year,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:04.72,0:04:09.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,7 days before the event, they finally say,\N"Okay, how do we stop her?".
Dialogue: 0,0:04:09.35,0:04:11.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They tell me, "if you\Nwanna go on stage,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:11.68,0:04:14.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you have to wear niqab\Nto cover your face."
Dialogue: 0,0:04:14.50,0:04:18.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I said, "No! Because I wear\Nthe burkha for myself.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:18.02,0:04:20.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't wear it for other people."
Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.25,0:04:25.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't like the idea\Nof wearing a niqab on stage
Dialogue: 0,0:04:25.18,0:04:28.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and talking to the same people\Nwithout it.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:28.20,0:04:30.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, after I refuse this,\Nthey say,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:30.12,0:04:31.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Well, we're taking away the venue.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:31.85,0:04:35.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're not going to let\Nyou do the event on that venue."
Dialogue: 0,0:04:35.08,0:04:37.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, I had 300 people,\Nhad speakers coming in,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:37.50,0:04:39.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I didn't have a place for them.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:39.72,0:04:44.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In a couple of days, I managed\Nto organize another ground.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.15,0:04:46.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,By then, I was so demotivated\Nthat I thought,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:46.68,0:04:50.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I'll have 20 people. It's okay.\NWe will just have a nice time."
Dialogue: 0,0:04:50.70,0:04:52.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And, on the day of the event,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:52.72,0:04:57.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we had 1,200 people\Nwho came for this conference.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:57.65,0:05:00.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:05:04.50,0:05:09.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, the next year 2011, I thought\Nthis time I'll pick a school.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:09.02,0:05:12.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I took a school which is a school\Nfor Harijans.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:12.15,0:05:15.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Harijians are\Nthe untouchable people in India.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:15.28,0:05:19.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They are not untouchable because they\Nhave got an illness or something,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:19.40,0:05:22.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but because they come\Nfrom the lowest caste.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:22.42,0:05:26.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They are stuck in the cycle of poverty,\Ncan never get out of it.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:26.05,0:05:28.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They are denied\Neducation as well.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:28.38,0:05:30.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, that school is\Nalmost a 100 years old.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:30.90,0:05:35.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It has slowly become a school\Nwhere poor children go.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:35.52,0:05:39.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, when I went to the school, this was\None of the classrooms in the school.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:39.75,0:05:41.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What we did with that school,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:41.78,0:05:46.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,-- I went to that school recently and\Ncouldn't recognize it's the same school--
Dialogue: 0,0:05:46.30,0:05:51.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We built toilets. So, finally there were\Ntoilets in the school after a 100 years.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:51.32,0:05:53.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We painted the school.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:53.05,0:05:55.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,On the day of the event,\NI remember
Dialogue: 0,0:05:55.38,0:06:00.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we had 5,000 people\Nwho came for this TEDxShekhavati.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:00.40,0:06:03.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:06:07.30,0:06:10.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some of the really good outcomes\Nfrom [this].
Dialogue: 0,0:06:10.32,0:06:15.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The 1st one was youth leadership\Nto groom youth leadership in villages.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:15.35,0:06:18.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, what I did was\NI had an idea of the event,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:18.38,0:06:20.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what I wanted to be like.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:20.40,0:06:25.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I took a guy and girl who I've taught\Nthrough my other education initiatives
Dialogue: 0,0:06:25.42,0:06:29.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I told them "This is the work that needs\Nto be done. Now, you do it your way."
Dialogue: 0,0:06:29.89,0:06:33.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They went and made\Nteams and sub teams.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:33.38,0:06:37.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Basically, what this event looks like\Nwas created by them.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:37.40,0:06:41.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, the women went house to house\Ntelling people about the event
Dialogue: 0,0:06:41.62,0:06:44.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,'cause we don't have social media.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:44.05,0:06:47.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People don't really, completely rely\Non newspapers.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:47.38,0:06:50.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, the women\Nwent to the beauty parlor.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:50.10,0:06:52.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And, they spoke\Nto the main lady there.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:52.72,0:06:55.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, when she was threading eye brows,\Nshe was like,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:55.65,0:06:57.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"So have you heard of TEDxShekhavati."
Dialogue: 0,0:06:57.88,0:07:00.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's how everybody\Ngot to hear about the event.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:00.70,0:07:04.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There was a woman who came to me\Nafter this conference.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:04.42,0:07:07.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She said, "I'm so impressed
Dialogue: 0,0:07:07.45,0:07:11.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I have enrolled\N5 of my daughters in the school."
Dialogue: 0,0:07:11.75,0:07:14.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One of my favorite moments\Nactually is
Dialogue: 0,0:07:14.28,0:07:18.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that one of our speakers, she spoke\Nabout women's rights.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:18.30,0:07:20.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,-- Sorry, that's the school
Dialogue: 0,0:07:20.02,0:07:22.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's what it looked like\Nfrom outside. --
Dialogue: 0,0:07:22.85,0:07:24.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, one of the speakers,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:24.58,0:07:28.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she spoke about women's rights\Nand place of a woman in society.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:28.80,0:07:33.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I didn't have any woman who came to me\Nand said, "That's really good."
Dialogue: 0,0:07:33.82,0:07:38.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had so many guys and men\Nwho came to me and said,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:38.35,0:07:41.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I'm so glad.\NThat had to be said."
Dialogue: 0,0:07:41.58,0:07:43.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, when I looked at all of this,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:43.80,0:07:47.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I feel that TEDxShekhavati\Nis just the beginning
Dialogue: 0,0:07:47.72,0:07:51.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to change a mind-set\Nthat is hundreds of years old.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:51.75,0:07:54.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's very, very difficult,\Nit's not easy.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:54.18,0:07:56.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And, it's not going to change\Nin 2 years.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:56.90,0:08:02.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But, what TEDxShekhavati has done\Nis that it is a window of change
Dialogue: 0,0:08:02.52,0:08:08.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to not only the incredible changes\Nhappening in India, but around the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:08.55,0:08:13.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I feel very stubborn in bringing this\Nto my people [and] to my community.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:13.38,0:08:17.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A lot of people asked me\N"How did you do this?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:17.74,0:08:19.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How did you face\Nall these problems?"
Dialogue: 0,0:08:19.72,0:08:24.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I look back, I have just one\Nand that's my true answer
Dialogue: 0,0:08:24.75,0:08:30.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I tell them, "What you are seeing is\Nthe oppositions and problems.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:30.18,0:08:34.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But when I was there,\NI couldn't see them.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:34.20,0:08:40.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The only thing that I could see\Nwas a time when people were happy,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:40.22,0:08:43.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they were positive\Nand they were open-minded.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:43.75,0:08:46.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I feel after everything\Neventually
Dialogue: 0,0:08:46.28,0:08:49.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this is what makes\Nall the difference.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:49.30,0:08:51.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:51.32,0:08:53.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)