[Music] by asking all of you a question and the
by asking all of you a question and the
by asking all of you a question and the question is that how many of you
question is that how many of you
question is that how many of you genuinely are concerned about the
genuinely are concerned about the
genuinely are concerned about the pollution in the city please raise your
pollution in the city please raise your
pollution in the city please raise your hands my second question is that how
hands my second question is that how
hands my second question is that how many of you really are concerned about
many of you really are concerned about
many of you really are concerned about the fact that a lot of people are under
the fact that a lot of people are under
the fact that a lot of people are under the poverty line in India the rest of
the poverty line in India the rest of
the poverty line in India the rest of you are not concerned how I want to
you are not concerned how I want to
you are not concerned how I want to start my talk is by saying that if I
start my talk is by saying that if I
start my talk is by saying that if I keep on I’m sorry asking you these
keep on I’m sorry asking you these
keep on I’m sorry asking you these questions for the rest of the evening
questions for the rest of the evening
questions for the rest of the evening you will keep on raising hands because
you will keep on raising hands because
you will keep on raising hands because you will all agree with me on certain
you will all agree with me on certain
you will all agree with me on certain shared concerns certain problems
shared concerns certain problems
shared concerns certain problems possibly some solutions and if I repeat
possibly some solutions and if I repeat
possibly some solutions and if I repeat the social experiment city after city
the social experiment city after city
the social experiment city after city country after country I will get a
country after country I will get a
country after country I will get a similar response so what keeps what puts
similar response so what keeps what puts
similar response so what keeps what puts me to wonder is that if we all you and
me to wonder is that if we all you and
me to wonder is that if we all you and me are in consensus about the things
me are in consensus about the things
me are in consensus about the things that are wrong our problems then why is
that are wrong our problems then why is
that are wrong our problems then why is it that we continue to live in problems
it that we continue to live in problems
it that we continue to live in problems that we all agree should not exist then
that we all agree should not exist then
that we all agree should not exist then why is it that our Prime Minister has to
why is it that our Prime Minister has to
why is it that our Prime Minister has to come out and say keep your public spaces
come out and say keep your public spaces
come out and say keep your public spaces clean and why is it that there are so
clean and why is it that there are so
clean and why is it that there are so many people who go to sleep every night
many people who go to sleep every night
many people who go to sleep every night without a meal I think from my personal
without a meal I think from my personal
without a meal I think from my personal experience from my humble personal
experience from my humble personal
experience from my humble personal experience I think that whenever we see
experience I think that whenever we see
experience I think that whenever we see a situation which does not impact us
a situation which does not impact us
a situation which does not impact us directly our general attitude towards is
directly our general attitude towards is
directly our general attitude towards is this someone should do something about
this someone should do something about
this someone should do something about this it was not that I I mean I’m
this it was not that I I mean I’m
this it was not that I I mean I’m inventing this or this thing this is
inventing this or this thing this is
inventing this or this thing this is just a attitude problem that I also had
just a attitude problem that I also had
just a attitude problem that I also had about a couple of years back and
about a couple of years back and
about a couple of years back and something changed which was the evening
something changed which was the evening
something changed which was the evening conversation with a gentleman who had
conversation with a gentleman who had
conversation with a gentleman who had visited Jessel made to my hotel I was
visited Jessel made to my hotel I was
visited Jessel made to my hotel I was standing in the courtyard I asked him
standing in the courtyard I asked him
standing in the courtyard I asked him that sir
that sir
that sir how is been you stay here and he went
how is been you stay here and he went
how is been you stay here and he went straight faced he said I’m never going
straight faced he said I’m never going
straight faced he said I’m never going to visit just the mayor again and your
to visit just the mayor again and your
to visit just the mayor again and your city sucks now I was partially
city sucks now I was partially
city sucks now I was partially embarrassed because you know it’s it’s
embarrassed because you know it’s it’s
embarrassed because you know it’s it’s it’s not a nice feeling when someone
it’s not a nice feeling when someone
it’s not a nice feeling when someone comes and ridicule
comes and ridicule
comes and ridicule your city or country but also I was
your city or country but also I was
your city or country but also I was partially concerned because if people
partially concerned because if people
partially concerned because if people wrote Jessel Madoff there would be no
wrote Jessel Madoff there would be no
wrote Jessel Madoff there would be no business to my hotel and I realized that
business to my hotel and I realized that
business to my hotel and I realized that we are all part of a connected ecosystem
we are all part of a connected ecosystem
we are all part of a connected ecosystem and suddenly someone should do something
and suddenly someone should do something
and suddenly someone should do something about this became for me I should do
about this became for me I should do
about this became for me I should do whatever I can to take care of this and
whatever I can to take care of this and
whatever I can to take care of this and this is what we did so let me read a
this is what we did so let me read a
this is what we did so let me read a value our Sofia or Luke Walker allah
value our Sofia or Luke Walker allah
value our Sofia or Luke Walker allah kiya keys of korea ora yeah that’s how
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[Applause] this was a little thing as soon as I
this was a little thing as soon as I
this was a little thing as soon as I changed my attitude towards the problem
changed my attitude towards the problem
changed my attitude towards the problem and I said I should do whatever I can
and I said I should do whatever I can
and I said I should do whatever I can about this and since then I have done
about this and since then I have done
about this and since then I have done multiple projects to do with women
multiple projects to do with women
multiple projects to do with women empowerment to do with the drainage
empowerment to do with the drainage
empowerment to do with the drainage problem at the Fort the conditions of
problem at the Fort the conditions of
problem at the Fort the conditions of various stone artisans so I encouraged
various stone artisans so I encouraged
various stone artisans so I encouraged them to collaborate with international
them to collaborate with international
them to collaborate with international designers we have done a fantastic music
designers we have done a fantastic music
designers we have done a fantastic music album which is going to be out very soon
album which is going to be out very soon
album which is going to be out very soon with the local singers we did stuff with
with the local singers we did stuff with
with the local singers we did stuff with the hospital we did with some flee the
the hospital we did with some flee the
the hospital we did with some flee the rise time police against the touts we
rise time police against the touts we
rise time police against the touts we did stuff with rice and tourism for the
did stuff with rice and tourism for the
did stuff with rice and tourism for the desert festival and my point in saying
desert festival and my point in saying
desert festival and my point in saying all of this was that with a very simple
all of this was that with a very simple
all of this was that with a very simple change in your mindset everything
change in your mindset everything
change in your mindset everything suddenly becomes possible moving swiftly
suddenly becomes possible moving swiftly
suddenly becomes possible moving swiftly forwards these were things about a
forwards these were things about a
forwards these were things about a community about some people what do you
community about some people what do you
community about some people what do you do when you face larger issues like
do when you face larger issues like
do when you face larger issues like pollution like like intolerance or water
pollution like like intolerance or water
pollution like like intolerance or water conservation I would like to inform you
conservation I would like to inform you
conservation I would like to inform you that it still holds true and this is a
that it still holds true and this is a
that it still holds true and this is a project that I am currently working on
[Music]
[Music] by 2013 we made a lake and since then
the lake collects over 300 million
the lake collects over 300 million liters of water rainwater it has become
liters of water rainwater it has become
liters of water rainwater it has become home to new flora and fauna which never
home to new flora and fauna which never
home to new flora and fauna which never came before it has recharged old
came before it has recharged old
came before it has recharged old abandoned Wells which has revived
abandoned Wells which has revived
abandoned Wells which has revived farming in the region this land ladies
farming in the region this land ladies
farming in the region this land ladies gentlemen had less than 1/3 per acre in
gentlemen had less than 1/3 per acre in
gentlemen had less than 1/3 per acre in 2016 we decided to grow a forest
I’m happy to inform you that we have
I’m happy to inform you that we have already planted over 65,000 trees and we
already planted over 65,000 trees and we
already planted over 65,000 trees and we intend to plant 3 million
just one small step can change many
just one small step can change many things and this is example these are all
things and this is example these are all
things and this is example these are all google images you can see it for
google images you can see it for
google images you can see it for yourself
those were two from 2013 to 2015
those were two from 2013 to 2015 so here is how would like to say I did
so here is how would like to say I did
so here is how would like to say I did this not because I want to win some
this not because I want to win some
this not because I want to win some prize or this thing I have a
prize or this thing I have a
prize or this thing I have a one-year-old daughter and I do not want
one-year-old daughter and I do not want
one-year-old daughter and I do not want her to be growing up in an environment
her to be growing up in an environment
her to be growing up in an environment where she smokes she see in here it’s 40
where she smokes she see in here it’s 40
where she smokes she see in here it’s 40 cigarettes without smoking one and and
cigarettes without smoking one and and
cigarettes without smoking one and and the fact that I’m always worried about
the fact that I’m always worried about
the fact that I’m always worried about her health because the water round is
her health because the water round is
her health because the water round is contaminated I want to run I want just
contaminated I want to run I want just
contaminated I want to run I want just like you that she runs after butterflies
like you that she runs after butterflies
like you that she runs after butterflies and and see stars and climbs trees and
and and see stars and climbs trees and
and and see stars and climbs trees and and the fact that she’s not logged in a
and the fact that she’s not logged in a
and the fact that she’s not logged in a stupid room with the air purifier with
stupid room with the air purifier with
stupid room with the air purifier with wiggling on her iPad I do not want that
wiggling on her iPad I do not want that
wiggling on her iPad I do not want that and that was for me reason enough to
and that was for me reason enough to
and that was for me reason enough to embark on something like that
embark on something like that
embark on something like that and this is exactly the point I want to
and this is exactly the point I want to
and this is exactly the point I want to make tonight with my talk which is that
make tonight with my talk which is that
make tonight with my talk which is that change that we want all of us want is
change that we want all of us want is
change that we want all of us want is never going to happen if we keep
never going to happen if we keep
never going to happen if we keep thinking about it and the fact that we
thinking about it and the fact that we
thinking about it and the fact that we imagine that someone else is going to
imagine that someone else is going to
imagine that someone else is going to bring it it will not happen change will
bring it it will not happen change will
bring it it will not happen change will happen when you and I work towards and
happen when you and I work towards and
happen when you and I work towards and make it happen
make it happen
make it happen it is just like eating food when you are
it is just like eating food when you are
it is just like eating food when you are hungry somebody else eating food does
hungry somebody else eating food does
hungry somebody else eating food does not help you when you’re doing this you
not help you when you’re doing this you
not help you when you’re doing this you will also find a lot of cynical people
will also find a lot of cynical people
will also find a lot of cynical people the cynical side of your head and the
the cynical side of your head and the
the cynical side of your head and the people around you and they will say I
people around you and they will say I
people around you and they will say I keep native on my case go yah-hey
keep native on my case go yah-hey
keep native on my case go yah-hey they’ll say that akela gator Nasik yoga
they’ll say that akela gator Nasik yoga
they’ll say that akela gator Nasik yoga or something you know you can just put
or something you know you can just put
or something you know you can just put all those people who shut because if you
all those people who shut because if you
all those people who shut because if you listen to them you will never be able to
listen to them you will never be able to
listen to them you will never be able to do anything at all I would like to
do anything at all I would like to
do anything at all I would like to conclude by saying that the next time
conclude by saying that the next time
conclude by saying that the next time you can take a metro take a metro you
you can take a metro take a metro you
you can take a metro take a metro you can pull a card kula cards you can teach
can pull a card kula cards you can teach
can pull a card kula cards you can teach your house helps daughter for an
your house helps daughter for an
your house helps daughter for an examination do that
examination do that
examination do that you want to take a bucket bath do that
you want to take a bucket bath do that
you want to take a bucket bath do that if you want to sort out garbage
if you want to sort out garbage
if you want to sort out garbage Bin’s do that what I want to say is that
Bin’s do that what I want to say is that
Bin’s do that what I want to say is that it does not matter really the impact
it does not matter really the impact
it does not matter really the impact that you create with your actions what
that you create with your actions what
that you create with your actions what matters is that what whatever you have
matters is that what whatever you have
matters is that what whatever you have you have given it at your 100% to create
you have given it at your 100% to create
you have given it at your 100% to create that impact that is what matters
that impact that is what matters
that impact that is what matters because when you do something I do
because when you do something I do
because when you do something I do something he does something all of this
something he does something all of this
something he does something all of this combines to make a big difference and
combines to make a big difference and
combines to make a big difference and that ladies and gentlemen in my humble
that ladies and gentlemen in my humble
that ladies and gentlemen in my humble opinion is an idea worth sharing thank
opinion is an idea worth sharing thank
opinion is an idea worth sharing thank you
you
you [Applause]
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