well it’s wonderful to be here and I would like to thank
would like to thank
would like to thank FMS and TEDx for ruff making me part of
FMS and TEDx for ruff making me part of
FMS and TEDx for ruff making me part of this isn’t it a beautiful morning and
every day when I get up I look at life
every day when I get up I look at life and I see how beautiful it is
and I see how beautiful it is
and I see how beautiful it is look at this gift of life and it came to
look at this gift of life and it came to
look at this gift of life and it came to me on 12th of September 1976 when I was
me on 12th of September 1976 when I was
me on 12th of September 1976 when I was given a second lease of life and you’ll
given a second lease of life and you’ll
given a second lease of life and you’ll ask why I was trekking I was a keen
ask why I was trekking I was a keen
ask why I was trekking I was a keen trekker and at some height of 13,000
trekker and at some height of 13,000
trekker and at some height of 13,000 feet went into a state of just like that
feet went into a state of just like that
feet went into a state of just like that and I fell off and I went hurtling down
and I fell off and I went hurtling down
and I fell off and I went hurtling down had it not been for an ITBP guide I
had it not been for an ITBP guide I
had it not been for an ITBP guide I would not have been here before you
would not have been here before you
would not have been here before you today so I owe my life to the ITBP guide
today so I owe my life to the ITBP guide
today so I owe my life to the ITBP guide but I also it I also learned a lesson of
but I also it I also learned a lesson of
but I also it I also learned a lesson of how to appreciate every moment that we
how to appreciate every moment that we
how to appreciate every moment that we have in this life you never know what
have in this life you never know what
have in this life you never know what the second moment brings you but at the
the second moment brings you but at the
the second moment brings you but at the same time one gets so much involved with
same time one gets so much involved with
same time one gets so much involved with living life no adversities so you are
living life no adversities so you are
living life no adversities so you are absolutely on a different high and the
absolutely on a different high and the
absolutely on a different high and the second when adversity comes to you it
second when adversity comes to you it
second when adversity comes to you it really comes with a bang and it sort of
really comes with a bang and it sort of
really comes with a bang and it sort of literally that bubble is burst and that
literally that bubble is burst and that
literally that bubble is burst and that happened on 23rd of November 1977 just a
happened on 23rd of November 1977 just a
happened on 23rd of November 1977 just a year later when I sadly heard that there
year later when I sadly heard that there
year later when I sadly heard that there was a train accident and I had lost my
was a train accident and I had lost my
was a train accident and I had lost my father Bert and I went running
father Bert and I went running
father Bert and I went running I have just entered civil service I was
I have just entered civil service I was
I have just entered civil service I was part of the Indian audit and account
part of the Indian audit and account
part of the Indian audit and account service 1976 batch and I was also a well
service 1976 batch and I was also a well
service 1976 batch and I was also a well known young dancer but at the same time
known young dancer but at the same time
known young dancer but at the same time it was as though the ground under my
it was as though the ground under my
it was as though the ground under my feet had gone here I was full of life
feet had gone here I was full of life
feet had gone here I was full of life what more could you want
what more could you want
what more could you want you had your name as a young dancer
you had your name as a young dancer
you had your name as a young dancer recognized dancer dancing in all the
recognized dancer dancing in all the
recognized dancer dancing in all the festivals of India in different parts of
festivals of India in different parts of
festivals of India in different parts of the world you had your career you had
the world you had your career you had
the world you had your career you had just got into the civil services and you
just got into the civil services and you
just got into the civil services and you had finished your Rob training and what
had finished your Rob training and what
had finished your Rob training and what was on your first posting and there it
was on your first posting and there it
was on your first posting and there it was to see you’ve just seems the images
was to see you’ve just seems the images
was to see you’ve just seems the images of their mangled train and there it was
of their mangled train and there it was
of their mangled train and there it was I had to dish out my fish out my
I had to dish out my fish out my
I had to dish out my fish out my father’s and identify his body bring it
father’s and identify his body bring it
father’s and identify his body bring it back and imagine the age and then I had
back and imagine the age and then I had
back and imagine the age and then I had to go and light the fire and then after
to go and light the fire and then after
to go and light the fire and then after that it danced in there
that it danced in there
that it danced in there here I’m crying it was a day when I was
here I’m crying it was a day when I was
here I’m crying it was a day when I was I was alternating which we hope despair
I was alternating which we hope despair
I was alternating which we hope despair hope despair everything all kinds of
hope despair everything all kinds of
hope despair everything all kinds of feelings were going in through me and
feelings were going in through me and
feelings were going in through me and then after lighting the pyre two days
then after lighting the pyre two days
then after lighting the pyre two days later I had a performance in Matera
later I had a performance in Matera
later I had a performance in Matera festival so here was life again testing
festival so here was life again testing
festival so here was life again testing me immediately were one after the other
me immediately were one after the other
me immediately were one after the other the question was do I say no or do I go
the question was do I say no or do I go
the question was do I say no or do I go ahead with it I chose the latter went
ahead with it I chose the latter went
ahead with it I chose the latter went ahead with it and then I was on stage
ahead with it and then I was on stage
ahead with it and then I was on stage doing performances of Radha Krishna in
doing performances of Radha Krishna in
doing performances of Radha Krishna in acting out the beautiful romantic
acting out the beautiful romantic
acting out the beautiful romantic scenarios and inside I was crying it was
scenarios and inside I was crying it was
scenarios and inside I was crying it was a beautiful study within myself of
a beautiful study within myself of
a beautiful study within myself of opposite emotions but they that was life
opposite emotions but they that was life
opposite emotions but they that was life the other adversity struck much later
the other adversity struck much later
the other adversity struck much later we all all of us irrespective of what we
we all all of us irrespective of what we
we all all of us irrespective of what we feel we are struck by the external
feel we are struck by the external
feel we are struck by the external experiences we are impressed by external
experiences we are impressed by external
experiences we are impressed by external appearances we make our judgment
appearances we make our judgment
appearances we make our judgment instantaneously whether right or wrong
instantaneously whether right or wrong
instantaneously whether right or wrong but external appearances however much we
but external appearances however much we
but external appearances however much we denied but we are also prey to it one
denied but we are also prey to it one
denied but we are also prey to it one time or the other life again struck
time or the other life again struck
time or the other life again struck another note said oh you’ve had it too
another note said oh you’ve had it too
another note said oh you’ve had it too good for too long there it is here it is
good for too long there it is here it is
good for too long there it is here it is and one fine day I find that my knees
and one fine day I find that my knees
and one fine day I find that my knees had given way and I had hairline
had given way and I had hairline
had given way and I had hairline fractures all over that’s all what does
fractures all over that’s all what does
fractures all over that’s all what does one do I’m a dancer
one do I’m a dancer
one do I’m a dancer I need my feet too so here I am
I need my feet too so here I am
I need my feet too so here I am do you even till today I do have it
do you even till today I do have it
do you even till today I do have it hairline fractures all over but here we
hairline fractures all over but here we
hairline fractures all over but here we are but it I’ll ask you to reinvent
are but it I’ll ask you to reinvent
are but it I’ll ask you to reinvent yourself as how what your body is
yourself as how what your body is
yourself as how what your body is capable of then I’m talking about
capable of then I’m talking about
capable of then I’m talking about another I talked about appearances
another I talked about appearances
another I talked about appearances how we judge a person by what they are
how we judge a person by what they are
how we judge a person by what they are that sensitivity within you that
that sensitivity within you that
that sensitivity within you that sensitivity that is part of our Indian
sensitivity that is part of our Indian
sensitivity that is part of our Indian culture of the culture of this
culture of the culture of this
culture of the culture of this philosophy of our Indian subcontinent
philosophy of our Indian subcontinent
philosophy of our Indian subcontinent that that’s spirit of inquiry that is
that that’s spirit of inquiry that is
that that’s spirit of inquiry that is missing when our previous speaker just
missing when our previous speaker just
missing when our previous speaker just talked about why is it that India we are
talked about why is it that India we are
talked about why is it that India we are our education system I am talking about
our education system I am talking about
our education system I am talking about that sensitivity has to be within us we
that sensitivity has to be within us we
that sensitivity has to be within us we have to nurture it’s there we it is
have to nurture it’s there we it is
have to nurture it’s there we it is there but some way we have put a cover
there but some way we have put a cover
there but some way we have put a cover over it in our desire to be something
over it in our desire to be something
over it in our desire to be something that we are not when we are talking
that we are not when we are talking
that we are not when we are talking about what we want to be I would say
about what we want to be I would say
about what we want to be I would say that we have we should know our
that we have we should know our
that we have we should know our strengths and weaknesses
strengths and weaknesses
strengths and weaknesses we should have our goals set according
we should have our goals set according
we should have our goals set according to what we are capable of but and when
to what we are capable of but and when
to what we are capable of but and when we are capable about that while we are
we are capable about that while we are
we are capable about that while we are working on our strengths we cannot also
working on our strengths we cannot also
working on our strengths we cannot also just keep away our weaknesses because
just keep away our weaknesses because
just keep away our weaknesses because our weaknesses have to be addressed
our weaknesses have to be addressed
our weaknesses have to be addressed weakness it could be not only in terms
weakness it could be not only in terms
weakness it could be not only in terms of skills but it could also be in terms
of skills but it could also be in terms
of skills but it could also be in terms of attitudes our weaknesses in terms of
of attitudes our weaknesses in terms of
of attitudes our weaknesses in terms of we might fly off at a handle on any
we might fly off at a handle on any
we might fly off at a handle on any little issue so we have to address the
little issue so we have to address the
little issue so we have to address the weaknesses but yes we have to work on
weaknesses but yes we have to work on
weaknesses but yes we have to work on our strong point but we cannot lose
our strong point but we cannot lose
our strong point but we cannot lose track of either or Vivaan the other side
track of either or Vivaan the other side
track of either or Vivaan the other side and at the same time all the goals that
and at the same time all the goals that
and at the same time all the goals that we set for ourselves have to be
we set for ourselves have to be
we set for ourselves have to be extremely realistic then we another
extremely realistic then we another
extremely realistic then we another aspect that we come across is offer that
aspect that we come across is offer that
aspect that we come across is offer that time and again since I’m always dealing
time and again since I’m always dealing
time and again since I’m always dealing with my students I’m coming across peer
with my students I’m coming across peer
with my students I’m coming across peer pressure there is peer pressure up front
pressure there is peer pressure up front
pressure there is peer pressure up front if from that from this and from that and
if from that from this and from that and
if from that from this and from that and brandings
brandings
brandings and here I would like to just mention
and here I would like to just mention
and here I would like to just mention again it’s more little happening that
again it’s more little happening that
again it’s more little happening that happened when my son was about eight
happened when my son was about eight
happened when my son was about eight years old of course like any one of us
years old of course like any one of us
years old of course like any one of us he any child of that age he kept on he
he any child of that age he kept on he
he any child of that age he kept on he was fascinated by certain brands of
was fascinated by certain brands of
was fascinated by certain brands of shoes and on a hot and I didn’t know how
shoes and on a hot and I didn’t know how
shoes and on a hot and I didn’t know how to tell him not to go for brand-name and
to tell him not to go for brand-name and
to tell him not to go for brand-name and go for what is comfortable and should be
go for what is comfortable and should be
go for what is comfortable and should be because I was a little scared that if he
because I was a little scared that if he
because I was a little scared that if he grows now into brands then what will
grows now into brands then what will
grows now into brands then what will happen later on he has to develop as a
happen later on he has to develop as a
happen later on he has to develop as a human being and a reasoning human being
human being and a reasoning human being
human being and a reasoning human being himself and so we were in cannot place
himself and so we were in cannot place
himself and so we were in cannot place hot me summer afternoon and we were
hot me summer afternoon and we were
hot me summer afternoon and we were walking and he we went to this branded
walking and he we went to this branded
walking and he we went to this branded shop he that non branded shop saw it
shop he that non branded shop saw it
shop he that non branded shop saw it that branded shop saw there they finally
that branded shop saw there they finally
that branded shop saw there they finally he couldn’t make up his mind I kept on
he couldn’t make up his mind I kept on
he couldn’t make up his mind I kept on saying your feet are going to grow
saying your feet are going to grow
saying your feet are going to grow larger so why are you wanting to take
larger so why are you wanting to take
larger so why are you wanting to take something the
something the
something the this brand why don’t you because six
this brand why don’t you because six
this brand why don’t you because six months later I’ll have to buy you
months later I’ll have to buy you
months later I’ll have to buy you another pair of shoes so it went on
another pair of shoes so it went on
another pair of shoes so it went on finally and in the meantime you know
finally and in the meantime you know
finally and in the meantime you know cannot place there are little urchins
cannot place there are little urchins
cannot place there are little urchins coming and trying to sell you something
coming and trying to sell you something
coming and trying to sell you something coming and trying to so we’re we walked
coming and trying to so we’re we walked
coming and trying to so we’re we walked around I said finally let’s take off our
around I said finally let’s take off our
around I said finally let’s take off our shoes as you see I’ve taken off my
shoes as you see I’ve taken off my
shoes as you see I’ve taken off my chuckles I said let’s take off our
chuckles I said let’s take off our
chuckles I said let’s take off our chuckles and shoes and let’s walk like
chuckles and shoes and let’s walk like
chuckles and shoes and let’s walk like those urchins now when you’re walking
those urchins now when you’re walking
those urchins now when you’re walking inside an arcade it’s fine but try
inside an arcade it’s fine but try
inside an arcade it’s fine but try running across the Todd Road from this
running across the Todd Road from this
running across the Todd Road from this block to the other block it was mighty
block to the other block it was mighty
block to the other block it was mighty tough it was mighty tough and when that
tough it was mighty tough and when that
tough it was mighty tough and when that happened we just ran across then after a
happened we just ran across then after a
happened we just ran across then after a few minutes my son says you know in our
few minutes my son says you know in our
few minutes my son says you know in our traditional Indian philosophy we never
traditional Indian philosophy we never
traditional Indian philosophy we never said a hum we always said hum we so that
said a hum we always said hum we so that
said a hum we always said hum we so that there is a question of sense of of a
there is a question of sense of of a
there is a question of sense of of a certain politeness and you know and
certain politeness and you know and
certain politeness and you know and looking inward also and humility
looking inward also and humility
looking inward also and humility so in that it reminds me of Kabir
so in that it reminds me of Kabir
so in that it reminds me of Kabir Ghidorah giametta Tamburini giametta
Ghidorah giametta Tamburini giametta
Ghidorah giametta Tamburini giametta submarining of hurry – jamele thought of
submarining of hurry – jamele thought of
submarining of hurry – jamele thought of her in a hurry so we it is that the
her in a hurry so we it is that the
her in a hurry so we it is that the moment we submerge and is sub and allow
moment we submerge and is sub and allow
moment we submerge and is sub and allow that man to go and we become one with
that man to go and we become one with
that man to go and we become one with human myths and humane feelings I think
human myths and humane feelings I think
human myths and humane feelings I think we ourselves become much happier as
we ourselves become much happier as
we ourselves become much happier as individuals as human beings and in that
individuals as human beings and in that
individuals as human beings and in that sensitive and in that spirit of the of
sensitive and in that spirit of the of
sensitive and in that spirit of the of how we can if somebody can help a person
how we can if somebody can help a person
how we can if somebody can help a person in need I think we can all rise above it
in need I think we can all rise above it
in need I think we can all rise above it we can rise above those adversity
we can rise above those adversity
we can rise above those adversity we can rise above ourselves of creating
we can rise above ourselves of creating
we can rise above ourselves of creating and nurturing sensitivity we can rise
and nurturing sensitivity we can rise
and nurturing sensitivity we can rise above ourselves and help people and just
above ourselves and help people and just
above ourselves and help people and just understand that power and position is
understand that power and position is
understand that power and position is not everything and that humanity is the
not everything and that humanity is the
not everything and that humanity is the best and in that spirit I would if I
best and in that spirit I would if I
best and in that spirit I would if I have your permission may I just end it
have your permission may I just end it
have your permission may I just end it off on one little dance sequence of mine
off on one little dance sequence of mine
off on one little dance sequence of mine [Applause]
[Applause]
[Applause] may I get kururugi if I do something I
may I get kururugi if I do something I
may I get kururugi if I do something I don’t think it’s just done its there’s
don’t think it’s just done its there’s
don’t think it’s just done its there’s no song in it so I’ll let the dance
no song in it so I’ll let the dance
no song in it so I’ll let the dance speak for itself and since we are all
speak for itself and since we are all
speak for itself and since we are all Indians over here I think it is
Indians over here I think it is
Indians over here I think it is something from our mythology that I will
something from our mythology that I will
something from our mythology that I will do but it has it there is a very strong
do but it has it there is a very strong
do but it has it there is a very strong message and I’ll talk about that later
message and I’ll talk about that later
message and I’ll talk about that later as a concluding phrase and I don’t think
as a concluding phrase and I don’t think
as a concluding phrase and I don’t think Alda may I just start without explaining
Alda may I just start without explaining
Alda may I just start without explaining what I’m going to do ship ok
[Music]
[Music] [Applause]
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