When TED India was announced, we knew it would be one of the best conferences. Many of our readers wanted to attend but couldn’t. For the benefit of our readers and friends, we created a Dashboard which had the latest blog posts, live pictures, real time tweets and much more at http://TEDIndia.blogadda.com. We followed that post with information about the Twitter profiles and Blogs of the TED India Fellows and TED India speakers. We now present to you the best tweets and quotes from TED India which will convey the audience reactions and knowledge gained from the event.
@Infosys
Hans Rosling: The message for India:Dont forget the poor in Uttar Pradesh! #Diversity is India’s primary strength
@RichardAlderson
If you want to talk about issues that are important to the world, it has to be done in the form of art – Mallika Sarabhai
@mhisham
“Art has to be entertaining first, everything else, is secondary” quote by Mallika Sarabhai…….
@TEDIndia
R.A. Mashelkar: To innovate, we need to learn how to get “more from less.………………………………………………..
@amnigos
Not just Innovation but compassion & passion are needed to create value for many – R. A. Mashelkar…………………….
@TEDIndia
Tony Hsieh (Zappos CEO): Inspire ur employees by building a culture they want to be a part of.
@leohemanth
Tony Hsieh:-Step back from business and ask yourself, “What is my goal in life?”………………….
@brainpicker
“Farmers alone seem forgotten. But farmers aggregated are a force.” Intuit’s Scott Cook
@bits_pankaj
Scott Cook: Farmers in India often don’t have access to price data — we capture that data & text it to their mobile phones
@MoneyMunot
Amazing!!! Harsha Bhogle was at #TEDIndia just a while back and now commentating at the game! Ind vs Aus!!
@toxicadiva
Haha Harsha Bhogle on Cheerleaders of IPL – “everyone secretly watchd em but everyone claimed not to” LOL
@brainpicker
Cricket is the world’s longest-running soap opera.” – Harsha Bhogle ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
@TEDNews
Pranav Mistry: Imagination is the only limit in merging this technology with real life. .
@FollowSamir
Ryan Lobo: Storytelling is about focusing on what’s dignified and courageous, no matter what the context
@maritacheng
Chris Anderson has such a lovely soul – so humble and giving. @TEDChris Thanks for bringing us TED!
@prkworld
It’s not the country with a bigger army that wins, it’s the country that tells a better story
@robots_dreams
The meaning of your life is what you make of it: RT @followsamir: Lakshmi Pratury: “We should all be billionaires of moments.” #TEDIndia
@followsamir
In a diverse plural democracy like India, you don’t have to agree on everything; you have to have a consensus on how to disagree
@deepakurup
Three people around me have fallen asleep. Funny how 18 minutes can be so long sometimes, and all too short at other times
@Gauravonomics
Three ideas rediscovered at #tedindia: 1) Live many parallel lives 2) Tell stories to inspire 3) Stay open to inspiration.
@dina
Abhay Deol – thinking woman’s eye candy (paraphrased by Shandana). He’s cute. And seems a lil nervous #tedindia
@annekejong
“this is the first time in all my years of driving in india that i’ve had a police escort.” – our driver
@pragzter
Man, the Infosys Campus is a bit much!! This kind of cleanliness is enviable, and yet doesn’t feel like India!!
@dina
if the city gives to the children, in the future, children will give back to the city
@infosys
Pledge that we will take the good from this conference and spread that and plant it around the world – Karmapa
@tedxshekhawati
We develop grand concepts of happiness, but there are little symbols of happiness in the breath we take – Karmapa
Also here are some interesting session coverage posts from the official TED blog:
1. “Within You, Without You,” the final session of TEDIndia
2. Our Very own Shashi Tharoor
3. The power of Stories
We trust you would have enjoyed the tweets as much as we did compiling them for you. TED fellows received a special goodie bag from TED with Nokia E71, 1500$ gift vouchers and so much more, the attendees did as well with some of the world’s best products. More importantly, they received so much gyaan from the speakers and made friends with fellow TEDsters. If you find more tweets interesting, do let us know in the comments and we will add over here.