Why think out of the box? Let there not be a box. That seems to be the foundation for the theme of TEDxChennai 2016 — Erasing the Box.
Life lessons can be learnt where else but from life itself — day-to-day activities teach us ways to get ahead.
Be it from rowing for Krishna Mohan Ramachandran, oarsman and COO of Eco Earth, an NGO; or from a bunch of children for Kirthi Jayakumar, founder of Red Elephant Foundation; or the tongue-in-cheek humour with which writer Manu Joseph defined friendships, particularly of the social media kind — all had lessons for the young participants at TEDx on Sunday.
At the event presented by Infosys, in which
Jayakumar spoke about two children in a class — a bully and the bullied — giving vent to their feelings as they went to school from a troubled home.
“The idea behind TEDxChennai is to encourage new thinking and spark conversations,” said Kritika Jain, licensee and curator of TEDxChennai. “We aim to create a conversation between the thinkers, doers and change makers of our community.”
The experience was “amazing and we would like to have more of this kind in Chennai”, said Ashish, a participant.
“It was very inspiring, especially about the women empowerment,” said another participant, Jyoti.