A well educated mind vs a well formed mind: Dr. Shashi Tharoor at TEDxGateway 2013

Minister of State,Ministry of Human Resource Development,Government of India

An elected Member of Parliament, former Minister of State for External Affairs and former Under-Secretary-General to the United Nations, Dr. Shashi Tharoor is the prize-winning author of fourteen books, including the classic The Great Indian Novel (1989), India from Midnight to the Millennium (1997), Nehru: The Invention of India (2003) and most recently Pax Indica: India & the World of the 21st Century (2012).

A widely-published critic, commentator and columnist, Dr. Shashi Tharoor served the United Nations during a 29-year career in refugee work, peace-keeping,communications and public information and earnestly worked in the Secretary-General's office. In 2006, he was India's candidate to succeed Kofi Annan as UN Secretary-General. He has won India's highest honour for Overseas Indians, the Pravasi Bharatiya Samman, and numerous literary awards, including the Commonwealth Writers' Prize.

[jashrichhariya]

There is one thing legendary about Shashi Tharoor is that no matter what disagreements he had with the ruling party in India, when it comes to arguing with foreigners, he always represents and defends the whole India and Modi or whoever is related with India, he doesn't let the local arguments come in between the foreign debates. He represents India ❤

[ibrahims]

Youngest PhD holder at just 22 yrs. Definitely a prodigy!!
Indian politics deserves more from this guy!!!

[pooransinghsikarwar]

Honestly he is only deserving candidate for PM in congress party

[DesignDensity]

I'm an Iranian and I have always admired the Indians intelligence and how hard they work no matter where they live, not to mention their rich culture all the other good stuff they keep offering to the world.

All the best from bottom of my heart 👏😊

[kormsd]

Im from Croatia and during my schooling it was always repeated to me how Indian students are extremely smart and intelligent and I should strive to be better or they are going to take my job!I admire their new found thirst for even more knowledge, understanding and acceptance! Something I wish my own country had more of. It is incredibly humbling to see a talk by a man so invested into educating people not just with information but to reform their brain into a critical thinking brain that can solve problems and challenges that we face as people together! Much respect!

[tilakdhoble]

He should be our Education Minister...

[DrVinit]

*Me after seeing Shashi Tharoor’s name*

Turns subtitles on.

[purujeetpaliwal]

"IITs and IIMs are the islands of excellence in the sea of mediocrity" - Shashi Tharoor

This hit me hard.

[yogitajha]

If he became PM of india...then most probably Education system of our country will be on another level

[simonthomas]

Shashi Tharoor is every intellectual's wet dream: Brilliant, articulate, not to mention handsome in a very patrician way. He's got a voice and oratorical skills to die for. I mean he's an extremely accomplished author, writer, diplomat, politician and an actor to boot! A former Cabinet minister, former UN Undersecretary-general, human rights activist, so on and so forth. The guy is the Rajnikanth and Shah Rukh Khan and Salman Khan and Yo Yo Honey Singh for many among India's privileged, educated intellectual sections. :)

[enjoyingeverymoment]

"We don't need a well-filled mind, we need a well-formed mind"
Hats off to you sir.. 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩

[ratinderkaur]

I am in Canada preparing for my presentation but now that I know how to give a well-prepared presentation
1. Grabber- started with a question, a surprising statistic fact,
2. Topic intro-
3. great flow of knowledgeable content- good statements
4. Summarised
5. call to action
it is amazing.. honestly, I have never had a chance to learn all this in India, although I am a pretty fast learner and am absolutely enjoying learning here.

[vandini]

Revealing talk! How on earth does he remember all those facts? Despite all the heat media creates in his name, Shashi Tharoor is an Indian to be proud of.
The world, listen well. INDIA IS COMING!

[johndonnelly]

If Congress has a chance against Modiji, it is through this guy.

[deepaksaxena]

"IITs/IIMs... these have tended to be islands of excellence floating on a sea of mediocrity." - an apt summary of Indian higher education.

[udayshan]

We truly need such a Prime Minister of India. Intelligent, Clever, Thoughtful, Just great Brain, Successful and dedication to the nation. Great Indian.

[alefiyachawala]

I'm literally having a crush on this man's vocabulary and the way he is pushing his hair back😂he's got better hair than youngsters nowadays

[Abstract.x]

Im not from india but I love listening to this intellectual. He is a brilliant and open-minded leader.

[BeHappy-rqql]

I believe he is the only fully solely educated politician who can understand todays generation 🙏

[HarryArnold-tqsx]

My husband and I were fortunate enough to be able to pay off our mortgage early. We were both still working, and took the payment amount that we had been using to pay off our mortgage faster and we put it straight into investments. We were able to retire early because of almost 7 years of putting away what would have been our mortgage payment as well as maxing out our 401K/403B plans. Thankfully we were taught by both of our parents the value of living within our means. Thank you for your advice. I know it will help people. we are interested in investments that could set me up for retirement, I mean I've heard of people that netted hundreds of thousands during these crash, I listened to someone on a podcast who earned over $650K in less than a year, what's the strategy behind such returns?