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Dialogue: 0,0:00:01.09,0:00:02.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,About 75 years ago,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:02.78,0:00:05.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my grandfather, a young man,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:05.34,0:00:07.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,walked into a tent
Dialogue: 0,0:00:07.25,0:00:08.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that was converted into a
Dialogue: 0,0:00:08.74,0:00:10.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,movie theater like that,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:10.45,0:00:12.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he fell hopelessly in love
Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.65,0:00:13.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the woman he saw on the
Dialogue: 0,0:00:13.98,0:00:17.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,silver screen: none other than Mae West,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.31,0:00:19.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the heartthrob of the '30s,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.23,0:00:21.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he could never forget her.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.27,0:00:23.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact, when he had his daughter
Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.19,0:00:25.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,many years later, he wanted to
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.38,0:00:26.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,name her after Mae West,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.80,0:00:28.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but can you imagine an Indian
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.38,0:00:29.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,child name Mae West?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.92,0:00:31.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Indian family said, no way!
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.60,0:00:34.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So when my twin brother Kaesava
Dialogue: 0,0:00:34.54,0:00:37.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was born, he decided to tinker
Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.05,0:00:38.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the spelling of Keshava's name.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.76,0:00:42.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He said, if Mae West can be M-A-E,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.48,0:00:46.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,why can't Keshava be K-A-E?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.01,0:00:48.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So he changed Kaesava's spelling.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.25,0:00:50.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now Kaesava had a baby boy
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.32,0:00:52.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,called Rehan a couple of weeks ago.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.52,0:00:54.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He decided to spell, or, rather,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.75,0:00:56.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,misspell Raehan with an A-E.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.83,0:00:58.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, my grandfather died
Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.97,0:01:00.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,many years ago when I was
Dialogue: 0,0:01:00.33,0:01:02.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,little, but his love for Mae
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.17,0:01:04.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,West lives on as a misspelling
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.64,0:01:06.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the DNA of his progeny.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.42,0:01:09.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That for me is successful legacy. (Laughs)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.56,0:01:11.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, as for me,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.20,0:01:12.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my wife and I have our own
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.43,0:01:14.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,crazy legacy project.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.04,0:01:16.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We actually sit every few years,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.23,0:01:18.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,argue, disagree, fight,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.60,0:01:20.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and actually come up with our
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.44,0:01:22.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,very own 200-year plan.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.46,0:01:24.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our friends think we're mad.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.42,0:01:25.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our parents think we're cuckoo.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.91,0:01:27.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because, you know, we both
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.24,0:01:28.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,come from families that really
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.61,0:01:31.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,look up to humility and wisdom,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.61,0:01:33.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but we both like to live
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.24,0:01:34.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,larger than life.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.58,0:01:36.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I believe in the concept of
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.09,0:01:38.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a Raja Yogi: Be a dude before
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.85,0:01:40.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can become an ascetic.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.16,0:01:41.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is me being a rock star,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.66,0:01:43.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even if it's in my own house.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.28,0:01:44.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.55,0:01:46.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So when Netra and I sat down
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.26,0:01:47.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to make our first plan
Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.72,0:01:49.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,10 years ago, we said
Dialogue: 0,0:01:49.70,0:01:51.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we want the focus of this plan
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.80,0:01:53.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to go way beyond ourselves.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.62,0:01:56.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What do we mean by beyond ourselves?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.28,0:01:59.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well 200 years, we calculated,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.31,0:02:01.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is at the end of our direct
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.48,0:02:02.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,contact with the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.65,0:02:04.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's nobody I'll meet in
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.01,0:02:06.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my life will ever live beyond
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.32,0:02:08.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,200 years, so we thought
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.23,0:02:09.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's a perfect place where
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.42,0:02:11.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we should situate our plan and
Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.33,0:02:13.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,let our imagination take flight.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.06,0:02:14.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, I never really
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.60,0:02:16.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,believed in legacy. What am I
Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.29,0:02:18.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,going to leave behind? I'm an artist.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.28,0:02:21.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Until I made a cartoon about 9/11.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.57,0:02:24.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It caused so much trouble for me.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:24.22,0:02:25.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was so upset.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.63,0:02:28.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, a cartoon that was
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.11,0:02:29.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,meant to be a cartoon of the week
Dialogue: 0,0:02:29.78,0:02:33.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ended up staying so much longer.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.01,0:02:35.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now I'm in the business of
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.16,0:02:36.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,creating art that will
Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.84,0:02:39.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,definitely even outlive me, and
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.20,0:02:40.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think about what I want to
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.86,0:02:42.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,leave behind through those paintings.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:42.90,0:02:44.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, the 9/11 cartoon
Dialogue: 0,0:02:44.90,0:02:48.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,upset me so much that I decided
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.19,0:02:49.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'll never cartoon again.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.73,0:02:50.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I said, I'm never going to make any
Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.94,0:02:52.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,honest public commentary again.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.86,0:02:55.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But of course I continued
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.35,0:02:57.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,creating artwork that was honest
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.29,0:02:59.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and raw, because I forgot about
Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.47,0:03:01.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how people reacted to my work.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:01.68,0:03:03.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, sometimes forgetting
Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.26,0:03:06.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is so important to remain idealistic.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.25,0:03:08.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Perhaps loss of memory is so
Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.99,0:03:10.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,crucial for our survival
Dialogue: 0,0:03:10.93,0:03:12.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as human beings.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.30,0:03:14.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One of the most important things
Dialogue: 0,0:03:14.15,0:03:16.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in my 200-year plan that Netra
Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.06,0:03:18.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I write is what to forget
Dialogue: 0,0:03:18.44,0:03:19.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about ourselves.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:19.76,0:03:21.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, we carry so much
Dialogue: 0,0:03:21.18,0:03:22.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,baggage, from our parents,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.59,0:03:24.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from our society, from so many
Dialogue: 0,0:03:24.59,0:03:28.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people -- fears, insecurities -- and
Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.34,0:03:30.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our 200-year plan really lists
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.19,0:03:33.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all our childhood problems that we have to expire.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.24,0:03:34.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We actually put an expiry date
Dialogue: 0,0:03:34.75,0:03:37.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on all our childhood problems.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:37.22,0:03:39.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The latest date I put was,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.08,0:03:41.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I said, I am going to expire
Dialogue: 0,0:03:41.85,0:03:44.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my fear of my leftist, feminist
Dialogue: 0,0:03:44.39,0:03:46.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,mother-in-law, and this
Dialogue: 0,0:03:46.80,0:03:49.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,today is the date! (Laughs)
Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.92,0:03:51.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She's watching. (Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:03:51.51,0:03:56.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Anyway, you know, I really
Dialogue: 0,0:03:56.36,0:03:58.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,make decisions all the time
Dialogue: 0,0:03:58.36,0:03:59.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about how I want to remember
Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.94,0:04:03.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,myself, and that's the most important
Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.22,0:04:04.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,kind of decisions I make.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:04.74,0:04:06.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this directly translates
Dialogue: 0,0:04:06.61,0:04:07.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into my paintings.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.93,0:04:10.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But like my friends, I can do
Dialogue: 0,0:04:10.07,0:04:11.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that really well on Facebook,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:11.65,0:04:13.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Pinterest, Twitter, Flickr, YouTube.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:13.57,0:04:15.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Name it, I'm on it.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:15.00,0:04:17.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've started outsourcing my
Dialogue: 0,0:04:17.08,0:04:18.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,memory to the digital world,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:18.67,0:04:20.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know? But that comes
Dialogue: 0,0:04:20.11,0:04:21.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with a problem.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.21,0:04:22.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's so easy to think of
Dialogue: 0,0:04:22.84,0:04:24.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,technology as a metaphor
Dialogue: 0,0:04:24.14,0:04:26.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for memory, but our brains
Dialogue: 0,0:04:26.49,0:04:28.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are not perfect storage devices
Dialogue: 0,0:04:28.44,0:04:29.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like technology.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:29.24,0:04:30.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We only remember what we
Dialogue: 0,0:04:30.78,0:04:32.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,want to. At least I do.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:32.03,0:04:34.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I rather think of our brains
Dialogue: 0,0:04:34.53,0:04:36.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as biased curators of our
Dialogue: 0,0:04:36.93,0:04:39.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,memory, you know? And if
Dialogue: 0,0:04:39.77,0:04:41.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,technology is not a metaphor for
Dialogue: 0,0:04:41.60,0:04:43.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,memory, what is it?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:43.23,0:04:46.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Netra and I use our technology
Dialogue: 0,0:04:46.24,0:04:48.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as a tool in our 200-year plan
Dialogue: 0,0:04:48.81,0:04:52.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to really curate our digital legacy.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:52.33,0:04:55.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is a picture of my mother,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:55.35,0:04:58.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and she recently got a Facebook account.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:58.10,0:04:59.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know where this is going.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:59.87,0:05:01.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I've been very supportive
Dialogue: 0,0:05:01.70,0:05:04.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,until this picture shows up
Dialogue: 0,0:05:04.08,0:05:05.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on my Facebook page. (Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:05:05.65,0:05:08.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I actually untagged myself
Dialogue: 0,0:05:08.91,0:05:10.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,first, then I picked up the
Dialogue: 0,0:05:10.37,0:05:11.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,phone. I said, "Mom, you will
Dialogue: 0,0:05:11.73,0:05:12.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,never put a picture of me
Dialogue: 0,0:05:12.84,0:05:14.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a bikini ever again."
Dialogue: 0,0:05:14.13,0:05:17.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And she said, "Why? You look
Dialogue: 0,0:05:17.06,0:05:19.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so cute, darling." I said,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:19.18,0:05:20.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"You just don't understand."
Dialogue: 0,0:05:20.97,0:05:22.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Maybe we are among the first
Dialogue: 0,0:05:22.96,0:05:24.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,generation that really understands
Dialogue: 0,0:05:24.28,0:05:26.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this digital curating of ourselves.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:26.47,0:05:28.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Maybe we are the first to even
Dialogue: 0,0:05:28.03,0:05:30.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,actively record our lives.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:30.27,0:05:31.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, whether you
Dialogue: 0,0:05:31.82,0:05:33.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,agree with, you know, legacy
Dialogue: 0,0:05:33.97,0:05:36.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or not, we are actually leaving
Dialogue: 0,0:05:36.12,0:05:38.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,behind digital traces all the time.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:38.47,0:05:40.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So Netra and I really wanted
Dialogue: 0,0:05:40.52,0:05:41.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to use our 200-year plan
Dialogue: 0,0:05:41.88,0:05:44.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to curate this digital legacy,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:44.06,0:05:45.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and not only digital legacy
Dialogue: 0,0:05:45.90,0:05:47.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but we believe in curating
Dialogue: 0,0:05:47.06,0:05:48.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the legacy of my past
Dialogue: 0,0:05:48.95,0:05:50.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and future.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:50.13,0:05:51.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How, you may ask?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:51.96,0:05:55.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, when I think of the future,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:55.53,0:05:57.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I never see myself moving forward
Dialogue: 0,0:05:57.72,0:05:59.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in time. I actually see time
Dialogue: 0,0:05:59.76,0:06:01.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,moving backward towards me.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:01.83,0:06:03.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can actually visualize
Dialogue: 0,0:06:03.23,0:06:04.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my future approaching.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:04.58,0:06:06.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can dodge what I don't want
Dialogue: 0,0:06:06.69,0:06:08.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and pull in what I want.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:08.18,0:06:09.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's like a video game obstacle
Dialogue: 0,0:06:09.49,0:06:11.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,course. And I've gotten better and better
Dialogue: 0,0:06:11.98,0:06:13.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at doing this. Even when I make
Dialogue: 0,0:06:13.81,0:06:15.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a painting, I actually imagine
Dialogue: 0,0:06:15.84,0:06:17.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm behind the painting,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:17.88,0:06:19.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it already exists, and
Dialogue: 0,0:06:19.06,0:06:20.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,someone's looking at it,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:20.27,0:06:21.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I see whether they're
Dialogue: 0,0:06:21.36,0:06:22.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,feeling it from their gut.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:22.98,0:06:24.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Are they feeling it from their
Dialogue: 0,0:06:24.22,0:06:26.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,heart, or is it just a cerebral thing?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:26.88,0:06:28.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it really informs my painting.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:28.99,0:06:30.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even when I do an art show,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:30.18,0:06:31.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I really think about, what should
Dialogue: 0,0:06:31.21,0:06:32.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people walk away with?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:32.76,0:06:35.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I remember when I was 19,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:35.70,0:06:37.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I did, I wanted to do my first
Dialogue: 0,0:06:37.83,0:06:41.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,art exhibition, and I wanted the
Dialogue: 0,0:06:41.03,0:06:42.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whole world to know about it.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:42.44,0:06:43.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I didn't know TED then,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:43.89,0:06:45.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but what I did was I closed
Dialogue: 0,0:06:45.89,0:06:47.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my eyes tight, and I started
Dialogue: 0,0:06:47.66,0:06:49.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,dreaming. I could imagine people
Dialogue: 0,0:06:49.93,0:06:51.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,coming in, dressed up, looking
Dialogue: 0,0:06:51.47,0:06:53.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,beautiful, my paintings with all
Dialogue: 0,0:06:53.50,0:06:56.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the light, and in my visualization
Dialogue: 0,0:06:56.22,0:06:58.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I actually saw a very famous
Dialogue: 0,0:06:58.07,0:07:00.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,actress launching my show,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:00.24,0:07:01.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,giving credibility to me.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:01.74,0:07:03.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I woke up from my
Dialogue: 0,0:07:03.80,0:07:05.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,visualization and I said,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:05.06,0:07:06.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who was that? I couldn't tell
Dialogue: 0,0:07:06.79,0:07:09.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if it was Shabana Azmi or Rekha,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:09.03,0:07:11.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,two very famous Indian actresses,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:11.24,0:07:13.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like the Meryl Streeps of India.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:13.09,0:07:15.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As it turned out, next morning
Dialogue: 0,0:07:15.45,0:07:17.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wrote a letter to both of them,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:17.17,0:07:19.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Shabana Azmi replied,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:19.12,0:07:20.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and came and launched
Dialogue: 0,0:07:20.89,0:07:23.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my very first show 12 years ago.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:23.95,0:07:26.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what a bang it started
Dialogue: 0,0:07:26.18,0:07:27.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my career with! You know,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:27.98,0:07:30.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when we think of time in this
Dialogue: 0,0:07:30.40,0:07:32.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,way, we can curate not only the
Dialogue: 0,0:07:32.72,0:07:36.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,future but also the past.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:36.24,0:07:38.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is a picture of my family,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:38.44,0:07:41.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that is Netra, my wife.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:41.06,0:07:42.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She's the co-creator of my
Dialogue: 0,0:07:42.70,0:07:44.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,200-year plan.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:44.18,0:07:46.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Netra's a high school history
Dialogue: 0,0:07:46.22,0:07:48.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,teacher. I love Netra,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:48.16,0:07:49.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I hate history.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:49.98,0:07:51.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I keep saying, "Nets, you live
Dialogue: 0,0:07:51.89,0:07:53.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the past while I'll create
Dialogue: 0,0:07:53.54,0:07:55.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the future, and when I'm done,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:55.54,0:07:57.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can study about it."
Dialogue: 0,0:07:57.03,0:07:58.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:07:58.99,0:08:00.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She gave me an indulgent smile,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:00.99,0:08:03.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and as punishment, she said,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:03.13,0:08:04.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Tomorrow I'm teaching a class
Dialogue: 0,0:08:04.86,0:08:07.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on Indian history, and you are
Dialogue: 0,0:08:07.02,0:08:08.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sitting in it, and I'm grading you."
Dialogue: 0,0:08:08.47,0:08:10.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm like, "Oh, God." I went.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:10.82,0:08:12.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I actually went and sat in
Dialogue: 0,0:08:12.12,0:08:14.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on her class. She started by
Dialogue: 0,0:08:14.31,0:08:16.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,giving students primary source
Dialogue: 0,0:08:16.61,0:08:19.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,documents from India, Pakistan,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:19.22,0:08:21.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from Britain, and I said,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:21.47,0:08:23.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Wow." Then she asked them to
Dialogue: 0,0:08:23.62,0:08:25.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,separate fact from bias.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:25.57,0:08:28.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I said, "Wow," again.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:28.36,0:08:31.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then she said, "Choose your
Dialogue: 0,0:08:31.32,0:08:34.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,facts and biases and create an
Dialogue: 0,0:08:34.62,0:08:36.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,image of your own story
Dialogue: 0,0:08:36.90,0:08:38.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of dignity."
Dialogue: 0,0:08:38.31,0:08:41.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,History as an imaging tool?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:41.57,0:08:43.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was so inspired.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:43.20,0:08:44.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I went and created my own
Dialogue: 0,0:08:44.56,0:08:46.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,version of Indian history.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:46.14,0:08:48.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I actually included stories from
Dialogue: 0,0:08:48.02,0:08:49.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my grandmother.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:49.04,0:08:50.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She used to work for the
Dialogue: 0,0:08:50.20,0:08:51.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,telephone exchange, and she used
Dialogue: 0,0:08:51.77,0:08:52.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to actually overhear conversations
Dialogue: 0,0:08:52.90,0:08:55.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,between Nehru and Edwina Mountbatten.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:55.07,0:08:56.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And she used to hear all
Dialogue: 0,0:08:56.64,0:08:57.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,kinds of things she shouldn't
Dialogue: 0,0:08:57.78,0:09:00.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have heard. But, you know,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:00.28,0:09:01.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I include things like that.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:01.45,0:09:04.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is my version of Indian history.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:04.24,0:09:08.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, if this
Dialogue: 0,0:09:08.53,0:09:10.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is so, it occurred to me that
Dialogue: 0,0:09:10.64,0:09:12.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,maybe, just maybe, the primary
Dialogue: 0,0:09:12.87,0:09:14.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,objective of our brains
Dialogue: 0,0:09:14.31,0:09:17.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is to serve our dignity.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:17.35,0:09:19.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Go tell Facebook to
Dialogue: 0,0:09:19.36,0:09:20.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,figure that out!
Dialogue: 0,0:09:20.66,0:09:23.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Netra and I don't write our
Dialogue: 0,0:09:23.28,0:09:25.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,200-year plan for someone else
Dialogue: 0,0:09:25.10,0:09:26.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to come and execute it
Dialogue: 0,0:09:26.12,0:09:28.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in 150 years. Imagine receiving
Dialogue: 0,0:09:28.26,0:09:30.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a parcel saying, from the past,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:30.16,0:09:31.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,okay now you're supposed to
Dialogue: 0,0:09:31.52,0:09:32.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,spend the rest of your life
Dialogue: 0,0:09:32.49,0:09:33.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,doing all of this. No.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:33.95,0:09:35.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We actually write it only
Dialogue: 0,0:09:35.59,0:09:38.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to set our attitudes right.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:38.08,0:09:41.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, I used to believe
Dialogue: 0,0:09:41.92,0:09:43.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that education is the most
Dialogue: 0,0:09:43.32,0:09:44.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,important tool to leave
Dialogue: 0,0:09:44.80,0:09:46.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a meaningful legacy.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:46.26,0:09:47.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Education is great.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:47.79,0:09:49.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It really teaches us who
Dialogue: 0,0:09:49.44,0:09:50.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we are, and helps us
Dialogue: 0,0:09:50.77,0:09:52.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,contextualize ourselves
Dialogue: 0,0:09:52.09,0:09:54.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the world, but it's really
Dialogue: 0,0:09:54.06,0:09:56.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my creativity that's taught me
Dialogue: 0,0:09:56.12,0:09:57.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I can be much more
Dialogue: 0,0:09:57.89,0:10:00.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than what my education told me I am.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:00.08,0:10:01.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'd like to make
Dialogue: 0,0:10:01.54,0:10:03.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the argument that creativity is
Dialogue: 0,0:10:03.87,0:10:06.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the most important tool we have.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:06.30,0:10:08.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It lets us create who we are,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:08.48,0:10:10.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and curate what is to come.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:10.40,0:10:13.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I like to think -- Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:13.64,0:10:15.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I like to think of myself
Dialogue: 0,0:10:15.21,0:10:17.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as a storyteller, where my past
Dialogue: 0,0:10:17.55,0:10:20.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and my future are only stories,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:20.61,0:10:22.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my stories, waiting to be told
Dialogue: 0,0:10:22.90,0:10:25.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and retold. I hope all of you
Dialogue: 0,0:10:25.51,0:10:27.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one day get a chance to
Dialogue: 0,0:10:27.46,0:10:29.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,share and write your own
Dialogue: 0,0:10:29.28,0:10:30.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,200-year story.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:30.65,0:10:31.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you so much.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:31.72,0:10:33.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Shukran! (Applause)