This Sunday witnessed a gathering of personalities from art, culture, literature, Government and Technology fields at Indian Institute of Ranchi’s (IIM-R) TEDx on the theme Beyond Conformity. All of them spoke about the story of their lives which inspired the hearts of the business school students.
Varad Pande, Officer on Special Duty to Minister of Rural Development Jairam Ramesh spoke about the relevance of Prime Minister Rural Development Fellow (PMRDF) programme running in 82 naxal affected districts of India. “There is a need of political mobilisation in Jharkhand as the deployment of forces is not enough, he said regarding the recent case of abduction of a PMRDF in Giridih,” he said.
He added that Jharkhand Government must look over the safety measures of PMRDF in Jharkhand. Notably, 18 districts of Jharkhand come under this programme where fellows are given more funds from the Central Government especially in the Integrated Action Plan areas for involving the rural youth with skill development programmes.
Disclosing the reality of her life, actress Dia Mirza said that she was made addicted to alcohol since the age of nine years by a close family member and could not discuss about this addiction with anyone for a long time in order to find a solution. “When is was 21, when a friend suggested me to admit my alcoholic family member in rehabilitation centre. After all, alcoholics cannot be cured. They can only be arrested.” Mirza highlighted that India is one of the largest producer of alcohols in the world.
Communist Party of India member Brinda Karat stressed on daily life examples related to female genre where they are led down by the male dominated society in India. Also, she extended the theme to conceptualize modern women and her need to break away from the trappings of traditions.
Medha Purao Samant, Chairperson of Annapurna Pariwar Micro-Finance to Empowerment shared the specility of her community which provides banking and baby care to slum women at Mumbai and Pune since 1993.
Ambi Parameshawaran, author of novel For God’s Sake which focusses the bond of religion with gods and rituals said, “Religion has now married technology.”
Padma Shri contemporary dancer Astad Deboo who pioneered this dancing style in India in 1977 when innovations in Indian dance were not welcomed said that cultivating audience for his dance presentation had been a challenge for a long period of his life.
Supporting Deboo, eminent Carnatic music vocalist Vijayalakshmy Subramaniam said, “It is not easy to take up dancing and singing as a career.” Subramaniam is known to practice music which is restricted for women in South India.
Overall 18 speakers, including Myshkin Ingawale, Anand Damani, State IPS SN Pradhan and above speakers shared their life experiences. In between, Kavita Kuldhar, an IIM Ranchi first year student, thrilled audience by creating the story of Param Vir Chakra Albert Ekka through sand
animation.