Vicky Roy: Street dreams
At age 11, Vicky Roy ran away from home and ended up a rag-picker at a railway station in Delhi. Rescued by the Salaam Baalak Trust, Vicky got his hands on a camera and found his calling. At INK201...
Vasundhara Das: The Shah Hussain Project
Vasundhara Das breathes new life into the poetry of the 16th century Sufi poet Shah Hussain. At INK2012, she begins with the soulful "Saiyion Assi," followed by a song about divine love -- "Range S...
Hind Hobeika: Tracking every move
Lebanese engineer and avid swimmer Hind Hobeika likes to have her fitness stats tracked and analysed at the tips of her fingers. Frustrated by the rudimentary technology available to swimmers, Hobe...
Krushnaa Patil: Scaling new heights
Mountaineer Krushnaa Patil became the youngest Indian woman to climb Mount Everest in May, 2009. In this passionate talk, Patil shares thrilling experiences of her expeditions to Everest and the Se...
Sourabh Kaushal: My passion for space science
Sourabh Kaushal believes that imagination needs no qualifications. As an engineering student, Kaushal was fascinated by space exploration, and grew particularly concerned with the risks posed by de...
Sai Gaddam: Sexual urges and internet searches
Computational Neuroscientist Sai Gaddam has a unique window into our brains and deepest desires -- the internet. Analyzing over a billion web searches, millions of erotic videos and digitized novel...
Will Travis: What fuels creativity?
Creative entrepreneur Will Travis takes us on his quest to find the source of real creativity. He finds it in the fight for true survival -- on the icy peaks of Antarctica, or when staring an Afric...