A well educated mind vs a well formed mind: Dr. Shashi Tharoor at TEDxGateway 2013
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- Published on Dec 25, 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.
If Congress has a chance against Modiji, it is through this guy.
Congress is dead party. join and be sangi
He’s is a good speaker he cannot be a good politician. If he’s made PM of the country he will be less successful.
This preacher is belongs ti my constitency.. Trivadrum, Kerala.. Pls ask him to do some thing for us.. Plssssss
@THE YELLOW FLASH OF THE LEAF Wise choice, but have you considered agnosticism? There IS a power great and grand....but we can not know it. Though, I believe that we CAN feel and revere it. For me that is enough, and... everything! 🙏
"IITs and IIMs are the islands of excellence in the sea of mediocrity" - Shashi Tharoor
This hit me hard.
I wanna live the life
In a face that makes me dance
I wanna feel whats right
No drugs in a trance
The weak one I fight
I wanna live my life
Not think about what might
I wanna live like a love song
In them words where I belong
Let me live my hole life long
Let me live my love song
I cant live to long
Faces make me cry
I only wonder whats wrong
I think about this life
How long..Im the weak one
I wanna live my hole life
Forget what might
Not tonight
God listen to love..Listen to my song
Listen to the love song
I wanna live in this love song
I wanna live my hole life long
In them words I belong
Ima live my hole life long
Ima live my love song
This is our love song
By: AARON GUARRASI
@Sickof seeing Just Some Guy Without a Mustache yeah that's what iits are designed for can't help
@Abhyuday Rai that's not the IIT's fault. IITs are after all an institution for the gifted. Of course they will only accept the brightest. If people don't have this common sense and are simply too egotistical then you can't blame them.
no ti's ot the truth they are overrated govt. should work on eng. colleges so that every college in India becomes like IIT then the unemployment will decline.
@TheMartian1105 Well replied, i totally agree with you . They only do such things for their own need and greed except some of them.🙏
*When he makes a mistake while speaking, the dictionary corrects itself.*
A comment in his almost every video 😂
🤣🤣🤣
Underrated comment 😂
😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
😅😅
I'm not Indian, but this is the one of the most inspiring speeches I have ever heard in term of pushing a country's progress forward, something every nation on earth desperately wants (needs).
@DR. SUSHMA CHAUHAN no he is right proud to be India but don't overate yourself and in India we have lot to work to uplift ourselves
@Saket Bhushan 😂😂😂
@Delusional Platonist didn't got your point
@Abhyuday Rai Don't actually have to be
A very intelligent, well spoken, well educated, well informed and inspirational man. What a pleasure listening to him. A massive fan of him from Pakistan 🇵🇰
In India and Pakistan speaking good English means an intelligent person😂😂😂🙏🙏
@dave 😂😂😂😂
@watex Bro what is wrong wid u. Why do u have ro unnecessarily spread hate. Has he said anything bad, has he said anything bad about you or our nation? Still you are shooing him away. Learn some manners dude
Thanks from India
Indians are smart and intelligent. Look at our Software industry. I am from India
I believe he is the only fully solely educated politician who can understand todays generation 🙏
So what after that?
I wanna live the life
In a face that makes me dance
I wanna feel whats right
No drugs in a trance
The weak one I fight
I wanna live my life
Not think about what might
I wanna live like a love song
In them words where I belong
Let me live my hole life long
Let me live my love song
I cant live to long
Faces make me cry
I only wonder whats wrong
I think about this life
How long..Im the weak one
I wanna live my hole life
Forget what might
Not tonight
God listen to love..Listen to my song
Listen to the love song
I wanna live in this love song
I wanna live my hole life long
In them words I belong
Ima live my hole life long
Ima live my love song
This is our love song
By: AARON GUARRASI
@K.shahilp
@K.shahil p
1000000000% agreed bro
"We don't need a well-filled mind, we need a well-formed mind"
..... Hats off to you sir.. 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩
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 👏😊
Thank you so much!!😄
From 26 Universities to more than 600 universities & from 16% to 74% literacy rate.... Amazing transformation. Love from Pakistan 🇵🇰
@S . D Skott When you start at 16%, quantity does matter more, even if you just achieve mediocre quality. Today, quality definitely matters more
And now 82%
@ABCD 1234 oh yeah lol, my bad btw thanks for pointin me out.
@Tesla_369 I think you should read your comment again
@S . D Skott well said, quality matters over quantity
We truly need such a Prime Minister of India. Intelligent, Clever, Thoughtful, Just great Brain, Successful and dedication to the nation. Great Indian.
If he became PM of india...then most probably Education system of our country will be on another level
Impossible, it’s like saying if shahrukhan becomes PM everyone becomes super star
He already had been education minister ..lamo
Why not
But he is in wrong party
Let me give you guys shock "He already had been education minister 😂😂😂😂
India would be moving forward if he became the PM
instead we have a former defense minister who is now a finance minister and we also had an education minister who was illiterate
Oh..no..not at all.
until he leaves congress, he cannot become PM
@Echelon 101 omg can u just stop asking other things
*focus on the main issue* stop acting like dhurve tatti 🥴🥴
@Dev pls Save Soil :) oh, please do tell me what you're referring to now
"An island of excellence floating on the sea of mediocrity" hits hard
Okay tell me what u failed neet or jee
😂 Shorty
BROTHER?
R.i.p.
Levi
Everytime I listen to this man I am wondering why Congress is not utilising him. They have this amazing PM candidate and yet...
Watching it again after 7 years I realise that he is a tad too optimistic about the capability of us Indians just like Jawaharlal Nehru was, it's heartbreaking!!!
@Manjinder Singh Saini bruh 😂
@Roshan india has a huge population, not everyone needs to go into their passion related field to make good stuff.. only one of us needs to get into nuclear physics, make a 99% efficiency nuke and accidentaly set it off.. the world will forever be in peace! just like the empty space! i am waiting when the earth goes KABOOM!! i hope its an indian who does it tho
I dunno, as a 17 yr old in school, it is disappointing when half my grade is taking engineering even when they are so good at other things but on the other hand there are quite a few who are actually doing what they want to, especially in creative fields. Granted, I am pretty well off and so are a lot of the people around me but I'm still confident that we're all headed in the right direction
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 ❤
Simple answer: bcz he is a literate person of having some sense of humour which other politicians lack off !
Indeed👍🏻
True. So true. Congress higher-ups can learn a lesson from him there.
very true he is a faithful citizen as well as is genius
He is the best public speaker i have ever seen in my life!!😢
Wow this talk gave me chills
I hope that whichever of you thinks that this talk is a thing that should be heard it deserves to be heard by more people please share it.
If we put his English aside ,his way of presenting and delivering the speech with the politness is too impressive.
Man! He is purely a gem & a massive asset of our country 😍
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!
Still the Indian education system is one of the worst in the world so the smart one's are forced to develop skills to make a better living. It is obvious to see that a population of 1M can have 100 intelligent people but with a population of 100,000 may have only 10 intelligence people this is what happening in India. In that 100, 90 move out the nation to find a better job and living conditions that's what makes them smart because all you have on the 1st World countries are the smart ones and that's why India is still a developing country even though many leading global companies are run by Indians.
They are smart despite of the education system, not because of it.
Indian students who go to abroad are smarter then average. That's why many people think that Indian students are very smart
Not true
Yes Indian has smart people, but it's 1 in 500000
Was your school high or something ?? How can you say that we Indians or any other race is smart ? Smartness dont come from a specific race get some help.
"Now I can see the destination of a bus" brought tears in my eyes🤒🤒
True❤❤❤❤❤
Agree. Amazing what we take for granted.
It's really very nice to hear this man. It not only improves my vocabulary but energises me to the maximum.
We all have to need that kind of confidence whenever we trying to argue with our parents 🥺😳
He inspires me. I've been following him since I was 15 and he's brilliant.
Lot's of respect and love Dr.Sashi from Nagaland, Northeast India.... wonderful presentation 😍
From Nagaland too😎
He represents india all over the world very well...hats of to shashi sir
He can deserved to lead Indian Nation into bigger higher with a population of billions youngsters and old.
Instead of giving only education to everyone, we also need to develop the mentality of thinking thoughts. That practicality we need only.
Honestly he is only deserving candidate for PM in congress party
Wow let's do something about this guys let's just make him a part of government I can almost see our bright furute
I wanna live the life
In a face that makes me dance
I wanna feel whats right
No drugs in a trance
The weak one I fight
I wanna live my life
Not think about what might
I wanna live like a love song
In them words where I belong
Let me live my hole life long
Let me live my love song
I cant live to long
Faces make me cry
I only wonder whats wrong
I think about this life
How long..Im the weak one
I wanna live my hole life
Forget what might
Not tonight
God listen to love..Listen to my song
Listen to the love song
I wanna live in this love song
I wanna live my hole life long
In them words I belong
Ima live my hole life long
Ima live my love song
This is our love song
By: AARON GUARRASI
Sachin Pilot, Jairam Ramesh, etc. There's many more. If only they could get rid of that chutia family. And the ones in Congress are far better than Modi chacha, Amit Shah, and Dhongi Adityanath. Nitin Gadkari is the only good choice within BJP
Absolutely he is the right person for next prime minister of India Dr. Shashi Tharoor all the best.
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Apart from his vocabulary he is having huge statistics regarding various aspects in his mind..much deserving candidate in congress as compared with anyone else. He is visionary leader.
He is genius❤️🔥🔥...he did mentioned about how much important the "vocational training" could be, 6 year ago😱😱😱..imagine the current status of Indian economy🇮🇳..if he was PM years ago😔
I love u
Every word that comes out from his mouth is sheer education.
He has made vocabulary knowledge a craft.
I am 13years old, I want to explore, have a well formed mind, be intelligent, confident, independent, diligent, a linguistic, passionate, an artist, an author, a creator, a donator, outspoken, bold, & be intelligent and confident enough to choose my career and put all my talents to right and proper use, & I also want to start my own start-ups..
Shashi Tharoor - education minister
Dr. Manmohan Singh - Finance Minister
I don't care who the pm is but i want these two.
@ABIN PAUL VARGHESE exactly ..well said
What to dooooo that tea Maker... 🙂
@G S 😂😂😂 We'd go to war starving, without gun, education without books and teachers, banks without money, bhai. But it's funny 😂😂👍
I long for the day we keep our religion, caste, gender etc. aside and choose someone based on their abilities like mentioned by the OP. We have the talent, numbers to excel in anything we plan to do. I hope this happens at least for our childrens.
Rahulji as PM
Nice speech sir we need to put jugad into Research and development to create new better thing and for this we need govt and universities support to make people industry friendly
this man has incredible knowledge :
really a great inspiration.
Congratulations on such an amazing achievement, can't wait to see your channel grow even bigger.
An open minded ,well educated & brilliant leader👍
Youngest PhD holder at just 22 yrs. Definitely a prodigy!!
Indian politics deserves more from this guy!!!
@madhu reddy dont get it man...plz explain
Our susu earned PhD at just 21 in economics whereas tharoor at 22 in political science.
Susu has more impact on Indian politics that changed future off india for good or bad.
But then .
@pratidnya nashte
Oh I smell something burning here
Subramanian Swamy achieved his doctorate at 21.
Quality matters !
I'm amazed to see him using the data and statistics with huge confidence. It's really impossible to remember and execute it so well .
Actor Vijaykanth can do it. See the movie "Ramana".
More seeing this man more I boosted my will to do something for the next gen. Hats off to all such speakers
One of the greatest Ted talks I have ever seen in my life.
👏👏 shashi Sir
Really, REALLY want to see this man as the PM of our country some day.
_He_ _totally,_ _TOTALLY_ _deserves_ _it!!!_ 🙌🏻💯
@Akhil M T Muniyandi Swami Thever
Sashi is great such a clever man lost his Beautiful wife Sunanda.
@Subham Patwal Your comment and your name seems totally unrelated.
@Subham Patwal _GO AND READ_ about him. Perhaps, you'll start acknowledging his _"little knowledge,_ as you stated."
Only english and little knowledge is can't enough for to hold the PM responsibility
Couldn't agree more!
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. :)
@natasha gupta my sister had the privilege of having a one to one meeting with him :)I did not know that he was a big deal at that time
@Akshey Gupta its an old opinion lol
please change the the first 2 lines, that was so damn cringy to read
Great replacement for Sir David Attenborough
@ghezoi Mr yeah no not even close
he makes us feel as though we are sitting in auditorium and listening to his speech live.
I had clicked this video just for improving my vocabulary😀 that's why I was sitting with dictionary 😁but after 2 minutes I forgot why had I come here? just because I astonished to hear his (Mr. Sashi tharor) view on education and I didn't note any new word because I had immersed in his speech😊😊😊
Sir you are so intellect and your thinking is out of the box😊😊😊😊
Absolutely 💯That's not how we think about wealth, because you can't contextualise what you can't see,
Omg! He said it very precisely that Indians average age is gonna be just 29 years at 2020, I've just searched.
What a person he is, very knowledgeable, Respect from 🇨🇦
The most dynamic politician in Indian politics. It's my dream to have a conversation with Mr. Tharoor
“The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who loves fully is prepared to die at any time.”
- Mark Twain
SHASHI THAROOR FOR PM!!!!
His speech is absolutely riveting. He effortlessly flows from one subject to another along with a pleasant smile. If this man was a professor, I would never miss a single class of his. :))) Shashi Tharoor for the win!
elva136 exactly my thoughts!!!
Fabulous deliberation
Well prepared and presented speech with facts and figures..
Simply Great
We need leader like this guy who
knows the importance of education ....
Salute to you sir 😊
India need a better education system....and Shashi Tharoor is perfect person to lead us 👍
It's really cool to listen this man❤️
Wish I grow up to be a man of wisdom like him🙏
He's my favorite politician. He's an inspiration for all those who wanna be as fluent....
The only man I’ve seen that doesn’t stutter and says ‘like’ and ‘um’
@Aria X 😂
@Shravan Gupta Kindly share some link of other men not stuttering in speeches or else shup ur mouth!
@Kuria Kose Why are u commenting that everywhere. Even I can say After all Mahtama gandhu was a Gandhi. Don't describe a person by his surname or caste or his birth place. Rather describe him by his achievements and skills
@Shravan Gupta there’s always this person
and 'you know' and 'basically' and...the and the...and the...and the
Incredible !
He has data in detail ❤️
I am not an Indian but I wish he can talk about literacy in other countries. It can help a lot. Very inspiring.
David C. I know right
@Ananthi Gopalakrishnan things may differ by changing the perspective! Think 1000times before judging any one I repeat anyone!
@ankit sharma you guys are well educated,yet easily fooled by these politicians who are 💯 hypocrites. I don't know when you're going to understand these politicians.
@ankit sharma Mr. ankit sharma; I may not that, great that, I struggled heard towards the betterment of the country but at the same time; I didn't loot the country posing my intellect. hope you understand things. just think as a true Indian. Intellect and honesty are both totally different things. for ex; osama was also was a highly educated man and a sound orator.
@bhaskar h k and we are very proud of you sir because of your dedication and hard work towards the Batterment of country! Oh wait... 😕
We need to do what others don't.. This guy will change the education system
His way of delivering speeches really inspires me I really want to express my thoughts like him...
Incredibly amazing and inspiring 🔶🔶
I can listen to this man for a hundred times and over. He's... He's just so fabulous and his words staggering.
Love from Pakistan Dr. Shashi Tharoor.
He should be our Education Minister...
@Prashant Mishra not foreign minister you should have to say British minister
@Caped Crusader I am not a andh bhakt but you are a andhvirodhi
@faiz khan A Muslim who votes on the basis of religion not development of the country
PM
Administration n politics is different first understand that...
A Well Aware & well Spoken Politician....
✨
Cos Well informed is dependent on choice and area of Interest 😁
Wow, really so inspiring speech by Dr. Tharur sir with adding all about circumstances of our country specially education and empowerment of youth.
Thnx
Shashi tharoor 🥳🥳🥳
Who can think out of box
Unbelievable personality
Excellent talk
Great words on the reality that prevents India from progress.
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
@dinu Davis Do we need to live in Kerala to have lush hair?
@ARJUN P.K who is that??
Oh then you will love joseph alex😅
@F!zZ still is xD
Grateful to listen his talks after a years. And his thoughts to change the education system is very satisfying. And i like the phrase " we don't need full filled mind now..what we need is full formed mind who can think of changing the world in a different way."
Totally agree...
Those who are disliking this, they must be jealous from India's growth or may be they are not understanding the speech or illiterate from inside.
Proud to be indian 🇮🇳.
No , its been 7 years since this video came out and nothing has changed.
One of the truely educated leaders... ❤️
Absolutely amazing speech.really loved it
Very well delivered speech... There is lot to learn from Shashi sir...
Mr tharoor you are of a person who easily captures my attention... The way you represent your own country is something way beyond dear,,, you really deserves to be in a good position of india,, either education minister or for some other posts..
Keep rocking mr tharoor ... Enjoy your life..
Only a formed mind can humanize the world ..... 🌎. Thanks Doctor 😊
Sir, I am from Pakistan and please to share with you that always speak out so real & clear, unbiased....really appreciate
Why don't people like to choose a prime minister like him, who are educated and have common sense???
This is when we become tired watching same face.
Shashi tharoor will be super failure as PM of India
Pm shid not only be educated , but a leader as well.. knowledge n english doesn't make a pm.. decision making , honesty, dedication, planning , execution ... So on n so forth.... r needed
@He Man His English is good ...but it's not the only thing that make him respectable...it's his ideologies...like pluralism, tolerance,his analysing power of current problems and his experiences as international civil servant ...he is wise and nice ... otherwise if English was the only criterion then anyone with English literature degree is supposed to have his abilities ?? Noo!!!
@sheetal .k every educated man is not necessarily the wise or nice man....I don't care which language is he speaking but he has wise and nice ideologies... pluralism for example...he know Hindi also ...and he too has much experience as a global leader... remember he was in UN ...I like his analysis and understanding of India too... Everyone has their own likes or dislikes but I would love to see my country lead by such a man who talks valid points and who is wise not by someone who is a dramabazz who is good at diverting people's concentration from real problems ....I don't like any of the political parties now..
@swanlilly100 Its the general public who lacks sense. Maybe i and u fall in same category.
His speeches are so engaging on par with international counterparts.
He truly deserves to become the PM of India.
SIR u r my motivation.......🙏🙏🙏🙏
You can see in this man how much he loves his country and how much high hopes he has for the people.
From 9:43 to 10:16 he is talking about the same things which were implemented in National Education Policy 2020. So finally it seems our country is moving towards the right direction in terms of education. 👍
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!
@Romi Buzz killed 50 innocent people in the name of cow.
They gave more jobs to cow vigilantes And now PM wont accept unemployment facts n figures.
Note bandhi was the best scam ever done by Modi govt.
Now before 2019 election looks like Rafael scam will throw him out of the ✈.
He will retire n join Ambani group.
@moonicorn just bcos chaywala needs teleprompter to read upon, that doesn't mean everyone needs one...
:')
Vandini Sharma Its the emotion n facts matter latter
We remembered the low of physecs.. How could we remember the geography and history's .. Which is almost mandatory in our class 10... So add ur logic that is it impossible to remember or geting info in that the day of Internet .. Now day everybody knew things what aver they want to know
Im so proud to say 6 yrs ago i was also one among those 95% 12 year old🥰
mee to
Me too😁
Haha me too
I am Kenyan but hearing this gentleman talk, I wish i was Indian...such brilliance, such eloquence and being spot on from his first to last word. Can we hire you to come and bring some sense to our cabinet secretaries (ministers)? Bravo for saying things as they are and having facts and figures right at your finger tips. You sound like a real gem for your nation. With such souls like you, India can only go places into the future if the policy makers listen and listen good.
A man of greatness wants to see great things happen everywhere in an unbiased manner. ❤
He is talking so peacefully about 2020 in 2013...
Im not from india but I love listening to this intellectual. He is a brilliant and open-minded leader.
@Hussain Zaidi! Why should a person's nationality forbid you from listening to him / her? Please have an open mind! Keep your eyes and ears open! A prejudiced mind is the greatest hinderance in our intellectual growth! Peace!
@S R hatt
Kash... sarre malayali inki jaisa "Open-minded " hota toh aaj kerala LOVE JIHAD aur PFI+ISIS ka adda na hota.....!
Me too. I admire this intellect
He deserves the post of Education minister in the cabinet
Never compare creative productivity of students in terms of their academic excellence.But our society comprising of foolish people are comparing our youth in this way.
One of best speech I have ever listened. Excellent sir
Respect to the great mind of India Dr. Shashi tharoor.
The next level way of thinking and the art of insight with high capacity to create idea will lead India to a great nation
*Me after seeing Shashi Tharoor’s name*
Turns subtitles on.
This guy speak standard non accented English that us (non-indian) feel very comfortable with.
Lol 😂😂
sometimes even Britishers also did the same 😂😂
Its overhyped
The fun things is that even the subtitles can't catch up with his english. That's tharoorasaurus for ya😆😉
U got the point...
What a knowledge( Scientific + Historian) approach with up to date mind set. Hats off
Imagine if he could be prime minister
Very learned and insightful person. A sane voice with beautiful mind.