They say you remember moments that become special because often they occur when you are engrossed in the mundane, everyday life.<\/p>\n
On a warm evening in May, last year, my phone rang while I was walking on the balcony completing my step count.<\/p>\n
A voice identified itself as Sahil, and we chatted for quite a bit about\u2026well, everything. The environment of entrepreneurship in Bengaluru, thinkers, doers, and what I do. After a while we finished our call and I disconnected.<\/p>\n
And took a deep breath.<\/p>\n
Two and a half months later, after seven script iterations and lots of emails back and forth with the team, I found myself standing on the red dot delivering a TED talk on the #100sareepact, in front of a live audience and multiple cameras.<\/p>\n
I admit, I was nervous. For this was not just my story I was to narrate, but ours.<\/p>\n
Just like you, I have turned to TED talks for inspiration, belief and positivity. Would I be able to do justice to what happened to us all, how we changed after the pact, forever, from then on? I humbly submit, I tried very, very hard to do so.<\/p>\n
The talk airs on Sunday, \u202aon 7th January 2018\u202c on Star Plus, Ted Talks Nayi Soch. I hope you will watch the program as I pay tribute to a movement that still binds us all.<\/p>\n
The magic of the #100sareepact continues as more join in to add their stories to the saree narrative. I also continue to nurture and build this movement, and will add more purpose and meaning to it in years to come.<\/p>\n
To each one of you who made the pact your own, I stood on your shoulders to tell the world our story. You made me look taller than I am. Thank you. \u202c<\/p>\n
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They say you remember moments that become special because often they occur when you are engrossed in the mundane, everyday life. On a warm evening in May, last year, my phone rang while I was walking on the balcony completing my step count. A voice identified itself as Sahil, and we chatted for quite a…<\/p>\n