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Twelve talks from two editions of TEDxShahpura Lake — After the Beginning in 2026 and From Ripples to Waves in 2025. Relive every one, streaming now on the official TEDx channel.
After the Beginning
Seven speakers took the stage on 12 September 2026 at Courtyard by Marriott, Bhopal.
Too Young To Try
An eight-year-old who builds robots and offline AI systems on the question that stops most people before they ever start — and why age was never the real reason.
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The Trap of Noble Sacrifice
On the sacrifices the world applauds us for making — and the quiet cost of a life spent always putting everyone else first.
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What Happens After The Beginning?
The beginning gets the applause. A look at what it actually takes to keep going once the launch, the announcement and the excitement have passed.
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The Journey of Swadharma
On swadharma — finding the work that is genuinely your own, and the courage it takes to follow it instead of the path everyone expects.
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Build Your Own Lens
A career spent carrying other people's stories — and what it taught him about seeing the world through a lens you build for yourself.
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Ten Years Down
Ten years of building, writing and decoding the forces that shape India — and what the long view teaches you that the first year never can.
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Ek Pehchan Kaafi Nahi
Athlete, poet, storyteller — on why a single identity was never going to be enough, and what it costs to refuse to choose just one.
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Where it began — the talks from our first edition on 9 November 2025.
Finding Fun in an Over-Serious World
A comic's case for lightness — why holding on to humour and play might be the most serious thing we can do.
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Rethinking Success @ Speed, the Gen-Z Way
What an older generation can learn from how Gen-Z redefines ambition, speed and what it really means to make it.
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Why You Must Say Yes Before You're Ready
On courage over certainty — how saying yes to the opportunities that scare you is the only way you ever truly grow.
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Content Is the New Oxygen: What Are We Really Breathing?
We consume content every waking hour — but what is it doing to us? A hard look at the media we breathe in and the choices we still get to make.
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The Silent Leader: How Introverts Create the Loudest Change
Why the quietest people in the room are often the ones moving it — and how introverts turn reflection into real influence.
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