IDEAS, ACTION, CHANGE

The average person has around 60,000 thoughts per day. Not shocking at all, given that the human mind is undeniably the greatest innovation.

- NITIKA KRISHNA

Of all the multifarious thoughts, how many are ideas—or better still, how many are action-driven ideas to bring positive change? Although there aren't any stats on that yet, one thing is for certain—the human race values and thrives on such ideas. And in Hyderabad's Shilpakala Vedika, 14 opinion leaders from diverse fields passionately presented their ideas to 1,200 people at the 10th edition of TEDxHyderabad.

Organised by the non-profit society SAHE, this year's TEDx followed the theme 'Serendipity'. Coined by writer Horace Walpole in 1754, the term means making an unplanned yet highly fortunate discovery—simply put, unexpectedly striking gold! Each speaker, in their own unique way, intertwined serendipity into their journeys, ideas, and visions, leaving us all in awe.

Archeologist Dr Emani Sivanagi Reddy, a master of traditional sculpture who has transplanted over 100 historic temples and constructed many new temples, including several in Telangana, gave us a history class unlike any other. He passionately said, "Every stone has a story, let us together make it known to the world."