On an island nation surrounded by water, many women lack the basic life skill of swimming. Aminath Zuna shares her journey of teaching women in the Maldives how to swim to help them connect more deeply with their ecosystem. Aminath Zuna is the founder of Salted Ventures Swimmers (SVS), a swim school in Malé, Maldives, offering lessons for all ages and SSI-certified swim and snorkel instructor courses. A former competitive swimmer, her passion for the ocean began in childhood and evolved into a career in swim education. Since 2022, she has co-led the Ocean Women Project, training instructors across islands to foster community-based ocean literacy. With over 1,000 students taught and 30+ instructors trained, Zuna is dedicated to building ocean-minded communities and creating a ripple effect of sustainable, inclusive engagement with the sea for future generations. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

How can we foster creativity in an increasingly individualistic world? Youth editor Kashika shares the antidote to hyperindividualism - creating and nurturing creative communities. Kashika is a 17-year-old student at Shiv Nadar School, Gurgaon, with a deep passion for the arts—whether through performance in dance and theatre or creation in writing and visual media. In 2024, she founded Junoon Magazine, a youth-led e-publication that offers a platform for young creatives to explore themes such as art, philosophy, science, fiction, and poetry. She currently serves as the President of Ayka India Trust, a non-profit organization focused on education and empowerment for underprivileged communities. A firm believer in the power of storytelling to inspire change, Kashika is also an avid reader, with Slaughterhouse-Five and Circe among her favorites. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

What if a walk could help you reconnect with yourself and your socio-political world? Ashutosh Joshi takes us along on his walk from the western coast to the eastern coast of India. Ashutosh is a writer, photographer, and grassroots visionary rooted in Narvan, a coastal village on Maharashtra’s western edge. After honing his craft in England, Ashutosh returned to India to understand his country. He set out on foot—first walking 1,800 kilometers from the Arabian Sea to the Bay of Bengal, and later 900 kilometers from Mumbai to Goa—seeking to understand the soul of his country beyond headlines and hashtags. Today, he lives and works in his village, collaborating with local communities to imagine and implement sustainable models of rural development. His work challenges the myth that opportunity only lives in cities. Ashutosh’s vision is clear: to reverse the tide of urban migration by creating dignified livelihoods in the very villages people are leaving behind. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

Since the day we are born, our movement helps us explore and make sense of our surroundings. Movement facilitator Kriti Gupta builds on the importance of movement and urges us to move. Kriti Gupta is an intuitive movement facilitator and founder of Dancing-With-Life, a venture rooted in embodied life wisdom. With a background spanning dance, interior design, mountaineering, and professional parkour, she co-founded Vanarshala, a parkour space in Gurgaon. Kriti brings the same fluidity and agility from her movement practice into life, embracing transitions with curiosity and grace. Her work explores how dance and movement can alchemize lived experiences into embodied wisdom, and how everything is interconnected in life’s greater design. Through her journey, she inspires others to move freely—in body, mind, and spirit—while trusting life’s deeper unfolding. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

"I do stuff that I think is cool", says youth speaker Siddhant, as he shares a series of experiments with skills he has acquired over the years. His main philosophy - don't let failure stop you. Siddhant, a 16-year-old student of pure sciences and mathematics, is driven by an insatiable curiosity and a mild resistance to conventional reality. He views science and philosophy as his best tools to explore how the world works. As the author of a book on philosophy, he thinks in questions and believes in establishing structure with chaos. For him, learning is brought about by reflecting on failure, which is more about evolution and continuous upskilling rather than a pursuit of fixed outcomes. Whether through theory or thought, Siddhant isn’t here to fit in. He builds his own frameworks, then launches them into the sky. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

Από τις προπονήσεις σε ένα χωράφι μέχρι τη συμμετοχή στους Ολυμπιακούς Αγώνες, ο Χρήστος Φραντζεσκάκης μοιράζεται μια ιστορία γεμάτη πάθος, θυσίες και αφοσίωση. Μια διαδρομή που αποδεικνύει πως με πίστη και επιμονή μπορείς να φτάσεις από το χωράφι στο βάθρο. Ο Χρήστος Φραντζεσκάκης, είναι αθλητής στίβου στο αγώνισμα της σφυροβολίας. Γεννήθηκε στα Χανιά, ανήκει στον σύλλογο Ελευθέριος Βενιζέλος και μέχρι σήμερα έχει καταφέρει να αποκτήσει πολλές σημαντικές διακρίσεις. Βρίσκεται στο νούμερο 13 της παγκόσμιας κατάταξης στο αγώνισμά του και από το 2019 μέχρι και σήμερα έχει λάβει μετάλλια και υψηλές κατατάξεις σε πανελλήνια, ευρωπαϊκά και παγκόσμια πρωταθλήματα, όπως και στους Ολυμπιακούς Αγώνες. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx