TED Talks
TED: What it means to be intersex | Susannah Temko
For intersex people -- those born with sex characteristics outside the traditional definitions of female and male -- the stakes to appear "normal" are high. Drawing on her personal experience, Susannah Temko reveals the shame, prejudice...
TED Talks
JP Rangaswami: Information is food
How do we consume data? At TED@SXSWi, technologist JP Rangaswami muses on our relationship to information, and offers a surprising and sharp insight: we treat it like food.
TED Talks
TED: How to build a resilient future using ancient wisdom | Julia Watson
In her global exploration of Indigenous design systems, architect Julia Watson researches enduring innovations that could help us counter the challenges of climate change. From floating villages to living root bridges that strengthen...
Curated Video
Mother Teresa: A Life of Compassion and Legacy
This video provides a detailed account of the life and impact of Mother Teresa, highlighting her selfless dedication to serving the poor and marginalized in Calcutta through the Missionaries of Charity. It covers her numerous accolades,...
Bedtime History
Mother Teresa Helping Others
Mother Teresa’s name is synonymous with selflessness, charity, and compassion. Many know that she worked tirelessly to care for the hungry, poor, and sick. Her charitable acts, and the courage and determination she exercised in carrying...
60 Second Histories
The East India Company
A description of the founding of the East India Company, how and what it trades with India and the creation of it's own army.
Bridgeman Arts
Calcutta & Assam, India 1930s
Shot of a busy Calcutta street. A group of men walk to camera, one silly. More shots of a busy street. A British doctor examines a line of India workers. The workers shake arms and a leg. Shots of dignitaries shaking hands with gentlemen...
Curated Video
Award-winning director Mira Nair brings her latest film to Rome
AP Entertainment
Rome, 16th October 2006
1. Ws Rome Auditorium, site of Rome Film Festival
2. Ms Poster for Mira Nair's "The Namesake"
3. Ws crowd at auditorium
4. Ms crowd
5. Ls auditorium
6. Ms couple kissing
7. Various shot...
Curated Video
INDIA: 3 THOUSAND COPIES OF TIME MAGAZINE SEIZED
English/Nat
A customs officer in Calcutta has seized three-thousand copies of Time magazine's February 21 edition to black out an interview with the brother of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi's assassin.
Sumit Dutta Mazumdar, a commissioner...
Curated Video
Controversy over founding of city
1. Wide shot Howrah bridge in Calcutta
2. Wide shot buildings in Calcutta taken from the water
3. Wide shot Victoria Memorial
4. Various Victoria memorial
5. Still shot oval archival photograph of Job Charnock,
6. Mid shot writing on...
Curated Video
INDIA: VATICAN TO START MOTHER TERESA SAINTHOOD PROCESS
Eng/Bengali/Nat
The Vatican priest preparing the report arguing for the late Mother Teresa's sainthood says her canonisation will take time because she has done so much.
Reverend Brian Kolodiejchuk said in Calcutta that he will collect...
Curated Video
Home minister and FBI chief comment
1. Pan from Indian Home Minister Lal K Advani to screen showing Advani talking at "India Today Conclave - India Tomorrow" conference sponsored by publishing group India Today
2. Various cutaways conference
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Lal K...