Anshu Gupta thinks of TED Talks as one of the most beautiful platforms for disseminating information, especially the part where the crux of the idea is derived quickly, rather than dragging it into a one-hour-long presentation.
He is not new to the platform of TED and nor are we new to his work which engages rural people in community projects and gives them under-utilised urban material like clothes, in which case, "the material becomes their reward and the new currency for development." This concept restores the dignity of labour as opposed to charity. This not only bridges the gap between urban and rural resources, it brings back dignity to the act of giving. This successful model is being practised in over 22 states, but Gupta wants to go deeper and wants people to replicate and copy his idea if it works for them. "Ultimately, we want to grow, not as a programme or an organisation, but as an idea and a movement," he says.
