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Salim Reshamwala

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263 total appearances

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TED Talks Daily
Sunday Pick: The poetry of Nepal's bridges | Far Flung

Just imagine the compassion of courage it takes to take that step.

TED Talks Daily
Sunday Pick: The poetry of Nepal's bridges | Far Flung

So we're in this new highway.

TED Talks Daily
Sunday Pick: The poetry of Nepal's bridges | Far Flung

So now we're on the road with Nayan and Vranjan.

TED Talks Daily
Sunday Pick: The poetry of Nepal's bridges | Far Flung

Location in a little over an hour.

TED Talks Daily
Sunday Pick: The poetry of Nepal's bridges | Far Flung

It goes along one of these three major river systems in Nepal by the name Kali Gandaki.

TED Talks Daily
Sunday Pick: The poetry of Nepal's bridges | Far Flung

So it's one of those three major river systems flowing from the Himalayas into the south, eventually goes into Bengal.

TED Talks Daily
Sunday Pick: The poetry of Nepal's bridges | Far Flung

So this is called Kali Gandaki Corridor because most of this highway goes along this river, which is very scenic and one of the more beautiful places to drive.

TED Talks Daily
Sunday Pick: The poetry of Nepal's bridges | Far Flung

Oh look another breeze!

TED Talks Daily
Sunday Pick: The poetry of Nepal's bridges | Far Flung

I mean I cannot even tell.

TED Talks Daily
Sunday Pick: The poetry of Nepal's bridges | Far Flung

And they continue driving, making it to an incredibly busy outdoor market full of fruit stalls, restaurants, the local equivalent of a bodega.

TED Talks Daily
Sunday Pick: The poetry of Nepal's bridges | Far Flung

And it's part of the lead up to the biggest of those bridges, the Baglang Parbat footbridge, the over two Statues of Liberty tall bridge that we began with.

TED Talks Daily
Sunday Pick: The poetry of Nepal's bridges | Far Flung

It's one thing to see it in papers, read about it, see videos, but it's a completely different thing to be there.

TED Talks Daily
Sunday Pick: The poetry of Nepal's bridges | Far Flung

It just goes on and on and on and on and it becomes like smaller and smaller and almost disappears in the horizon on the other side.

TED Talks Daily
Sunday Pick: The poetry of Nepal's bridges | Far Flung

There's that state of meditation that Mukharang told us about.

TED Talks Daily
Sunday Pick: The poetry of Nepal's bridges | Far Flung

I thought Ranjan and I would be talking on the bridge.

TED Talks Daily
Sunday Pick: The poetry of Nepal's bridges | Far Flung

But no, we went our own ways and we were all silent.

TED Talks Daily
Sunday Pick: The poetry of Nepal's bridges | Far Flung

I think that was sort of like a special energy there.

TED Talks Daily
Sunday Pick: The poetry of Nepal's bridges | Far Flung

I'm curious, who did you meet and talk to at the bridge?

TED Talks Daily
Sunday Pick: The poetry of Nepal's bridges | Far Flung

I would love for you to

TED Talks Daily
Sunday Pick: The poetry of Nepal's bridges | Far Flung

Could you describe those folks for me and tell me what you learned from them?