Beyond the Rat Race Finding Meaning in a Distracted World | Anwesshaa - | TEDxIIMCalcutta
In this powerful TEDx Talk, singer and composer Anwesshaa delivers a deeply reflective message that goes beyond her artistic journey. Speaking from her home city of Kolkata, she explores the modern obsession with constant growth, competition, and digital validation, urging us to question what we now accept as "normal." Drawing from her personal experiences and insights from books like Sapiens and Gulliver’s Travels, Annweshaa examines how civilization, while advancing human potential, has also distanced us from nature, silence, and self-awareness. This talk is a compelling call to slow down, look inward, and rethink the true meaning of progress, creativity, and balance in an ever-demanding world.Anwesshaa's first breakthrough in Bollywood was in Golmaal Returns for Pritam Chakraborty at the age of 14. Films like I am 24, Golmaal Returns, Raanjhanaa, Revolver Rani, Dangerous Ishq, Panchlait, Prem Ratan Dhan Payo, Sita Ramam, etc. have been a part of her journey in Bollywood so far. She has received honours like Filmfare Award (East), 3 Mirchi Music Awards,3 Tele Cine Awards, Star Parivar Award, Dadasaheb Phalke Film foundation award as the YOUTH ICON OF INDIAN MUSIC, Gujarat Government Award, Academia Award (from Los Angeles, USA for independent song) and many more. Her playbacks are for around 600 movies across all languages till date originals have crossed the 1000 mark. One of her singles in 2020 'Balcony' released during the lockdown got featured on Best of Indian music. Sunidhi Chauhan, Javed Ali, Shaan, and many others have rendered her compositions widening the spectrum of her experiences. 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
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