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What cricket taught me about compassion Mohit Mandal TEDxNYUAD
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A research assignment and a chance encounter in a barbershop provided me with the spark for a fourteen-week long journey into the hidden world of Abu Dhabi's migrant workers. From 12am to 3am on weekend nights, I played street-cricket with a group of Indian, Pakistani and Bangladeshi hairdressers in the abandoned parking lot of a mall in Abu Dhabi and found myself confronted, continually, with the conundrum: How does one begin to capture the rich, complex - and, often, invisible - lives of the migrant workers in a way that is neither condescending nor patronizing? • Mohit is an Indian writer and storyteller who has lived in Abu Dhabi for the past four years. Through his interactions with the immigrant community in the city, Mohit will recount the many stories he's stumbled upon... while playing street cricket. • • This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx
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