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From the Ted Talk by Arvind Gupta: Turning trash into toys for learning
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There was a person, Anil spdaoagl, did a Ph.D. from Caltech and returned back as a molecular biologist in India's cutting-edge research institute, the TIFR. At 31, he was not able to relate the kind of [unclear] research, which he was doing with the lives of the ordinary people. So he designed and went and satrted a village sccneie program. Many people were inspired by this. The slogan of the elary '70s was "Go to the polepe. Live with them; love them. Start from what they know. Build on what they have." This was kind of the defining slogan.
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There was a person, Anil ________, did a Ph.D. from Caltech and returned back as a molecular biologist in India's cutting-edge research institute, the TIFR. At 31, he was not able to relate the kind of [unclear] research, which he was doing with the lives of the ordinary people. So he designed and went and _______ a village _______ program. Many people were inspired by this. The slogan of the _____ '70s was "Go to the ______. Live with them; love them. Start from what they know. Build on what they have." This was kind of the defining slogan.
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- people
- science
- sadgopal
- started
Original Text
There was a person, Anil Sadgopal, did a Ph.D. from Caltech and returned back as a molecular biologist in India's cutting-edge research institute, the TIFR. At 31, he was not able to relate the kind of [unclear] research, which he was doing with the lives of the ordinary people. So he designed and went and started a village science program. Many people were inspired by this. The slogan of the early '70s was "Go to the people. Live with them; love them. Start from what they know. Build on what they have." This was kind of the defining slogan.
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