How do you spell THiNK again?

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You know you own a space when people change convention on your account. Girl on phone from Goa to Rimjhim, head of Logistics, “yes, I got that, Think. You mean T-H-small i-N-K, right?” Rimjhim, doubling over with laughter, “on a bill, it’s okay to write Think the old-fashioned way, too.” Win!

A soldier rises against the government

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Anna Hazare is coming to #THiNK2012. G Vishnu wrote this piece on Anna’s movement for Tehelka when it was in its initial stages Jantar Mantar, one of the few places in Delhi where the government of India allows protests, is suddenly being termed as “India’s Tahrir Square”. On a hot summer day, over 600 people Read More…

And a sudden discovery on the THiNK team!

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The THiNK war room may look like Mayhem Central but it’s manned by geniuses, even if we say so ourselves. Late last night, speaker Masha Gessen’s passport landed in our inboxes – to stunned silence as we realised much of the details were in, well, Russian. Turns out Anuja, Keeper of Logistics in the THiNK Read More…

Behind the gloss

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What you will see at THiNK for three days has taken a lot of hard work months before the event. Both known and unknown faces who represent Tehelka are helping us pull off this grand endeavour. On the evening of 22 October, the support staff at our Greater Kailash office helped pack and load THiNK merchandise Read More…

Team Tehelka gets ready to welcome

(L-R) Payal Puri, Neena Tejpal, Shoma Choudhury, Kunal Majumder, Megha Chhabra and Karuna John

Team Tehelka gets ready to welcome the guests at #THiNK2012. Copy editors double up at the help desk, reporters become your personal GPS devices at the venue. So go ask them, if you are lost or you want some information about the sessions. We promise they won’t bite. ”It’s like a shaadi,” says Tehelka’s Managing Editor Shoma Read More…

10 DAYS TO GO TO #THINK2012

Badges for #THiNK2012 are ready. Are you?

With only 10 days left for #THiNK2012, we are working overtime to have everything picture perfect. The badges have come in, names have been cross-checked,  lanyard has been attached… now only needs to be handed over to you.

The creator of CGNet

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Shubhranshu Choudhary is coming to #THiNK2012. Here is a profile of the 40-something innovator who has revolutionised journalism in Chhattisgarh from Tehelka Archives Citizen journalism may be a movement empowering affected people to report challenges that confront them first-hand. But illiteracy, lack of technical infrastructure and language issues prevent most rural citizens — those most Read More…

Rajeev Chandrasekhar and his Idea of India

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Rajeev Chandrasekhar is coming to THiNK2012. Here is his interview to Vijay Simha in 2009 from Tehelka Archives on his Idea of India.  Rajeev Chandrasekhar, was one of the three architects of the Pentium microprocessor. He returned from a happening stint in the Silicon Valley after a meeting with then Congress idealist Rajesh Pilot convinced him Read More…

#THiNK2012 speaker list & schedule are ready

Payal Puri and Shoma Chaudhury finalising THiNK2012 schedule. Photo: Soumik Mukherjee

Speaker list and schedule for #THiNK2012 are ready. You can check http://thinkworks.in/sessions-2012/ & http://thinkworks.in/speakers-2012/ for details. There are BIG names with whom we want to discuss BIG ideas, hope you would be there to be a part of the conversations.

14 days to go to #THiNK2012

At THiNK office on 18 October afternoon. Photo: Vijay Pandey

Megha Chhabra, Assistant to Managing Editor, has two jobs this season. Apart from handling the MEO (Managing Editor’s Office), Megha is also involved with THiNK. Here, she is seen arranging #THiNK2012 name tags and wrist bands. When do you get yours?