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This takes me back quite a few years. Arvind Gupta[1] is the same guy who used to host a kids program in the early 90's called Tarang which was broadcast on nat
by as1mov 6y ago
This takes me back quite a few years. Arvind Gupta[1] is the same guy who used to host a kids program in the early 90's called Tarang which was broadcast on national television (Doordarshan), teaching how to make toys from easily found household items. Watching this show was the highlight of my day as my family couldn't afford cable (we could barely afford electricity haha).
I remember quite a few of my summer vacations involved watching this show in the morning and spending the rest of the day trying to find the materials for building what he had built. He had quite an impression on me when I was young, I largely attribute the maker enthusiasm I had to him.
Just googled him, seems like he has an YouTube[2] channel now.
[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arvind_Gupta https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arvind_Gupta
[2]: https://www.youtube.com/user/arvindguptatoys https://www.youtube.com/user/arvindguptatoys
- boogies 6y ago“His popular TED Talk: Turning Trash into Toys for learning gives an insight into his work and philosophy. This talk was among the 10 best TED talks compiled by Sir Ken Robinson and Sugata Mitra's 5 favorite education talks.” (Wikipedia) It’s worth directly linking to. http://www.ted.com/talks/arvind_gupta_turning_trash_into_toys_for_learning.html http://www.ted.com/talks/arvind_gupta_turning_trash_into_toy... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KnCqR2yUXoU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KnCqR2yUXoU He shows some amazing toy demos like (small spoilers) a drawing tool for blind children and a ¢5 electric motor.
- syncbehind 6y agoSame here. I remember watching this via satellite because we didn't get Doordarshan normally in Nepal. Thanks for sharing his channel, I would have never thought to find him on youtube.