There was an tiny anecdote on a TED talk about the speakers grandmother working at a telephone switchboard in India. She regularly heard conversations she shoul

There was an tiny anecdote on a TED talk about the speakers grandmother working at a telephone switchboard in India. She regularly heard conversations she shouldn't have, including conversations with Nehru (the then president of India). http://www.ted.com/talks/raghava_kk_what_s_your_200_year_plan.html http://www.ted.com/talks/raghava_kk_what_s_your_200_year_pla... around 09:00.