"Do you know what I mean?" Legendary poet, lyricist and screenwriter Javed Akhtar asks why we seem to be losing our power to use words -- and inspires us to better understand and communicate with one another using this near-magical tool that carries our culture across generations. (In Hindi with English subtitles)

The famous Bollywood lyricist and screen-writer Mr. Javed Akhtar talks about the history of Indian cinema and how it has influenced the society and vice versa. He says, "If you look closely at Indian cinema, you can write the social, economical and political history of our country."

Javed Akhtar is an Indian political activist, poet, lyricist, and screenwriter. Mr. Akhtar while giving his talk beautifully drew a parallel between our identity and a ray of light, he also compared refraction of the same ray of light to that of multiple identities of a single person. He goes on to talk about identities that are immediately ...