ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Asher Hasan - Social entrepreneur
Asher Hasan's social enterprise Naya Jeevan (the name means "new life" in Urdu and Hindi) is the emerging world's first HMO for the urban, working poor.

Why you should listen

Asher Hasan is founder and CEO of Naya Jeevan, a social enterprise that provides low-income families in emerging economies with catastrophic healthcare. Naya Jeevan won first prize in the 2008 NYU Social Entrepreneurship Business Plan competition.

Hasan was recently selected as a Draper Richards Social Entrepreneur Fellow, and is also an invited member of the Clinton Global Initiative. He has served as head of the US Medical Affairs Obesity Team for Amylin Pharmaceuticals, and joined TEDIndia in 2009 as a TEDIndia Fellow.

More profile about the speaker
Asher Hasan | Speaker | TED.com
TEDIndia 2009

Asher Hasan: My message of peace from Pakistan

Ašer Hasanova poruka mira iz Pakistana

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Jedan od mnogih Pakistanaca koji su došli na TEDIndia uprkos bezbedonosnim mukama zbog ulaska u zemlju, TED prijatelj Ašer Hasan pokazuje slike običnih Pakistanaca koje nose duboku poruku za stanovnike svih nacija : pogledajte iza nesuglasica i vidite humanost koju svi delimo.
- Social entrepreneur
Asher Hasan's social enterprise Naya Jeevan (the name means "new life" in Urdu and Hindi) is the emerging world's first HMO for the urban, working poor. Full bio

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NamasteNamaste. SalaamSalam.
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Namaste. Salam.
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ShalomShalom. SatSeo SriSri AkalAkal.
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Šalom (Mir). Sat Sri Akal (Bog je istina).
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GreetingsPozdrav to all of you from PakistanPakistan.
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Pozdrav svima iz Pakistana.
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It is oftenчесто said that we fearбојати се that whichкоја we do not know.
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Često je rečeno kako se bojimo onoga što ne poznajemo.
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And PakistanPakistan, in this particularпосебно veinvena, is very similarслично.
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I Pakistan, u ovom određenom kontestu, je jako sličan tome.
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Because it has provokedisprovocirao, and does provokeprovocira,
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Jer je izazvao i izaziva
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a visceralVisceralno anxietyanksioznost in the belliesstomaci of manyмноги a WesternZapadni soulдушу,
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nervozu u stomacima mnogih zapadnjačkih duša,
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especiallyпосебно when viewedprikazati throughкроз the monochromaticмонохроматски lensобјектив
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naročito kada se gleda kroz monohromatske objektive
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of turbulenceтурбуленција and turmoilнемир.
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nemira i meteža.
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But there are manyмноги other dimensionsдимензије to PakistanPakistan.
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Ali postoje mnoge druge dimenzije Pakistana.
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And what followsу наставку is a streamстреам of imagesслике,
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Ono što sledi je niz fotografija,
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a seriesсерије of imagesслике capturedзаробљен by some of Pakistan'sPakistanski
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serija fotografija snimljenih od strane nekih pakistanskih
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mostнајвише dynamicдинамичан and youngмлади photographersфотографи,
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najdinamičnijih mladih fotografa,
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that aimsciljevi to give you an alternativeалтернатива glimpseпоглед,
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koji imaju za cilj da vam ponude alternativni pogled,
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a look insideу the heartsсрца and mindsумови
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pogled u srca i umove
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of some ordinaryобичан PakistaniPakistanski citizensГрађани.
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nekih običnih građana Pakistana.
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Here are some of the storiesприче they wanted us to shareОбјави with you.
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Ovo su neke od priča koje su hteli da podele sa vama.
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My nameиме is AbdulAbdul KhanKan. I come from PeshawarPeshawara.
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Moje ime je Abdul Khan. Dolazim iz Pešavara.
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I hopeнадати се that you will be ableу могуцности to see
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Nadam se da ćete moći da vidite
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not just my Taliban-likeTalibani-kao beardбрада,
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ne samo moju talibansku bradu,
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but alsoтакође the richnessбогатство and colorбоја
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već bogatstvo i boje
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of my perceptionsперцепције, aspirationsаспирације and dreamsснове,
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mojih pogleda, težnja i snova,
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as richбогат and colorfulразнобојан as the satchelsuskočile that I sellпродати.
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koje su bogate i šarolike, kao i torbe koje prodajem.
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My nameиме is MeherMeher and this is my friendпријатељ IrimIrim.
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Moje ime je Meher a ovo je moj prijatelj Irim.
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I hopeнадати се to becomeпостати a vetVeterinar when I growрасту up
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Nadam se da ću postati veterinarka kada odrastem
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so that I can take careнега of straylutalica catsмачке and dogsпси
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tako da mogu da vodim brigu od mačkama i psima lutalicama
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who wanderlutam around the streetsулице of the villageсело
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koje lutaju po ulicama sela
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that I liveживи nearблизу GilgitGilgit, northernсеверно PakistanPakistan.
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u kojem živim a to je Gilgit, severni Pakistan.
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My nameиме is KailashDug. And I like to enrichobogaćuju livesживи
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Moje ime je Kailaš. Volim da obogaćujem živote
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throughкроз technicoloredtechnicolored glassстакло.
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kroz staklo u tehnikoloru.
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MadameMadam, would you like some of those orangeнаранџаста banglesnarukvice
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Gospođo, da li možda želite neke od ovih naradžastih narukvica
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with the pinkрозе polkaPolka dotstačke?
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sa ružičastim polka tačkama?
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My nameиме is ZaminZamin.
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Moje ime je Zamin.
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And I'm an IDPSOP, an internallyинтерно displacedрасељена personособа,
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I ja sam IRO, interno raseljena osoba,
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from SwatSpecijalne jedinice.
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iz Svata.
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Do you see me on the other sideстрана of this fenceограда?
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Vidite li me s druge strane ove ograde?
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Do I matterматерија, or really existпостоје for you?
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Značim li nešto, ili stvarno postojim za vas?
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My nameиме is ImanIman. I am a fashionмода modelмодел,
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Moje ime je Iman. Ja sam manekenka,
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an up-and-comingperspektivni modelмодел from LahoreLahore.
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manekenka u usponu iz Lahorea.
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Do you see me simplyједноставно smotheredugusena in clothtkanine?
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Da li me vidite jednostavno umotanu u tkanini?
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Or can you moveпотез beyondизван my veilveo
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Ili se možete odmaknuti od mog vela
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and see me for who I trulyзаиста am insideу?
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i videti ko sam zapravo iznutra?
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My nameиме is AhmedAhmed. I am an AfghanIz Afganistana refugeeизбеглица
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Moje ime je Ahmed. Ja sam izbeglica iz Afganistana
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from the KhyberKlanac agencyагенција.
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iz Khyber agencije.
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I have come from a placeместо of intenseинтензивно darknessтама.
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Došao sam iz mesta intezivne tame.
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And that is why I want to illuminateosvetljavaju the worldсвет.
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I zato želim da obasjam svet.
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My nameиме is PapusayPapusay.
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Moje ime je Papusaj.
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My heartсрце and drumбубањ beatпобедити as one.
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Moje srce i bubanj kucaju kao jedno.
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If religionрелигија is the opiumопијум of the massesmase,
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Ako je religija opijum za mase,
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then for me, musicмузика is my one and only ganjaplasteniku.
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onda je za mene, muzika jedna i jedina droga.
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A risingу порасту tideплима liftsлифтови all boatsчамци.
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Nadolazeća plima diže sve čamce.
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And the risingу порасту tideплима of India'sIndija je
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I nadolazeća plima indijskog
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spectacularспектакуларно economicекономски growthраст
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spektakularnog ekonomskog rasta
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has liftedподигнут over 400 millionмилиона
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je digla preko 400 miliona
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IndiansIndijanci into a buoyantplovni middleсредина classкласа.
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Indijaca u ploveći srednji sloj.
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But there are still over 650 millionмилиона IndiansIndijanci,
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Ali i dalje ima preko 650 miliona Indijaca,
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PakistanisPakistanaca, SriSri LankansLankans, BangladeshisBangladeshis, NepaleseNepalski,
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Pakistanaca, Šri Lančana, Bangladešana, Nepalaca,
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who remainостају washedопрали up on the shoresobala of povertyсиромаштво.
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koji su ostavljeni na obalama siromaštva.
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ThereforeZbog toga as IndiaIndija and PakistanPakistan, as you and I,
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Stoga, kao Indija i Pakistan, kao vi i ja,
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it behoovesred us to transcendнадмашити our differencesРазлике,
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odgovorni smo za prelaženje preko naših razlika,
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to celebrateславити our diversityразноликост,
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za slavljenje naše raznolikosti,
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to leverageлевераге our commonзаједнички humanityчовечанство.
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ojačaavanje našeg zajedničkog čovečanstva.
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Our collectiveколектив visionвизија at NayaNaya JeevanJeevan,
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Naša zajednička vizija u Naya Jeevan,
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whichкоја for manyмноги of you, as you all recognizeпрепознати,
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koja za mnoge od vas, kao što i prepoznajete,
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meansзначи "newново life" in Urduurdu and Hindihindu,
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znači 'novi život' na Urdu i Hindi jeziku,
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is to rejuvenateпомлади the livesживи of millionsмилиони of lowниско incomeприход familiesпородице
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je da se podmlade životi miliona porodica sa niskim dohotkom
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by providingобезбеђујући them with affordableприступачан accessприступ
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pružajući im dostupan pristup
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to catastrophicкатастрофално healthздравље careнега.
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zdrastvenoj nezi kod katastrofa.
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IndeedZaista it is the emergingу настајању world'sсветске first
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Zaista, u svetu u nastajanju, to je prvi
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HMOHMO for the urbanурбано workingрад poorлоше.
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HMO (organizacija za održavanje zdravlja) za siromašne koji rade u gradovima.
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Why should we do this as IndiansIndijanci and PakistanisPakistanaca?
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Zašto bi, kao Indijci i Pakistanci, to radili?
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We are but two threadsтеме cutрез from the sameисти clothtkanine.
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Mi smo dve niti odsečene s istog komada tkanine.
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And if our fatessudbine are intertwinedisprepleteni,
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A ako su naše sudbine isprepletene
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then we believe that it is good karmaKarma, it is good fortuneбогатство.
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onda verujemo da je to dobra karma, da je to sreća.
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And for manyмноги of us, our fortunesсреће do indeedзаиста lieлажи
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A za mnoge od nas, naša sreća zaista leži
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at the bottomдно of the pyramidпирамида. Thank you.
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na dnu piramide. Hvala vam.
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(ApplauseAplauz)
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(Aplauz)
03:49
ChrisKris AndersonAnderson: FantasticFantastično. Just stayостани up here.
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Kris Anderson: Fantastično. Samo ostanite tu gore.
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That was fantasticфантастичан.
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To je bilo fantastično.
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I foundнашао that really movingкретање.
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To me je stvarno dirnulo.
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You know, we foughtборио се hardтешко to get at leastнајмање
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Znate, jako smo se borili kako bi dobili bar
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a smallмали PakistaniPakistanski contingentkontingent to come.
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mali kontigent Pakistanaca ovde.
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It feltосетио like it was really importantважно.
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Činilo se da je to jako bitno.
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They wentотишао throughкроз a lot to get here.
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Prošli su kroz mnogo toga da bi došli ovde.
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Would the PakistanisPakistanaca please just standстој up please?
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Da li bi Pakistanci, molim vas, ustali?
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I just really wanted to acknowledgeпризнати you.
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Želim samo da vam odam priznanje.
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(Aplauz)
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Thank you so much.
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Hvala vam mnogo.
Translated by Elizabeta Petrovic
Reviewed by Ivana Korom

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Asher Hasan - Social entrepreneur
Asher Hasan's social enterprise Naya Jeevan (the name means "new life" in Urdu and Hindi) is the emerging world's first HMO for the urban, working poor.

Why you should listen

Asher Hasan is founder and CEO of Naya Jeevan, a social enterprise that provides low-income families in emerging economies with catastrophic healthcare. Naya Jeevan won first prize in the 2008 NYU Social Entrepreneurship Business Plan competition.

Hasan was recently selected as a Draper Richards Social Entrepreneur Fellow, and is also an invited member of the Clinton Global Initiative. He has served as head of the US Medical Affairs Obesity Team for Amylin Pharmaceuticals, and joined TEDIndia in 2009 as a TEDIndia Fellow.

More profile about the speaker
Asher Hasan | Speaker | TED.com

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