Mr Iyer goes to war
Mr Iyer goes to war by Ryan Lobo is a 2016 Society & Culture book written by TED speaker Ryan Lobo, paired here with the talk they gave.
The pairing
- Paired talk: "Photographing the hidden story: Ryan Lobo on TED.com" (2009), 622K views on TED.com
- Timing: Published 7 years after the talk.
- Edition: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2016 · 220 pages
The paired TED talk
Photographing the hidden story: Ryan Lobo on TED.com (2009), the TED talk by Ryan Lobo.
From the publisher
Dispatched to a hospice center in the sacred city of Varanasi, seventy-something Lalgudi Iyer spends his days immersed in scripture, awaiting spiritual transcendence. After he suffers a concussion, he sees a vision of his past life--he is the reincarnation of the mythological warrior Bhima sent from the heavens to destroy evil. Convinced of his need to continue his mission and revive the noble principles of Hindu mythology, Iyer embarks on an epic adventure across India with the help of his trusted companion, Bencho the undertaker. His attempts at restoring order to the world, and in the process, winning over the heart of the deeply uninterested maiden Damyanti, are hampered only by his complete detachment from sanity and the reality of contemporary India.