Busting language Barriers | Satshya Tharien | TEDxSAC

India is the land of 121 languages and 270 mother tongues. But most Indians grew up looking at English as the gold standard. Sathshya Tharien's journey was no different.

Knowing fluent English is seen as a badge of honor and the importance of the local languages is downplayed, but regional languages are very important to today’s youth; it creates a difference in their lives.

Satshya Tharien is an edutainment content creator and an award-winning journalist based in Mangalore. She is best known for her Instagram series, ‘Hacks to Learn’, which brings a fun twist to learning regional languages such as Malayalam and Kannada.
During her stint as a journalist, she won the WAN INFRA South Asian Digital Media Award for ‘Best Project for News Literacy’.
Even with her shift from Journalism to Content Creation, Satshya always remains passionate about the intersection of food, culture and language as seen in her video series, ‘Chumma Cooking’ and her podcast ‘Chumma Conversations’. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx