Why was I Spared — The question that outlived the tumor | Gowtham Kannan | TEDxGCT

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Gowtham Kannan was told he had a brain tumor before he was told he had a future. He survived. And in the long quiet after — the kind only survivors know — a single question began to settle in him: why was I spared? Today, he runs Village Bells, an organization carrying education into tribal villages and into the hands of students who would otherwise never own a textbook. What began as one man's reckoning with his own why has grown into a ringing across many tribal communities, where children are now the first in their families to read, to dream, to choose. A devoted family man before anything else, Gowtham says the tumor taught him something brutally simple: time is borrowed, and the only honest way to spend it is on people. His talk is about what happens when you finally hear your why — and refuse to look away. Recognized as the first person in Tamil Nadu to actively educate tribal communities and promote learning among them. Brain tumor survivor. Co-founder of Village Bells Founda

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