The radical act of choosing common ground | Nisha Anand

Visit to get our entire library of TED Talks, transcripts, translations, personalized talk recommendations and more. To achieve lasting change sometimes requires the hard, even radical, choice of partnering with people you’d least expect. Justice reform advocate Nisha Anand shares her story of working with her ideological opposite to make history and save lives — and urges us all to widen our circles in order to make progress with purpose. The TED Talks channel features the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world’s leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes (or less). Look for talks on Technology, Entertainment and Design — plus science, business, global issues, the arts and more. You’re welcome to link to or embed these videos, forward them to others and share these ideas with people you know. Follow TED on Twitter: Like TED on Facebook: Subscribe to our channel: TED’s videos may be used for non-commercial purposes under a Creative Commons License, Attribution–Non Commercial–No Derivatives (or the CC BY – NC – ND 4.0 International) and in accordance with our TED Talks Usage Policy (). For more information on using TED for commercial purposes (e.g. employee learning, in a film or online course), please submit a Media Request at