Archive for September, 2006

By Kamla Bhatt • Sep 30th, 2006 • Category: Bombay/Mumbai, Books and Authors, Chennai/Madras, Festivals & Events, Global Voices, India, Life

Blogging, festivals, an updated version of Gods, travel, rare flower, President Mush of Pakistan, films and water art are some of the things that we look in this round-up of virtual India.

BLOGGING: A couple of months ago bloggers in India were prevented from accessing their favorite blogs. A group of dedicated bloggers fought back against […]



By Kamla Bhatt • Sep 29th, 2006 • Category: Uncategorized

Water crisis, water privitization, water management…water. Where are we headed?
There are two sides to the water story. There are those who say that there is no water crisis. There is enough water in the world and the problem is in the distribution of water. The classic Transmission and Distribution (T&D) problem that you typically […]



By Kamla Bhatt • Sep 29th, 2006 • Category: Americas, Diaspora, Ideas, New York, The New York Times

Queens in New York City is the desi hub. Jackson Heights (aka Jaikishen Heights) in Queens is where many of us head to buy dal, chawal, atta and also get that elusive plate of chaat or mithai.
But, there is trouble in Queens writes The New York Times and it stems from that tiny seed. This […]



By Kamla Bhatt • Sep 29th, 2006 • Category: Ideas, Technology

Last night I saw the new Yahoo email version, and I must confess I am not a happy camper. I re-checked this morning and the feeling persists.
For starters, it has squished two different accounts into a single composite screen. That is not what I want. I am not very happy with the different fonts on […]



By Kamla Bhatt • Sep 29th, 2006 • Category: Uncategorized

Majaaz was a gifted poet, who is also the maternal uncle of Javed Akhtar and Dr.Salman Akhtar.
Nikhilesh Ghushe of Zarquon has a great poem by Majaaz called Awaara. Read the poem and as Nikhilesh writes you will find different levels of meanings…



By Kamla Bhatt • Sep 28th, 2006 • Category: Diaspora, Entrepreneur Interviews, Ideas, Start-ups, Technology, Web 2.0

You can listen to my podcast interview with Riya.coms Munjal Shah on Podtech.
Riya had a high-profile launch in March 2006 and within weeks about 10 million photos were uploaded to its site. But, along the way Munjal and his team of engineers realized that they needed to tweak their business plan. They changed their […]