Wishing all of you a wonderul, happy and healthy 2007.
Archive for December, 2006
By Kamla Bhatt • Dec 31st, 2006 • Category: Uncategorized
By Kamla Bhatt • Dec 31st, 2006 • Category: Diaspora, Entrepreneur Interviews, Ideas, India, Video
Finacial Times man of the year for 2006 is Lakshmi Mittal, the steel entreprenuer who lives in London. It is important to note that Mr. Mittal has no business in India, while his father has business interests in India.
Mr. Mittal was born and brought up in India, but left the country 30 years ago and […]
By Kamla Bhatt • Dec 30th, 2006 • Category: Books, Movies, Music, Televison, Bollywood, Bombay/Mumbai, India, People
2006 turned out to be a great year for Indian cinema, especially Bollywood movies. The year saw an interesting mix of big banner movies, as well as small, budget movies that clearly scored a hit with movie goers. But, the film that probably was a hit with many movie goers was Lage Raho Munnabhai. This […]
By Kamla Bhatt • Dec 29th, 2006 • Category: Uncategorized
Who will get what part of Hutch Essar continues to be the central question as the year draws to an end.
First there were denials when The Wall Street Journal broke the story earlier this month. But very quickly the denials changed into a dramatic set of developments with various national and international actors offering to […]
By Kamla Bhatt • Dec 29th, 2006 • Category: Uncategorized
The latest issue of the Economist has an article on Sanjeev Aggarwal of Helion Venture Partners and their India plans. Helion started its India operations earlier this year and has already made its first two investments in JiGrahak and MakeMyTrip.
The article captures the rapid change in India, and how people are ready to leave their comfortable jobs […]
By Kamla Bhatt • Dec 28th, 2006 • Category: Bangalore, Bombay/Mumbai, Business, Ideas, India, Internet and Telecom India, Podcast, Start-ups, Technology
You can listen to a podcast of weekly tech news round-up on Podtech. The round-up covers the developments with Hutch Essar and the slew of venture investments.
Tutor Vista, MakeMytrip and Cleartrip received their two rounds of funding earlier this month.
Matrix Partners India has invested an undisclosed amount in startup 4 Interactive.
Mumbai-based Zapak Digital Entertainment Limited […]
Kamla Bhatt is the host and producer of an Internet Radio show where listeners can find stories about the new and emerging India and the global Indian community. As a pioneer of 'internet radio' format in India Kamla started her first show News about India, followed by TalkNewsIndia in 2005. In 2006 she premiered her new show: The Kamla Bhatt Show: Life, People and Ideas. 
