So far this month the major topic of discussion in virtual India was the world cup cricket match in the West Indies. Now that India is unceremoniously bowled out of the world cup, bloggers have turned their attention to other issues.
Yesterday the Indian Supreme Court temporarily stopped the implementation of Other Backward Classes (OBC) quota or affirmative […]
Archive for March, 2007
By Kamla Bhatt • Mar 31st, 2007 • Category: Bangalore, Bombay/Mumbai, Global Voices, India, Life, Video
By Kamla Bhatt • Mar 31st, 2007 • Category: Bangalore, Ideas, Internet and Telecom, Internet and Telecom India, Mobile, Start-ups, Venture Capital
India has the fast growing mobile market in the world, and Bangalore is the hotbed of mobile innovations and start-ups. Just this past year alone a handful of new mobile companies working on mobile applications, mobile search, and mobile hardware have sprung up in Bangalore.
Last week after I landed up at IIM Bangalore’s incubator to […]
By Kamla Bhatt • Mar 30th, 2007 • Category: Bangalore, India, Life, Only in India, Video
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Traditional craftsmen are a fast disappearing breed in India I suspect. While some traditional crafts are being revived, others I suspect are quietly disappearing from the Indian landscape. But, there are some who are tenuously hanging in there because there is sufficient demand for them (enough South Indian kids are […]
By Kamla Bhatt • Mar 30th, 2007 • Category: Books, Movies, Music, Televison
Retail therapy in India has a different flavor and meaning. It is not about shopping in air-conditioned malls and browsing through shops with minimal interaction with the store clerks and managers. In India retail therapy is a truly different experience, which can quickly turn into a rich interactive experience. The bazaar like atmosphere is still […]
By Kamla Bhatt • Mar 30th, 2007 • Category: Books, Movies, Music, Televison, Bombay/Mumbai, Diaspora, India, People
Amitabh Bachchan and Sienna Miller launched the Indian International Film Academy (IIFA) celebration in London yesterday. This is a four day celebration which will culminate in the actual IIFA awards night in the first week of June. The IIFA awards night be held in Yorkshire county.
In a couple of months the IIFA award will be held […]
By Kamla Bhatt • Mar 29th, 2007 • Category: Ideas, India, Technology, Venture Capital
SKS Microfinance located in Hyderabad received a new round of funding. It received $11.5 million and the investment round was led by Sequoia Capital. Other investors include Unitus Equity Fund, Vinod Khosla, Ravi Reddy, Odyssey Capital, and”from a previous round”SIDBI according to CIOL.
According to CNBC:
“Sequoia’s investment makes SKS the largest for-profit microfinance institution in the […]
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. 
