Archive for March, 2008

By Kamla Bhatt • Mar 31st, 2008 • Category: Life, San Francisco, Travel

Only in San Francisco. I clapped my eyes on this gentleman while walking down North Beach in San Francisco a couple of days ago. Loved the guy’s attitude as he went about trying to rustle up some greenbacks for his “alcohol” research (wonder whatever happened to that “ht’?”)
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By Kamla Bhatt • Mar 30th, 2008 • Category: Business, Ideas, TechLife - Financial Express, Technology, Web 2.0

In this Sunday’s column in Financial Express I wrote about corporate blogging in India, and how there is a lot of education and awareness that needs to be created. While researching for the article it struck me that perhaps a pure-play corporate blogging approach might not be the most effective way in India. Perhaps, […]



By Kamla Bhatt • Mar 27th, 2008 • Category: Books, Movies, Music, Televison, Bollywood, Ideas, India, Interviews, Video, YouTube Videos

Sometimes do you ever wonder why that Indian film song sounds so familiar? Do you for a fleeting minute wonder if that latest Bollywood tune sounds like rai music from Algeria? Well, you are right to think that way and if you want to check all you have to do is mosey over toItwoFS.com […]



By Kamla Bhatt • Mar 26th, 2008 • Category: Business, Global Voices, Ideas, India, Merger & Acquisition, Planes and Automobiles

Earlier today it was announced that Tata Motors of India is acquiring Jaguar and Land Rover from Ford Motors, which was once one of three automotive giants of Michigan. Tatas acquisition of these two high-end automobile brands is one of the central topics of conversation in global mainstream media and blogs. Within a short span […]



By Kamla Bhatt • Mar 25th, 2008 • Category: Business, Ideas, India, Internet and Telecom, Interviews, Start-ups, Technology, Travel, Venture Capital

In the last couple of years travel portals have become a dominant feature of the Indian startup landscape. Many of these travel portals have received a nice chunk of change from various VCs and angels. Gurgaon-based iXiGO became the latest travel related startup to receive its first round of undisclosed round of funding from BAF […]



By Kamla Bhatt • Mar 22nd, 2008 • Category: Chinidia, Ideas, India, New Delhi, Podcast

India-China have had a checkered relationship for a long while and the 1962 war between the two countries have left deep scars in India. Just three years before the 1962 war the Dalai Lama fled Tibet to India and has been living in exile in Dharamsala since then.
Over a year ago I did an […]