In Conversation With Pico Iyer
By Kamla Bhatt • May 9th, 2008Category: Books, Movies, Music, Televison, Diaspora, People
Pico Iyer is one of my favorite authors. About a week ago Pico graciously agreed to do an interview after I sent him a note. I had first met Pico about 12 years ago when he released his second book: The Lady and the Monk. For the past week I have been feverishly preparing for the interview. I made numerous trips to the local library and spent hours on the Internet reading up everything I could find on Pico, his father, the Dalai Lama and a whole bunch of related information. What a pity that my entire stack of Pico’s books along with my notes are back in Bangalore.
I finally got to interview Pico earlier today. Pico recently published a book on the Dalai Lama. We spent an hour talking about his new book, how he got into writing, the writing process, travels, globalism and food. I will be posting the audio interview in a couple of days, so watch out for that. I hope you enjoy the conversation with Pico as much as I did. Pico has a sharp eye for details and has a wonderful ability to transport us to different parts of the world through his writings.
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. 
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