Back From My Sabbatical Year
By Kamla Bhatt • Jan 5th, 2010Category: Books, Movies, Music, Televison, Bollywood, Bombay/Mumbai, Books and Authors, Diaspora, Ideas, India, Interviews, People, Podcast, San Francisco
A very Happy New Year to all of you. Thank you all for your support and for sending in your feedback & suggestions via comments, emails and tweets.
As many of you may already know 2009 was a very interesting year, where my show was featured on Mint and NDTV’s websites. I had an exiting mix of guests: Ninja Srinivasan, Editor-In-Chief at Yahoo!, Guy Kawasaki, Padmasree Warrior, CTO of Cisco, Oscar winners Danny Boyle and AR Rahman and Bollywood filmmaker Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra among others.
As some of you may know I took a sabbatical in mid-2009. I went on a quest. As I discovered there is a lot to learn from traditional media. Creating those one minute news package for TV was both challenging and exhilarating. Writing and polishing the news copy just minutes before going live had my adrenalin pumping. Learning how to engage with your on-air (radio) audience in a 10 second spot in-between songs was an invaluable experience. I have new respect for camera people, floor directors and video editors, whose painstaking work often goes unnoticed. I have new respect for radio DJ’s and program directors and the hours of hard work they put in to create that unforgettable radio experience.
During the break I stayed connected with all of you via Twitter.
I am back now and look forward to sharing new content every week.
I look forward to your continued support, feedback and suggestions.
Thank you.
Welcome Back!!!
Kamla hi,
As much as you have respect for the professionals, we too have respect for you. With my limited knowledge of traditional and new media, I can say that you have set a benchmark for people. I wish you success, joy and peace.
Regards,
Abhishek