Over the long Thanksgiving weekend San Francisco’s Mayor Gavin Newsom made his first maiden trip to Bangalore, India. Interestingly, for over 100 years San Francisco has been an entry point for Indians, many of whom came from the region of Punjab and were often referred to as Hindus in the early 20th century. Reportedly, the […]
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By Kamla Bhatt • Dec 8th, 2009 • Category: Bangalore, Business, Ideas, India, Internet and Telecom, San Francisco, Social Media, Start-ups, Technology, Video, YouTube Videos
By Kamla Bhatt • Dec 7th, 2009 • Category: Books, Movies, Music, Televison, Bangalore, Diaspora, Interviews, Living In America, People, Podcast, Video, YouTube Videos
New York-based jazz musicians Vijay Iyer and Rudresh Mahanthappa are two of the rising stars in the jazz world. For over 10 years the two musicians have worked together, and also on their own independent projects. Their work has received critical acclaim. It is not very often that you come across musicians from the Indian-American […]
By Kamla Bhatt • Jul 1st, 2009 • Category: Bangalore, Business, Ideas, India, Infrastructure, Internet and Telecom, Internet and Telecom India, Technology, YouTube Videos
Networking giant Cisco Systems is aggressively pursuing smart energy or green tech initiatives through its concept of Smart Connected Buildings.Cisco announced today that it is introducing the first of its product in the smart energy category called Network Building Mediator that was incubated in Cisco’s Globalization Center East in Bangalore, India. This is the first […]
By Kamla Bhatt • Jun 16th, 2009 • Category: Americas, Bangalore, Diaspora, Ideas, India, Living In America, Video, YouTube Videos
A major trend that I have been following this past year is the growing political awareness among South Asians aka desis. Like others, I noticed there was an increased involvement from the desi community during the 2009 US Presidential elections. Not only was there an increase in the number of desi candidates running for elections […]
By Kamla Bhatt • Apr 26th, 2009 • Category: Bangalore, Bollywood, India, People
Bollywood actor Feroz Khan (70) passed away earlier today according to The Hindustan Times. He was suffering from cancer. He is survived by his son Bollywood actor Fardeen and daughter Laila.
Khan was the oldest of the original “Khan brothers.” His younger brother are Sanjay (his daughter Suzanne is married to Bollywood Hrithik Roshan), Akbar and Sameer Khan.
Born and brought up in Bangalore Feroz was born to a Pathan father and […]
By Kamla Bhatt • Apr 24th, 2009 • Category: Bangalore, Bombay/Mumbai, Chennai/Madras, Diaspora, Ideas, India, Life, Living In America, Only in India, Start-ups, Technology
Are IT workers and marketing folks considered as toxic assets in the Indian marriage market? Well, if you read this latest article by The Financial Times it seems that appears to be the case. Here is what they write:
Since the recession, Indian families have been increasingly cautious about marrying their daughters off to […]
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. 
