Michael Jackson, King of Pop, who passed away at the age of 50 earlier today exerted a huge influence on Bollywood and Indian film industry. It is difficult to ignore Jackson’s influence on Bollywood and Indian films. Just go back to the 1980s and watch the movies and you will clearly see Jackson’s influence. Not […]
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By Kamla Bhatt • Jun 26th, 2009 • Category: Books, Movies, Music, Televison, Bollywood, Bombay/Mumbai, India, People, YouTube Videos
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 […]
By Kamla Bhatt • Apr 24th, 2009 • Category: Bangalore, Bombay/Mumbai, Ideas, India, Life
Now that the 15th general elections are underway in India, the big question in everybody’s mind is who is going to win? Will one party take it all or will there be no clear winner, which means a coalition government or a political patchwork quilt at the center? To form the next government, either […]
By Kamla Bhatt • Apr 14th, 2009 • Category: Books, Movies, Music, Televison, Bollywood, Bombay/Mumbai, India, New York, People, Video, YouTube Videos
In India movie stars and filmmakers wield enormous influence and that point was drawn dramatically by Danny Boyle in the movie Slumdog Millionaire. Hint: it is the toilet scene. Interestingly, the entertainment industry, (especially Bollywood or the Hindi film industry based in Mumbai) involvement in Indian politics was pretty marginal with a few a actors […]
By Kamla Bhatt • Feb 23rd, 2009 • Category: Books, Movies, Music, Televison, Bollywood, Bombay/Mumbai, India, Interviews, People
This evening the cast and crew of Slumdog Millionaire made a clean sweep at the Oscars by winning 8 awards out of 10 nominations. The tone for the evening was set when Simon Beaufoy, who wrote the screenplay won the first Oscars. The second half of the show was dominated by Slumdog Millionaire.Slumdog Millionaire won the Oscar […]
By Kamla Bhatt • Feb 21st, 2009 • Category: Books, Movies, Music, Televison, Bollywood, Bombay/Mumbai, Diaspora, India, New Delhi, People
Rakeyesh Omprakash Mehra’s third film Delhi 6: The Journey Within had its world wide release today. The film stars Abhishek Bachchan, Sonam Kapoor (whose father Anil Kapoor acted in Slumdog Millionaire), Waheeda Rehman, Rishi Kapoor, Om Puri and others. Oscar nominated AR Rahman scored the music for the film, and as usual the songs were […]
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. 
