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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The legendary musician Michael Jackson, King of Pop, passed away today apparently of a massive cardiac arrest. Earlier in the day a 911 call was placed from Jackson’s home and he was taken to UCLA Medical hospital, where he died according to various reports.
He was only 50 years old.
There was barely any hint in the news of […]
Sarode maestro Ali Akbar Khan (April 14, 1922 – June 18, 2009) passed away in his Marin county home at 10 pm PST on last night June 18, 2009. He was surrounded by his family and loved ones in the final hours. For the last few years Khan sahib had been in frail health and […]
Bob Bogle (75), co-founder of The Ventures, the famous music group, passed away today. Bogle along with Don Wilson formed The Ventures in the late 1950s. Their brand of music gave rise to what came to be labelled as “surf music,” and I suspect their number “Wipeout,” is a favorite song of many non-surfers. I know it is mine.
I have been on a long break as some of you may know from my tweets. It was good to take that much needed break. Being chained to a laptop for extended period of time means that you don’t get time to go out and smell the roses or make time to meet friends and […]
Arjun Janah left this poem about Shashi Tharoor as a comment on one of my blog posts. I am taking the liberty of publishing it. Arjun is based in New York, and is a graduate of St. Stephen’s just like Mr.Tharoor, who is running for elections from his home town of Trivandrum, Kerala.
For the past few years Arjun has been involved in helping his […]
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. 




