Kamla's Blog posts on ‘ Books, Movies, Music, Televison’

By Kamla Bhatt • Aug 21st, 2008 • Category: Books, Movies, Music, Televison, Diaspora, India, People, YouTube Videos

Sanjaya Malakar is back. Remember him from American Idol? The singer with the funky hairstyles (ponyhawk) and a laid-back attitude? Remember the Fanjayas? Was it just a year ago that Sanjaya was the talk of the nation?  To celebrate Sanjaya’s fame on American Idol  there was even a Sanjaya Malakar Day declared by the South […]


By Kamla Bhatt • Aug 21st, 2008 • Category: Books, Movies, Music, Televison, Bollywood, India, Interviews, People, YouTube Videos

Namrata Joshi is a film critic for Outlook, a national magazine published in India. She also writes articles on cinema for the magazine and recently won the best film critic award at the 52nd National Film Awards in India. Prior to Outlook Namrata wrote for India Today and Economic Times.
To say that she is passionate […]


By Kamla Bhatt • Aug 19th, 2008 • Category: Books, Movies, Music, Televison

Pakistan’s President Pervez Musharraf resigns or as The Economist put it “he jumps before he is pushed.” Ending days of speculation whether he will resign or face an impeachment Pakistan’s President Pervez Musharraf officially announced his resignation on Monday, August 18th 2008. In an hour long TV address President Musharraf announced his resignation from the […]


By Kamla Bhatt • Aug 17th, 2008 • Category: Books, Movies, Music, Televison

Don’t have broadband connection, and therefore unable to update the site. My trusty old neighhorhood library appears to be suffering from some kind of broadband and software issues, which means that option is also shot.  I have way too much stuff to lug around to a Starbucks or any place that offers free wi-fi service, plus it takes ages to […]


By Kamla Bhatt • Aug 8th, 2008 • Category: Books, Movies, Music, Televison

I have been unexpectedly caught up in editing a whole bunch of audio and video files and have not found time to post on the blog. Sorry about that.. But, like I pointed out in a previous post I have stepped up my activity on FriendFeed, where I constantly discover new articles and people and […]


By Kamla Bhatt • Aug 2nd, 2008 • Category: Books, Movies, Music, Televison, Diaspora, Life, Living In America

Arjun Janah recently returned to New York City after spending a couple of years in the San Francisco bay area. He was working on a book project for his father, the well-known photographer Sunil Janah.
In this poem New York City is his muse.
By Foley Square
Arjun Janah
This afternoon, I settled, where Centre crosses Reade,
Within Manhattan’s bosom, […]


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