This is a 2-part interview with Oscar winner AR Rahman. An intensely private person, AR was pretty candid in this 2-part interview where he talks about his journey as a musician. AR entered the Indian film industry as a young boy, and through sheer hard work and determination rose to become one of the [...]
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By Kamla Bhatt • Mar 7th, 2010 • Category: Books, Movies, Music, Televison, Bollywood, Bombay/Mumbai, Chennai/Madras, India, People, Web 2.0, 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 • Mar 29th, 2009 • Category: Books, Movies, Music, Televison, Books and Authors, Chennai/Madras, India, People, Video, YouTube Videos
This is perhaps the first Indian general electins where so many Indian film makers and stars are involved. This is not the first general election where movie stars are playing a significant role, but this is perhaps the first time where a large number of them are involved and that is what is different. While [...]
By Kamla Bhatt • May 27th, 2008 • Category: Books, Movies, Music, Televison, Chennai/Madras, Entrepreneur Interviews, Ideas, Internet and Telecom, Start-ups, Technology, User Generated Content
Local search is the new battle ground for startups and VCs in India. “But, local search is an oxymoron,” says Deepak Srinivasan, Internet marketing guru. “There is no such user experience called local search. It is a local directory business,” he adds. “Local search is often used as a proxy for local points [...]
By Kamla Bhatt • Dec 6th, 2007 • Category: Business, Chennai/Madras, Electronic gadgets, Ideas, India, Internet and Telecom, Mobile, Technology
Nokia, the world’s largest handset manufacturer has some pretty ambitious plans for India and the US.
First India. Nokia is an enviable position in India, where it dominates the handset market. Over the past few years the Finnish telecom company has sharpened its focus in India and has set up a manufacturing unit in the [...]
By Kamla Bhatt • Oct 22nd, 2007 • Category: Chennai/Madras, Electronic gadgets, Ideas, India, Internet and Telecom, Internet and Telecom India, Start-ups, Technology, Wi-Fi, YouTube Videos
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Prof. Nicholas Negroponte’s One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) is a low-cost computer that is now available to different parts of the world. Originally priced at $100 the price of OLPC has almost doubled. India’s Anil Ambani group of companies, ADAG, recently joined the OLPC initiative in India and a pilot project is already underway in the state [...]