Admit it, you paused for a minute when you read “storys” instead of stories when you saw the title I Hate Love Storys. Why was “Storys” spelt/spelled that way? Was there a missing apostrophe or did someone make a typo when registering the title of the film? Or, maybe it was a deliberate ploy to [...]
Kamla's Blog posts on ‘Diaspora’
By Kamla Bhatt • Jul 3rd, 2010 • Category: Books, Movies, Music, Televison, Bollywood, Bombay/Mumbai, Diaspora, India, People, Video
By Kamla Bhatt • Jul 2nd, 2010 • Category: Books, Movies, Music, Televison, Americas, Diaspora, People, Video
I was really looking forward to watching M Night Shyamalan’s The Last Airbender. I was curious to see how Shyamalan translates this hugely popular Nickelodeon series into a movie. I was also curious to see The Last Airbender in 3D since that was not in the original plan. You see the success of James Cameron’s [...]
By Kamla Bhatt • Mar 19th, 2010 • Category: Americas, Books and Authors, Diaspora, Ideas, India, Living In America
Chances are you may or may not have heard of Anandibai Joshee, the first Indian woman to attend an American medical college and get a medical degree. Anandibai studied at the Women’s Medical College in Pennsylvania and returned to India after completing her studies. Tragically she died within months of her return on February 27, 1887. She [...]
By Kamla Bhatt • Mar 9th, 2010 • Category: Americas, Business, Diaspora, Entrepreneur Interviews, Ideas, Internet and Telecom, Interviews, San Francisco, Technology, Venture Capital
A few of the magical ingredients of what makes Silicon Valley unique is the easy access to mentors and investors. I turned to Yogen Dalal an engineer-turned entrepreneur-turned venture capitalist to find out the answers to many unanswered questions. Yogen came to Silicon Valley in the early 1970s to study at Stanford University. He is the Managing [...]
By Kamla Bhatt • Feb 27th, 2010 • Category: Books, Movies, Music, Televison, Diaspora, India, New York, People, Social Media, Video, YouTube Videos
Aziz “the bored” Ansari is a rising star in the world of entertainment. Within a short span of time Aziz has carved a name for himself. He currently appears on NBC’s sitcom Parks and Recreations. He has appeared in a handful of Hollywood films and is working with Hollywood Director Judd Apatow on 3 films. Last [...]
By Kamla Bhatt • Jan 16th, 2010 • Category: Books, Movies, Music, Televison, Books and Authors, Diaspora, People, YouTube Videos
Americans coming to India to discover themselves is not an uncommon thing. This trend probably started in the 1960s and peaked in the 1970s. But, Americans coming to India in the 21st century to discover themselves by learning Hindi? Now, that is an uncommon thing and that is precisely what New York-based [...]