The iPhone countdown has begun and people are lining up outside Apple stores from coast to coast, from New York to San Francisco. Over in India the iPhone mania begun about six months ago, but the phone will be available only later this year via Airtel.
David Pogue has an excellent review of the iPhone, alternatively known as […]
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By Kamla Bhatt • Jun 27th, 2007 • Category: Electronic gadgets, Festivals & Events, Ideas, India, Internet and Telecom, Mobile, New York, Technology, The New York Times, Video, YouTube Videos
By Kamla Bhatt • Jun 15th, 2007 • Category: Books, Movies, Music, Televison, Chennai/Madras, Diaspora, Festivals & Events, People
Reports about AVM Production’s Sivaji: The Boss are trickling in and initial reports seem to be that this film delivers at least for these two Rajni fans who live in the USA. I am a big Rajni fan, and my husband for the life of him cannot understand my fascination with Rajnikath!
It was with great relish […]
By Kamla Bhatt • Mar 21st, 2007 • Category: Bangalore, Diaspora, Festivals & Events, India
New Year in March you ask? Well, yes in certain parts of India it the start of a new year since they follow a different calendar and not the Gregorian calendar that the western countries follow.
Ugadi, Gudi Padwa are some of the names for the New Year celebrations in India. The festival is not celebrated […]
By Kamla Bhatt • Mar 21st, 2007 • Category: Bangalore, Festivals & Events, India
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Ugadi, or New Year was celebrated on 19th and 20th of March 2007. The reason why some celebrated it on the 20th was because there was a partial solar eclipse on March 19th, and that by some is not considered as a promising beginning for the New Year.
In this video clip […]
By Kamla Bhatt • Mar 20th, 2007 • Category: Bangalore, Festivals & Events, Food, Life
Yesterday I got a glimpse of the old Bangalore, the Bangalore of my childhood with very few cars on the roads and I must confess that I enjoyed the drive. I remember a Bangalore that did not have so many cars and two wheelers. Toady, you will be hard-pressed to find anyone in Bangalore who has a […]
By Kamla Bhatt • Mar 19th, 2007 • Category: Festivals & Events, India, Life
Here is wishing everyone Happy Ugadi or Happy New Year. Some folks are celebrating it tomorrow because of the partial solar eclipse this morning and amavaysa this evening.
According to the wikipedia entry Ugadi or New Year is celebrated by people in Karnataka, Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh, who follow the lunar calendar. Interestingly, my family does […]
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. 
