Kamla's Blog posts on ‘Ideas’

By Kamla Bhatt • Feb 11th, 2010 • Category: Books and Authors, Ideas, India, Video, YouTube Videos

Ideas and inspirations transcend physical and geographical boundaries as history has shown us time and again. While most of us recognize the power of ideas, it still comes as a pleasant surprise when you  actually see and hear people talk about who inspired them like this short video clip of Martin Luther King where he […]



By Kamla Bhatt • Feb 4th, 2010 • Category: Business, Entrepreneur Interviews, Ideas, Living In America, San Francisco, Technology, Video

Steve Jobs clearly recognizes the power of storytelling.
A consummate marketer Jobs known the art of storytelling, and this Stanford Commencement address is a great example. “I have 3 stories to share,” he says in his introduction. The 3 stories seem to map to birth, life/love and death. The cycle of life. Jobs apparently subscribes to Buddhist […]



By Kamla Bhatt • Jan 5th, 2010 • Category: Books, Movies, Music, Televison, Bollywood, Bombay/Mumbai, Books and Authors, Diaspora, Ideas, India, Interviews, People, Podcast, San Francisco

A very Happy New Year to all of you. Thank you all for your support and for sending in your feedback & suggestions via comments, emails and tweets.
As many of you may already know 2009 was a very interesting year, where my show was featured on Mint and NDTV’s websites. I had an […]



By Kamla Bhatt • Dec 8th, 2009 • Category: Bangalore, Business, Ideas, India, Internet and Telecom, San Francisco, Social Media, Start-ups, Technology, Video, YouTube Videos

Over the long Thanksgiving weekend San Francisco’s Mayor Gavin Newsom made his first maiden trip to Bangalore, India. Interestingly, for over 100 years San Francisco has been an entry point for Indians, many of whom came from the region of Punjab and were often referred to as Hindus in the early 20th century. Reportedly, the […]



By Kamla Bhatt • Dec 3rd, 2009 • Category: Business, Ideas, Internet and Telecom, Social Media, Start-ups, Technology, Web 2.0

How are marketing heads in Silicon Valley adopting to the new, tough economic environment? What are their marketing weapons of choice in this brave, new world?  Social media and Web 2.0 are the weapons of choice for some of the marketing heads in major corporations and start-ups. How are companies effectively using […]



By Kamla Bhatt • Nov 23rd, 2009 • Category: Ideas, India, New Delhi

India’s Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh is in Washington this week. Mr. Singh is also the guest for President Obama’s first state dinner at the White House. While this social gesture might hold some symbolic significance, the central question is this: will the US-India relationship be nudged to the next level? Where does India […]