Kamla's Blog posts on ‘India’

By Kamla Bhatt • Feb 23rd, 2010 • Category: Books and Authors, Ideas, India, People

The Dalai Lama,the spiritual head of Tibetans is on Twitter. This time it is official with that recognizable blue colored tick mark with “Verified Account” right next to his name.Last year a fake Twitter account was opened in his name.
The Dalai Lama is currently on a tour of the United States, and held a low-key […]



By Kamla Bhatt • Feb 18th, 2010 • Category: Books, Movies, Music, Televison, Bollywood, Bombay/Mumbai, India, People, Video, YouTube Videos

It came as a shock to hear that Nirmal Pandey passed away earlier today. He apparently suffered from a heart attack earlier this evening in India and lost his life.
A talented actor and an alum of India’s National School of Drama, Pandey made his mark in theatre before migrating to the silver screen. It was in […]



By Kamla Bhatt • Feb 17th, 2010 • Category: Books, Movies, Music, Televison, Bollywood, Bombay/Mumbai, India, People, Video, YouTube Videos

This is an excellent  2-part interview of Kabir Bedi by Riz Khan that is definitely worth watching.
There are very few actors like Kabir Bedi in Indian cinema. Bedi has all the trappings of a polished  film star. He has the dashing looks, the deep baritone voice and the elegance. As if that were not sufficient, he […]



By Kamla Bhatt • Feb 13th, 2010 • Category: India, People, Video, YouTube Videos

There he is. Popping up once again at another winter Olympics - the lone Indian representative for luge at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada. This is the fourth time that Shiva “the destroyer” is representing India at the winter Olympics, and this time apparently has a good chance  of finishing strong.What is really sad to read is […]



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 • 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 […]