We have a nice mix of interviews that spans life, people and ideas. Murli Wanchoo is a retired Indian government official, who lives in Silicon Valley and he looks back at India in the early days. Then we have Anusuya Devi (88), who is known as the “Queen of Folk Music” of Andhra Pradesh. Age […]
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By Kamla Bhatt • Aug 20th, 2008 • Category: Diaspora, Entrepreneur Interviews, Ideas, India, Infrastructure, Internet and Telecom, Interviews, Life, Mobile, People, Start-ups
By Kamla Bhatt • Aug 4th, 2008 • Category: Diaspora, Entrepreneur Interviews, Events, Ideas, India, Life, People, Podcast, San Francisco, Start-ups, Technology, Video, Web 2.0, YouTube Videos
Here is the line-up for this week’s interview.
A 2-part interview with Murugan Pal of CK-12, a non-profit organization in the education field. CK-12 is co-founded by Neeru Khosla and Murugan and they are working on providing innovative technical solution for high-school students and teachers. Murugan has an interesting background. Prior to working with CK-12 he […]
By Kamla Bhatt • Aug 2nd, 2008 • Category: Books, Movies, Music, Televison, Diaspora, Life, Living In America
Arjun Janah recently returned to New York City after spending a couple of years in the San Francisco bay area. He was working on a book project for his father, the well-known photographer Sunil Janah.
In this poem New York City is his muse.
By Foley Square
Arjun Janah
This afternoon, I settled, where Centre crosses Reade,
Within Manhattan’s bosom, […]
By Kamla Bhatt • Jul 27th, 2008 • Category: Books, Movies, Music, Televison, Bollywood, Events, India, Interviews, Life, Video
Today the Unforgettable Tour starring the Bachchans, Madhuri Dixit, Ritesh Deshmukh, Preity Zinta and others comes to the San Francisco bay area. The stars will perform at what was previously known as Oakland Coliseum, which is a giant sports stadium that can seat thousands of people. I imagine all the roads leading to the Coliseum […]
By Kamla Bhatt • Jul 16th, 2008 • Category: Books, Movies, Music, Televison, Diaspora, Life, Living In America
Sesame Street, the popular TV show for pre-school kids in the USA will feature its first desi character: Leela. The next season of Sesame Street debuts on PBS Kids on August 11, 2008.
Leela works in a laundromat in the show. She is steeped in her desi culture and will be seen singing and dancing with […]
By Kamla Bhatt • Jul 15th, 2008 • Category: Books, Movies, Music, Televison, Books and Authors, Business, Diaspora, Ideas, India, Interviews, Life, People, Podcast, San Francisco, Technology
This week we will be celebrating women achievers to coincide with the BlogHer conference in San Francisco. Here is a lineup of 3 women achievers we will feature in the show this week.
Roma Kapoor works with United Way, a philanthropic organization that is over 100 years old. Roma is based in Washington DC and […]
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. 
