Kamla's Blog posts on ‘Life’

By Kamla Bhatt • Apr 30th, 2009 • Category: Books, Movies, Music, Televison, Diaspora, India, Life, New York, Only in India

Arjun Janah left this poem about Shashi Tharoor as a comment on one of my blog posts. I am taking the liberty of publishing it. Arjun is based in New York, and is a graduate of St. Stephen’s just like Mr.Tharoor, who is running for elections from his home town of Trivandrum, Kerala.
 
For the past few years Arjun has been involved in helping his […]


By Kamla Bhatt • Apr 28th, 2009 • Category: Diaspora, India, Life, Only in India, Technology

The 15th Lok Sabha elections in India is through its half-way point and as expected turnouts in the various constituencies have been pretty strong bordering 50 percent and above. Young voters (t 18-28 years) might hold the key in some of the constituencies.
We bring you a series of digital vignettes that will hopefully give us […]


By Kamla Bhatt • Apr 24th, 2009 • Category: Bangalore, Bombay/Mumbai, Chennai/Madras, Diaspora, Ideas, India, Life, Living In America, Only in India, Start-ups, Technology

Are IT workers and marketing folks considered as toxic assets in the Indian marriage market? Well, if you read this latest article by The Financial Times it seems that appears to be the case. Here is what they write:
Since the recession, Indian families have been increasingly cautious about marrying their daughters off to […]


By Kamla Bhatt • Apr 24th, 2009 • Category: Bangalore, Bombay/Mumbai, Ideas, India, Life

Now that the 15th general elections are underway in India, the big question in everybody’s mind is who is going to win? Will one party take it all or will there be no clear winner, which means a coalition government or a political patchwork quilt at the center? To form the next government, either […]


By Kamla Bhatt • Apr 22nd, 2009 • Category: India, Life

Who knew that when Munthadar al-Zaidi ,the Iraqi journalist hurled his shoes at the visiting American President he would be unleashing a new fad around the world.  Last year al-Zaidi  famously threw  his shoes at President George W. Bush, who deftly ignored the whizzing footwear not once, but twice. al-Zaidi was instantly wrestled to the ground […]


By Kamla Bhatt • Mar 28th, 2009 • Category: Books, Movies, Music, Televison, Bollywood, India, Life, Video, Web 2.0, YouTube Videos

Change is in the air in India as the country gears itself for its general elecions and a new government that will be formed in June.  Many political observers and pundits are busy underscoring the fact that is India’s first digital elections. Well, in a way it is. In the previous elections held in 2004 […]


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