Kamla's Blog posts on ‘San Francisco’

By Kamla Bhatt • Jun 19th, 2009 • Category: Americas, Diaspora, India, People, San Francisco, YouTube Videos

In 2002 Ali Akbar Khan or Khan sahib as he was fondly referred to by people around him made time to do an interview that was published in Outlook magazine. While musical aficionados knew about him and appreciated his devotion and depth of knowledge, he remained unknown to the general audience, especially in India. “That […]



By Kamla Bhatt • Jun 19th, 2009 • Category: Books, Movies, Music, Televison, Americas, Diaspora, India, People, San Francisco, YouTube Videos

Sarode maestro Ali Akbar Khan (April 14, 1922 – June 18, 2009) passed away in his Marin county home  at 10 pm PST on  last night June 18, 2009. He was surrounded by his family and loved ones in the final hours. For the last few years Khan sahib had been in frail health and […]



By Kamla Bhatt • Oct 21st, 2008 • Category: Bangalore, Ideas, India, San Francisco, Technology

“I work in a bus company,” said the young software engineer when I asked him where he worked.
“What is a bus company?” I asked in a puzzled tone. I had never heard that term before.
Well, it turns out that in Bangalore if you work for any of the big IT companies like Infosys, Wipro, TCS,  […]



By Kamla Bhatt • Oct 6th, 2008 • Category: Ideas, San Francisco

Trying make sense of what is happening around the world can be a bit challenging and stressful and you really don’t know where to turn for answers. On top of that trying to make sense of the current economic situation and what the consequences are for us is even more stressful. Where previously there was […]



By Kamla Bhatt • Aug 5th, 2008 • Category: Entrepreneur Interviews, Ideas, Internet and Telecom, Interviews, San Francisco, Social Media, Start-ups, Technology, Video, Web 2.0, YouTube Videos

Meet  15-year old Silicon Valley-based Daniel Brusilovsky. He wears many hats. He is an entrepreneur, blogger, vblogger and podcaster. His show is called the Apple Universe. He also works part-time at Qik, the real-time video streaming startup.
Daniel recently launched his  startup TeensinTech and is in talks with lawyers and VCs and is very savvy about […]



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 […]