Aziz “the bored” Ansari is a rising star in the world of entertainment. Within a short span of time Aziz has carved a name for himself. He currently appears on NBC’s sitcom Parks and Recreations. He has appeared in a handful of Hollywood films and is working with Hollywood Director Judd Apatow on 3 films. Last [...]
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By Kamla Bhatt • Feb 27th, 2010 • Category: Books, Movies, Music, Televison, Diaspora, India, New York, People, Social Media, Video, YouTube Videos
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 • Aug 20th, 2008 • Category: Bollywood, Diaspora, Ideas, Social Media, TechLife - Financial Express, Web 2.0
In this Sunday’s TechLife column in Financial Express the topic is virtual Bollywood and how there is now a new class of Bollywood fans that has been made possible by the spread of Internet and web 2.0 technologies. This new undiscovered class of Bollywood fans are the new age movie goers and I am wondering [...]
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 • Jul 29th, 2008 • Category: Books, Movies, Music, Televison, Books and Authors, Business, Entrepreneur Interviews, Ideas, Interviews, Podcast, San Francisco, Social Media, Start-ups, Technology, Video, Web 2.0, YouTube Videos
The interview lineup for this week includes Hakia, RedBook and Accenture and all three guests happen to be accomplished women in their field.