Mr. Sidney Poitier turned 83 today.
An actor, director and a diplomat, Mr. Poitier’s story reads like a textbook case of a person going from rags to riches. He grew up poor in Bahamas with little education, and came to the US when he was 15 years old. He worked in a series of menial jobs to support himself […]
Kamla's Blog posts on ‘Video’
By Kamla Bhatt • Feb 21st, 2010 • Category: Books, Movies, Music, Televison, Americas, People, Video, YouTube Videos
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 • Feb 4th, 2010 • Category: Business, Entrepreneur Interviews, Ideas, Living In America, San Francisco, Technology, Video
Steve Jobs clearly recognizes the power of storytelling.
A consummate marketer Jobs known the art of storytelling, and this Stanford Commencement address is a great example. “I have 3 stories to share,” he says in his introduction. The 3 stories seem to map to birth, life/love and death. The cycle of life. Jobs apparently subscribes to Buddhist […]
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. 
