This is a 2-part interview with Oscar winner AR Rahman. An intensely private person, AR was pretty candid in this 2-part interview where he talks about his journey as a musician. AR entered the Indian film industry as a young boy, and through sheer hard work and determination rose to become one of the [...]
Kamla's Blog posts on ‘Web 2.0’
By Kamla Bhatt • Mar 7th, 2010 • Category: Books, Movies, Music, Televison, Bollywood, Bombay/Mumbai, Chennai/Madras, India, People, Web 2.0, YouTube Videos
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 • Apr 14th, 2009 • Category: Books, Movies, Music, Televison, Bangalore, Bollywood, India, People, Web 2.0
On April 16th, 2009 the first phase of the voting for the Indian general elections will begin and conclude on May 13th, 2009. This is the 15th general elections in India since it became independent in 1947.
There are 714 million people that are eligible to vote. About 1,368,430 electronic voting machines have been deployed across [...]
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 [...]
By Kamla Bhatt • Nov 26th, 2008 • Category: Bombay/Mumbai, India, Web 2.0
Mumbai (Bombay) the financial and financial attack of India came under a series of coordinated terrorist attacks that started in South Mumbai or “town” as denizens of the city call their downtown. CNN has labeled these attacks as de-centralized, well coordinated and synchronized. This was a low-level terrorist attack that used grenades and [...]
By Kamla Bhatt • Nov 18th, 2008 • Category: Entrepreneur Interviews, Ideas, Interviews, Technology, Web 2.0
What caught my eye on my Gmail chat window was this message: “Hiring: $1500 Referral Fee.” I had not seen that kind of message in a long time. Why, it reminded me of the mid 1990s when companies could not find the right people and it was not uncommon for companies to offer a referral [...]