Samim “Sam” Rizvi became the first Indian to participate in Race Across American. A physically challenging test for an athelete this gruelling race involves bicyclists who cover 3,000 miles in 12 days traveling through 14 American states. Often, they sleep for an hour everyday in order to complete the race.
I spoke to Sam Rizvi on the eve [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Bangalore’
By Kamla Bhatt • Jun 15th, 2010 • Category: Bangalore, India, People
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 • Jul 1st, 2009 • Category: Bangalore, Business, Ideas, India, Infrastructure, Internet and Telecom, Internet and Telecom India, Technology, YouTube Videos
Networking giant Cisco Systems is aggressively pursuing smart energy or green tech initiatives through its concept of Smart Connected Buildings.Cisco announced today that it is introducing the first of its product in the smart energy category called Network Building Mediator that was incubated in Cisco’s Globalization Center East in Bangalore, India. This is the first [...]
By Kamla Bhatt • Apr 26th, 2009 • Category: Bangalore, Bollywood, India, People
Bollywood actor Feroz Khan (70) passed away earlier today according to The Hindustan Times. He was suffering from cancer. He is survived by his son Bollywood actor Fardeen and daughter Laila.
Khan was the oldest of the original “Khan brothers.” His younger brother are Sanjay (his daughter Suzanne is married to Bollywood Hrithik Roshan), Akbar and Sameer Khan.
Born and brought up in Bangalore Feroz was born to a Pathan father 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 • Sep 23rd, 2008 • Category: Bangalore, Entrepreneur Interviews, Ideas, India, Internet and Telecom, Interviews, Podcast, Start-ups, Technology, Venture Capital
TeliBrahma headed by Suresh Narasimha received $2 million as its Series A funding. Inventus Capital Partners, a VC firm headed by Kanwal Rekhi invested $1 million and with this investment Kanwal and his team make their first investment in India. I have an interview with Kanwal, where he talks about his new company Inventus and [...]