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 ‘India’
By Kamla Bhatt • Jun 15th, 2010 • Category: Bangalore, India, People
By Kamla Bhatt • Jun 5th, 2010 • Category: Bollywood, Bombay/Mumbai, India, People, Video, YouTube Videos
Raajneeti. There is a powerful ring to that term. Raajneeti, which means politics or statesmanship is the name of the latest movie produced, directed and written by Prakash Jha. A talented storyteller Jha has carved out a niche for himself in Bollywood or Hindi cinema for making movies with powerful social themes like he did in Mrityudand [...]
By Kamla Bhatt • Mar 19th, 2010 • Category: Americas, Books and Authors, Diaspora, Ideas, India, Living In America
Chances are you may or may not have heard of Anandibai Joshee, the first Indian woman to attend an American medical college and get a medical degree. Anandibai studied at the Women’s Medical College in Pennsylvania and returned to India after completing her studies. Tragically she died within months of her return on February 27, 1887. She [...]
By Kamla Bhatt • Mar 7th, 2010 • Category: Books, Movies, Music, Televison, Americas, Bollywood, Bombay/Mumbai, India, People, Podcast
AR Rahman won 2 Oscars in 2009 for his music composition and song in Slumdog Millionaire.
If you like, you can listen to a podcast of this interview .
This is Kamla Bhatt. We bring you the second part of our conversation with Oscar-nominated music composer AR Rahman. AR has been nominated for three Oscars for his [...]
By Kamla Bhatt • Mar 7th, 2010 • Category: Books, Movies, Music, Televison, Bollywood, Bombay/Mumbai, Chennai/Madras, India, People, Web 2.0, YouTube Videos
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 [...]
By Kamla Bhatt • Mar 7th, 2010 • Category: Books, Movies, Music, Televison, Americas, Bollywood, Bombay/Mumbai, Books and Authors, India, People, Podcast, Video, YouTube Videos
This is Kamla Bhatt and today my guest is Danny Boyle who is director of Slumdog Millionaire, the surprise movie of 2008 that has won four Golden Globe awards and has won 10 Oscar nominations. The New York Time Magazine called Slumdog Millionaire “The ultimate Danny Boyle movie”. The film had a shoe string budget [...]