Posts Tagged ‘pico iyer’

By Kamla Bhatt • May 20th, 2008 • Category: Diaspora, Electronic gadgets, People, San Francisco, Technology, Wi-Fi

If there one thing that defines and sets Silicon Valley apart from the rest of the world I would guess it is our addiction to the Internet and various devices like laptop, blackberries and iPhones. You could say it is an occupation hazard of living in the valley. There are nay sayers who don’t […]



By Kamla Bhatt • May 9th, 2008 • Category: Books, Movies, Music, Televison, Diaspora, People

Pico Iyer is one of my favorite authors. About a week ago Pico graciously agreed to do an interview after I sent him a note. I had first met Pico about 12 years ago when he released his second book: The Lady and the Monk. For the past week I have been feverishly […]



By Kamla Bhatt • Apr 10th, 2008 • Category: Books, Movies, Music, Televison, Americas, Books and Authors, Chinidia, Diaspora, India, People, Video

Pico Iyer’s new book: The Open Road: The Global Journey of the Fourteenth Dalai Lama and his article in Time magazine about A Monk’s Struggle has created quite a bit of buzz and once again the attention of the world is drawn to the Tibet question and Beijing Olympics. Iyer first met the Dalai Lama […]