Posts Tagged ‘twitter’

By Kamla Bhatt • Feb 23rd, 2010 • Category: Books and Authors, Ideas, India, People

The Dalai Lama,the spiritual head of Tibetans is on Twitter. This time it is official with that recognizable blue colored tick mark with “Verified Account” right next to his name.Last year a fake Twitter account was opened in his name.
The Dalai Lama is currently on a tour of the United States, and held a low-key […]


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 • Apr 28th, 2009 • Category: Diaspora, India, Life, Only in India, Technology

The 15th Lok Sabha elections in India is through its half-way point and as expected turnouts in the various constituencies have been pretty strong bordering 50 percent and above. Young voters (t 18-28 years) might hold the key in some of the constituencies.
We bring you a series of digital vignettes that will hopefully give us […]


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 • May 1st, 2008 • Category: India, Internet and Telecom, Life, Technology, User Generated Content, Web 2.0

Last week I got an opportunity to talk to Chris Vallance of BBC about twitter, a free social media messaging utility, and how twitter is used in virtual India. In virtual India technology erases geographical barriers. From what I can see and from my conversations with Nikhil Pahwa at ContentSutra twittering […]