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Adam Greenfield on Everyware: Dawn of Ubiquitous Computing

By kamla bhatt • Feb 5th, 2010 • Category: Books and Authors, Business & Tech, Featured, Ideas, Internet & Telecom, New York, USA

Privacy online is a big hot button issue these days. Much before it went mainstream, Adam Greenfield has been talking about and wrote a  fascinating book called, “Everyware.” Currently he is head of design direction for service and user-interface design at Nokia, Finland.
Adam says everyware is “information processing embedded in the objects and surfaces of [...]



Madhur Jaffrey On Taste Memories of Delhi

By kamla bhatt • Jan 29th, 2010 • Category: Bollywood, Books and Authors, Diaspora, Entertainment, India, New Delhi, New York, People

Madhur Jaffrey , a well-known actress & author of several cooks books & TV shows talks about her autobirograhy: Climbing The Mango Trees.
In this autobiography she paints a wonderful picture of her childhood in India. Madhur grew up in a large “joint family,” in Delhi during the 1930s and 1940s. So in the book she [...]



Remembering India’s Tigerman: Billy Arjan Singh Part-2

By kamla bhatt • Jan 23rd, 2010 • Category: Books and Authors, Diaspora, Featured, London, People

India’s ‘tiger man” and wildlife conservationist Billy Arjan Singh passed away on Jan 1, 2010, which is also the year of the tiger according to the Chinese calendar. He was 92 years old.
In Part-2 of our conversation Priya Commander, Billy’s youngest niece fondly shares some private moments of her intensely private uncle. Often perceived as obstinate [...]



Remembering India’s Tigerman: Billy Arjan Singh Part-1

By kamla bhatt • Jan 23rd, 2010 • Category: Books and Authors, Diaspora, Featured, People

India’s ‘tiger man” and wildlife conservationist Billy Arjan Singh passed away on Jan 1, 2010, which is also the year of the tiger according to the Chinese calendar.
Billy’s story underscores the power of what a single person can achieve if they put their mind and body to it.
For over 50 years Billy worked and fought [...]