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In Conversation With Pico Iyer Part-2

By kamla bhatt • May 19th, 2008 • Category: Books and Authors, Diaspora, Featured, People
 
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Pico Iyer is a well-known writer and essayist, who has written 9 books and numerous articles and essays in various magazines and publications.
Pico wrote his first book Video Night in Kathmandu about 20 years ago and still features as one of the top must-read books. He is also the author of The Lady and […]



In Conversation With Pico Iyer Part-1

By kamla bhatt • May 10th, 2008 • Category: Books and Authors, Diaspora, Featured, India, People
 
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Pico Iyer is a well-known  author and essayist, whose new book about the 14th Dalai Lama The Open Road: The Global Journey of the 14th Dalai Lama has received excellent reviews.
“In The Open Road, Pico Iyer transcends his celebrated excellence as a travel writer,” comments Peter Matthiessen, while the Economist writes that Pico has […]



Spy Princess: Noor Inayat Khan

By kamla bhatt • May 3rd, 2008 • Category: Books and Authors, Diaspora, Featured, India, People, Video
 
 Shrabani Basu on Spy Princess: Noor Inayat Khan: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Spy Princess: Noor Inayat Khan is a biography written by London-based Shrabani Basu. I caught up with Shrabani while she was on her US book tour to find out more about this intriguing, historical figure, who was a gentle musician and a fighter. It took four people to pin her down when she […]



Missed Calls: A New Way Of Communicating

By kamla bhatt • Dec 15th, 2007 • Category: Bangalore, Books and Authors, Featured, Ideas, India, Internet & Telecom
 
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If you live in India chances are you have used missed calls to communicate with your friends, family and workers. Missed calls have emerged as a new way of communication and staying in touch with others without paying for the call.
Missed calls or beeping are not unique to Indian mobile users as I discovered from […]