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Dr. Salman Akhtar: Bollywood and the Indian Unconsciousness Part-1

By kamla bhatt • Sep 25th, 2008 • Category: Bollywood, Books and Authors, Diaspora, Entertainment, Featured, India, People
 
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Dr. Salman Akhtar talks about Bollywood and the Indian unconsciousness. What are the unconscious undercurrents of Indian society and culture that are reflected in Hindi cinema or Bollywood as it has come to be known? Dr. Akhtar provides a framework of sorts to understand the history and evolution of Indian cinema. Recently Dr. Akhtar edited [...]



Suresh Narasimha: Man Behind Bluetooth Mobile Solutions in India Part-1

By kamla bhatt • Sep 23rd, 2008 • Category: Bangalore, Business & Tech, Featured, Ideas, India, Internet & Telecom
 
 Suresh Narasimha of TeliBrahma: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Meet the man pushing for bluetooth mobile solutions in India. Every week Nokia ships out millions of bluetooth-enabled and quite of those handsets are sold in India says Suresh Narashima, founder and CEO of TELiBrahma, a venture backed start-up.



Rudresh Mahanthappa: Do You Speak Indian?

By kamla bhatt • Sep 5th, 2008 • Category: Bangalore, Diaspora, Entertainment, Featured, New York, People
 
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Rudresh Mahanthappa is a New York-based jazz musician. Rudresh often collaborates with fellow musician and New Yorker Vijay Iyer.
In this interview we get to hear a rare behind-the-scene look on how Rudresh conceived and worked on his jazz album titled Mother Tongue: Do You Speak Indian?
Mother Tongue was released by Pi Recordings in [...]



Jivox’s Diaz Nesamoney On Entrepreneurship

By kamla bhatt • Aug 28th, 2008 • Category: Business & Tech, Diaspora, Featured, Ideas, Internet & Telecom, San Francisco/Silicon Valley
 
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How do you know you have what it takes to be an entrepreneur? How or when do you recognize that you want to become an entrepreneur? What about the role family and spouse in an entrepreneur’s life. Often, the extended family pays a significant toll during an entrepreneur’s roller coaster ride to make their company [...]