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AR Rahman’s Musical Journey To Oscars Part-2

By kamla bhatt • Mar 6th, 2010 • Category: Bollywood, Chennai, Entertainment, Featured, India, Los Angeles, People

Slumdog Millionaire music composer AR Rahman has been nominated for 3 Oscars and went to to win 2 Oscars for best original score and best original song Jai Ho.
AR is a private person, who likes to sit huddled in his music studio rather than talk to the media. But, with the sudden and unexpected success [...]

Oscar Winner AR Rahman On Slumdog Millionaire, Golden Globes & Oscars Part-1

By kamla bhatt • Mar 6th, 2010 • Category: Bollywood, Chennai, Entertainment, Featured, India, Los Angeles, Mumbai, People, San Francisco/Silicon Valley

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AR Rahman’s music in Danny Boyle’s Slumdog Millionaire has become a runaway hit. The films has won 10 Oscar nominations out of which 3 are for AR Rahman’s music. AR went to to win 2 Oscars and became the first music composer from the Indian film industry to win 2 Oscars.
In early February 2009 right [...]

Jazz Musician Vijay Iyer Part-I

By kamla bhatt • Dec 6th, 2009 • Category: Bangalore, Chennai, Diaspora, Entertainment, Featured, India, Internet & Telecom, New York, People, USA

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Vijay Iyer is a New York-based jazz musician and composer, and consistently won praise for his composition and music and is identified as one of the rising jazz artists in the USA.
early years and his decision to become a musician.
In this 2-part interview Vijay talks about his early years and his decision to become a [...]

Indian Elections: Tamil Nadu Politics Part-II

By kamla bhatt • Mar 22nd, 2009 • Category: Books and Authors, Chennai, Entertainment, Featured, India, People, San Francisco/Silicon Valley

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In Part-2 of our conversation Vaasanthi talks athe evolution of Tamil politics since independence.
Vaasanthi’s book Cut-outs, Caste and Cine Stars is a primer to understand the political contradictions that exist in Tamil Nadu. The book, a collection of essays, begins by looking at EVR or Periyar, the founder of the Self-Respect movement in pre independent [...]