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Kreeda’s Quentin Staes-Polet Part-2

By kamla bhatt • Dec 10th, 2007 • Category: Business & Tech, Diaspora, Entertainment, Ideas, India, Mumbai, VC & Private Equity Funding
 
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In Part-2 of the conversation we talk to Quentin Staes-Polet, CEO of Kreeda, about doing business in India vs. doing business in China. Kreeda is a gaming company located in Mumbai that successfully raised its first round of funding earlier this year.
Quentin has spent the last 15 years working and doing business in Asia. Before […]



In Conversation With Ameen Sayani - Final Episode

By kamla bhatt • Sep 11th, 2007 • Category: Bollywood, Entertainment, Featured, India, Mumbai, People
 
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In this final episode of our conversation Mr. Sayani talks about his friendship with music director Roshan, who is Hrithik Roshan’s grandfather.
We also get to hear Mr. Sayani’s thoughts about the quality of the current radio shows in India.
Besides radio what keeps Mr. Sayani occupied these days? It is a new project called “Crisis […]



Sivamani: The Percussionist

By kamla bhatt • Jun 22nd, 2007 • Category: Entertainment, Featured, Mumbai, New York, People
 
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Sivamani needs no introduction. This colorful and gifted master percussionist has been playing since he was 11 years old. In this interview recorded in New York Sivamani talks about his passion for music and how he got started. Everything around him inspires him to create music. The conversation is interspersed with spontaneous music that […]



Akshay Mahajan’s Rickshaw Run Aspirations

By kamla bhatt • Jun 13th, 2007 • Category: India, Mumbai
 
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Akshay Mahajan is a gifted photographer and blogger. His aspiration is to participate in next month’s Rickshaw Run, which is turning out to be big sporting event in itself.
Teesra Paiya (Third Wheel) is the name of his rickshaw team that consists of Neha Dara, Shaizia Jefri and Akshay. All three team members are based […]