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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

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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 [...]


Prof. Rajagopalan: India-China War 1962

By kamla bhatt • Sep 16th, 2009 • Category: Books and Authors, Featured, Ideas, India, New Delhi

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Prof. Rajesh Rajagopalan talks about the events leading up to the India-China war of 1962.
What were the perceptions and misperceptions that led to the war? What is the current status of the relationship between India and China?
In this interview Rajesh talks about the background that led to the outbreak of the 1962 war. The 1950s [...]


Social Media in India. What is Missing?

By kamla bhatt • Mar 27th, 2009 • Category: Business & Tech, Featured, Ideas, Internet & Telecom, New Delhi

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What is the social media landscape in India like? India has millions of users on Orkut, Facebook and other social media sites, but is there a disconnect between the users and corporations, marketing and media planning people?
Anurag Batra, CEO and editor-in-chief of Exchange4Media and Rajesh Lalwani of Blogworks discuss the landscape, challenges and future of [...]


Cab Driver Baldev Sharma on Cell Phones, Internet and the New India

By kamla bhatt • Mar 26th, 2009 • Category: Featured, India, Internet & Telecom, Life, New Delhi

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Baldev Raj Sharma is one of the countless faces of the new India, where every month 4.5 million new cell phone users are added, and where Internet connectivity is becoming a reality for many people.
I met Mr. Sharma, 72 years old, a couple of months ago when I was visiting New Delhi, and he drove [...]


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