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Divali Around The World

By kamla bhatt • Oct 21st, 2006 • Category: Diaspora, India, Life, New Delhi, New York, San Francisco/Silicon Valley, USA
 
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We bring you different voices and perspectives from around the world on how Divali is celebrated. We speak to Roshni Patel in New Jersey; MumbaiGirl in London; Anjana Mohan in St. Louis and Surbi Sahani in New York.
Roshini is a student in New York.
MumbaiGirl is a lawyer, who lives in London.
Anjana Mohan is an architect [...]



Alok Mittal of Canaan Partners India

By kamla bhatt • Sep 18th, 2006 • Category: Ideas, India, Internet & Telecom, New Delhi, San Francisco/Silicon Valley, VC & Private Equity Funding
 
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Alok Mittal is the executive director at Canaan Partners India office.
Canaan along with Yahoo recently invested about $8.6 million in Bharat Matrimony, an Indian match-making site. Alok is also a board member of Bharat Matrimony.
I caught up with Alok while on a visit to Silicon Valley in California. In this interview Alok talks about Canaan [...]



In Conversation with Gita Mehta

By kamla bhatt • Sep 12th, 2006 • Category: Books and Authors, India, Mumbai, New Delhi, New York, People, USA
 
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Gita Mehta has a new book called Eternal Ganesha. The book will be available in bookstores in the USA from October 1, 2006.
Eternal Ganesha is an illustrated coffee table book that provides an updated and comprehensive story of Ganesha, along with the cultural and political underpinnings of the Remover of Obstacle’s role in Indian society.
In [...]



Nitin Desai on VC Funding in India

By kamla bhatt • Jun 9th, 2006 • Category: Business & Tech, Diaspora, IPO, Ideas, India, Internet & Telecom, New Delhi, VC & Private Equity Funding
 
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Nitin Desai talks about the Indian government’s initiative on how to create an eco-system for innovation and venture capital.
Mr. Desai is the chairperson of a committee on Technology, Innovation and Venture Capital instituted by the Government of India. The committee consists of Mr. Parag Saxena, Mr. Nandan Nilekani and others, and they are in [...]