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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

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 [...]

Beth Loves Bollywood

By kamla bhatt • Jan 26th, 2009 • Category: Bollywood, Entertainment, Featured, India, Life, USA

Beth Watkins is a self-confessed Bollywood addict, and is part of a growing tribe of Bollywood fans in North America.
Her interest in Bollywood underscores a growing trend that Bollywood films appeal to a wide audience who are not necessarily from Asia or Africa, the traditional domain of Hindi films.
Pico Iyer summed it up very [...]

Flower Silliman on Baghdadi Jews of India

By kamla bhatt • Oct 15th, 2008 • Category: Books and Authors, Diaspora, Life, New York, USA

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Flower Silliman is a third generation Baghdadi Jew, who was born and brought up in Calcutta, India.
During World War II, Flower’s family sent her to study in a Christian school in Nagpur and later on she went to New Delhi for her college, and eventually returned to Calcutta.
In this episode Flower talks about her experiences [...]

Looking Back At India

By kamla bhatt • Aug 20th, 2008 • Category: Diaspora, Featured, Life

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Murli Wanchoo looks back at India from a distance since he now lives in California. He worked for the Indian government for over 40 years. What were the early years like after India got its freedom in 1947? For many who lived and worked during the early stages of nation-building those early years hold [...]