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Arun Sarin on Bangalore, Brand India and Leadership

By kamla bhatt • Oct 15th, 2007 • Category: Bangalore, Diaspora, Featured, Ideas, India, London, San Francisco/Silicon Valley
 
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Mr. Arun Sarin, who heads Vodafone was a keynote speaker at the Pan IIT-Global Conference in Santa Clara, California. Mr. Sarin is a charismatic speaker and knows how to hold the attention of his audience. He had the rapt attention of hundreds of IIT alumni and others during his 30 minute speech where he […]



In Conversation With Shekhar Kapur Part-2

By kamla bhatt • Sep 1st, 2007 • Category: Bollywood, Books and Authors, Diaspora, Entertainment, India, London, People, San Francisco/Silicon Valley
 
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In Part-2 of our conversation with Director/Writer Shekhar Kapur he talks about technology, new media, comics and his future film projects.
Shekhar is an avid blogger and shares his thoughts on why he blogs. He is also fascinated with technology and new media and is in talks with the creators of Second Life for […]



Jessica Hines: The Big B, Bollywood, Bachchan and Me

By kamla bhatt • May 1st, 2007 • Category: Bollywood, Books and Authors, Entertainment, London, People
 
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UK-based writer Jessica Hines is a big Bollywood fan, and spent quite a few years in Bombay trying to write a biography of Big B or Amitabh Bachchan. But, instead of a biography Jessica ended by writing a different kind of book. Her book Looking for the Big, Bollywood, and Me was released earlier […]



Dr. Jaffer: Made For Maharajas

By kamla bhatt • Oct 26th, 2006 • Category: Books and Authors, Diaspora, Hyderabad, India, London, Mumbai, New Delhi, People, Pune
 
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Dr. Amin Jaffer author of Made For Maharajas A Design Diary of Princely India (Vendome Press, 2006) talks about the rich and lavish lifestyle of the maharajas and maharanis of India from 1857 till 1947, when India became independent.
During this period various Indian maharajas and maharanis shopped at the most expensive European design houses like […]