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In Conversation With Pico Iyer Part-2

By kamla bhatt • May 19th, 2008 • Category: Books and Authors, Diaspora, Featured, People
 
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Pico Iyer is a well-known writer and essayist, who has written 9 books and numerous articles and essays in various magazines and publications.
Pico wrote his first book Video Night in Kathmandu about 20 years ago and still features as one of the top must-read books. He is also the author of The Lady and […]



In Conversation With Pico Iyer Part-1

By kamla bhatt • May 10th, 2008 • Category: Books and Authors, Diaspora, Featured, India, People
 
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Pico Iyer is a well-known  author and essayist, whose new book about the 14th Dalai Lama The Open Road: The Global Journey of the 14th Dalai Lama has received excellent reviews.
“In The Open Road, Pico Iyer transcends his celebrated excellence as a travel writer,” comments Peter Matthiessen, while the Economist writes that Pico has […]



Spy Princess: Noor Inayat Khan

By kamla bhatt • May 3rd, 2008 • Category: Books and Authors, Diaspora, Featured, India, People, Video
 
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Spy Princess: Noor Inayat Khan is a biography written by London-based Shrabani Basu. I caught up with Shrabani while she was on her US book tour to find out more about this intriguing, historical figure, who was a gentle musician and a fighter. It took four people to pin her down when she […]



Dilip Saraf: Engineers and Leadership Part-1

By kamla bhatt • Nov 24th, 2007 • Category: Books and Authors, Business & Tech, Diaspora, Featured, People, San Francisco/Silicon Valley, USA
 
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Do engineers make good leaders? Do engineers possess the required leadership skills and traits? What is the difference between a leader and a manager?
To answer these questions I turned to Dilip Saraf, a life and career coach located in Silicon Valley.
In Part-1 of our conversation Dilip talks about the leadership qualities and leadership traits and […]