Archives for the ‘People’ Category

Bangalore’s Cartoonist Paul Fernandes

By • May 4th, 2012 • Category: Bangalore, Books and Authors, Featured, India, People, Video
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Meet Bangalore’s cartoonist Paul Fernandes, who found that he could not stay away from the city even if he wanted to. There is something about this “city of pubs,” “pensioner’s paradise,” “garden city” that keeps him grounded and happy.  It is the many moods of that happy, delightful and lazy charm of an old Bangalore [...]



Banglaore’s Gold Dosa Creator: Chandan Lokesh

By • Apr 11th, 2012 • Category: Bangalore, Featured, India, People
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Meet Bangalore’s gold dosa creator: Chandan Lokesh. Yes, in Chandan’ restaurant  the ordinary dosa or lentil crepe has been redfined and re-imagined and has a touch of gold. “Taste redfined,” is the rather apt tagline of his new multi-cuisine restaurant Rajbhog in Malleshwaram, Bangalore. With the introduction of “gold dosa” or “golden dosa” Chandan has [...]



Spy Princess: Noor Inayat Khan

By • Apr 6th, 2012 • Category: Bangalore, 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. Noor is an intriguing historical figure for a number of reasons , including a Bangalore/Mysore connection through the famous Tipu Sultan.  She was the only woman spy of Indian heritage that fought in World War II, and was also the first woman radio [...]



Naresh Fernandes on Jazz in Bombay Part-2

By • Jan 25th, 2012 • Category: Bollywood, Books and Authors, Entertainment, Featured, India, Mumbai, People
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India discovered America and made it their own though jazz music explains Naresh Fernades, whose book Taj Mahal Foxtrot, chronicles how jazz entered Bombay and found a new home in this port city.  Taj Mahal Foxtrot was the first jazz song recorded in Bombay. The early American musicians were traveling ministrels, who came to Bombay [...]