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In Conversation with Ameen Sayani Part-III

By kamla bhatt • Apr 10th, 2007 • Category: Bollywood, Entertainment, People
 
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In Part-III Mr. Sayani talks about his Hit Parade show. Nobody in India had heard about a countdown show until he started the first one for an Indian audience. How did the idea for Hit Parade of India start? How did they managed to go through thousands of fan mail? They had to go through [...]



In Conversation With Ameen Sayani Part-II

By kamla bhatt • Mar 25th, 2007 • Category: Bollywood, Entertainment, People
 
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In Part-II Mr. Sayani talks about his early days of his radio career and takes us back to the 1940s and 1950s.
How did he start his career? What were the early days like are some of the things that Mr. Sayani talks about in this episode.
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Chefs: Hemant Mathur and Surbhi Sahni of Devi, New York

By kamla bhatt • Feb 26th, 2007 • Category: Diaspora, Featured, New York, People
 
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The husband and wife team of Hemant Mathur and Surbhi Sahni talk about their passion for cooking and Devi Restaurant. New York’s Devi Restaurant became the first Indian restaurant to win a Michelin Star in the US.
Hemant along with Suvir Saran are the executive chefs at the restaurant, while Surbhi is the pastry chef.
Hemant [...]



In Conversation with Ameen Sayani Part-I

By kamla bhatt • Feb 19th, 2007 • Category: Bollywood, Entertainment, Featured, Mumbai, People
 
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Legendary broadcaster Mr. Ameen Sayani’s trademark voice is known to millions of people around the world. Many of us in India grew up listening to his Geet Mala and Bournvita Quiz Contest. Bournvita Quiz Contest began in 1972 and the show is still on although in a different avatar and platform, ie on TV.
A few [...]