Archives for the ‘People’ Category

In Conversation With Vikram Chandra

By kamla bhatt • Feb 10th, 2007 • Category: Bollywood, Books and Authors, Diaspora, People
 
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Vikram Chandra  received $1 million for his new book Sacred Games, which is described as a detective and crime novel. The book was released in India last year and in the USA earlier this year.
I caught up with with Vikram just before he started his whirlwind book tour around the USA. In this [...]



Srividya Natarajan of "No Onions Nor Garlic"

By kamla bhatt • Feb 10th, 2007 • Category: Bangalore, Books and Authors, Diaspora, People
 
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Canada-based Srividya (Vidya) Natarajan’s first novel No Onions Nor Garlic (Penguin, 2006) was released in India and Singapore. The book at first blush appears to to be a humorous on caste and politics in Indian university. But, if you step back you realize that Vidya wants her readers to think and realize the social [...]



Rang De Basanti’s Rakyesh OmPrakash Mehra

By kamla bhatt • Dec 4th, 2006 • Category: Bollywood, Entertainment, India, Mumbai, People
 
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Rang De Basanti’s Rakyesh Omprakash Mehra is currently on a pre-Oscar tour of the USA. Rang De Basanti is India’s official entry for the 2007 Oscars that will be held in February in Los Angeles, CA. This is Rakyesh’s second feature film. In this interview Rakyesh talks extensively about the film and the background [...]



Suvir Saran of New York’s Devi

By kamla bhatt • Nov 15th, 2006 • Category: Books and Authors, Diaspora, India, New Delhi, New York, People
 
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Devi of New York recently became the first Indian restaurant in the USA to win a Michelin star. Suvir Saran, the co-executive chef of Devi talks about his passion for food, Devi and Delhi.
In this interview Suvir talks about his passion for Indian food and how for over 10 years he has worked tirelessly to [...]