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In Conversation with Ameen Sayani Part-I

By kamla bhatt • Feb 19th, 2007 • Category: Bollywood, Entertainment, Featured, Mumbai, People

Legendary broadcaster Mr. Ameen Sayaniâ€™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 [...]

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 [...]