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Yogen Dalal on Innovation, Mentors & Investments Part-2

By kamla bhatt • Mar 9th, 2010 • Category: Business & Tech, Diaspora, Featured, Ideas, Internet & Telecom, Mumbai, San Francisco/Silicon Valley, VC & Private Equity Funding

A few of the magical ingredients of what makes Silicon Valley unique is the easy access to mentors and investors. I turned to Yogen Dalal an engineer-turned entrepreneur-turned venture capitalist to find out the answers to many unanswered questions. Yogen came to Silicon Valley in the early 1970s to study at Stanford University. He is the Managing [...]



Yogen Dalal On Magic of Silicon Valley Part-1

By kamla bhatt • Mar 9th, 2010 • Category: Diaspora, Featured, Ideas, India, Internet & Telecom, Mumbai, San Francisco/Silicon Valley, VC & Private Equity Funding

What is the magic of Silicon Valley?  What is the magic that pulls people from all around the world to come and work here and make their dreams come true? I turned to Yogen Dalal an engineer-turned entrepreneur-turned venture capitalist, who came to Silicon Valley in the early 1970s to study at Stanford University.  Yogen [...]



AR Rahman’s Musical Journey To Oscars Part-2

By kamla bhatt • Mar 6th, 2010 • Category: Bollywood, Chennai, Entertainment, Featured, India, Los Angeles, People

Slumdog Millionaire music composer AR Rahman has been nominated for 3 Oscars and went to to win 2 Oscars for best original score and best original song Jai Ho.
AR is a private person, who likes to sit huddled in his music studio rather than talk to the media. But, with the sudden and unexpected success [...]



Oscar Winner AR Rahman On Slumdog Millionaire, Golden Globes & Oscars Part-1

By kamla bhatt • Mar 6th, 2010 • Category: Bollywood, Chennai, Entertainment, Featured, India, Los Angeles, Mumbai, People, San Francisco/Silicon Valley

AR Rahman’s music in Danny Boyle’s Slumdog Millionaire has become a runaway hit. The films has won 10 Oscar nominations out of which 3 are for AR Rahman’s music.  AR went to to win 2 Oscars and became the first music composer from the Indian film industry to win 2 Oscars.
In early February 2009 right [...]