Posts Tagged ‘Life’

By kamla bhatt • Mar 26th, 2009 • Category: Featured, India, Internet & Telecom, Life, New Delhi

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Baldev Raj Sharma is one of the countless faces of the new India, where every month 4.5 million new cell phone users are added, and where Internet connectivity is becoming a reality for many people.
I met Mr. Sharma, 72 years old, a couple of months ago when I was visiting New Delhi, and he drove [...]


By kamla bhatt • Aug 20th, 2008 • Category: Diaspora, Featured, Life

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Murli Wanchoo looks back at India from a distance since he now lives in California. He worked for the Indian government for over 40 years. What were the early years like after India got its freedom in 1947? For many who lived and worked during the early stages of nation-building those early years hold [...]


By kamla bhatt • Jul 16th, 2008 • Category: Diaspora, Featured, India, Life

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Roma Kapoor joined United Way, a well-known philanthropic organization in 1999. United Way was founded in Denver, Colorado in 1887. As she puts it she learnt how United Way works in local communities as a “well oiled machine.” The organization identifies challenges of a community then mobilizes resources and allocates them where needed most to [...]


By kamla bhatt • May 3rd, 2008 • Category: 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. I caught up with Shrabani while she was on her US book tour to find out more about this intriguing, historical figure, who was a gentle musician and a fighter. It took four people to pin her down when she [...]


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