Posts Tagged ‘pico iyer’

By kamla bhatt • Sep 16th, 2009 • Category: Bangalore, Books and Authors, Diaspora, Entertainment, Featured, India, People, San Francisco/Silicon Valley, USA

March 9, 2009 marks the 50th anniversary since the Dalai Lama left China and came to India. After a failed uprising against the Chinese Government the young Dalai Lama along with his followers left Lhasa in 1959 and travelled to India and settled down in Dharamsala in Himachal Pradesh, India.
Pico Iyer is a well-known  author [...]



By kamla bhatt • May 19th, 2008 • Category: Books and Authors, Diaspora, Featured, People

Pico Iyer is a well-known writer and essayist, who has written 9 books and numerous articles and essays in various magazines and publications.
Pico wrote his first book Video Night in Kathmandu about 20 years ago and still features as one of the top must-read books. He is also the author of The Lady and the [...]