Chinese food is very popular in Bangalore. There are 2 kinds of Chinese food – there is Indian-Chinese food and then there is authentic Chinese food. Chef Tong William has witnessed the growth and popularity of Chinese food in India and specifically in Banglaore. Originally from Hong Kong, Chef William first came to India to… Continue Reading
Every week we bring you interesting interviews and conversations. Take a peek to see some of the new interviews we have in store, and the ones that you may missed watching on our YouTube channel. And if you like what you see, it will be awesome if you subscribed to it. Every week on Thursday and… Continue Reading
Eleven. Do your remember what it was like to be a eleven year old? How did you view the world around you? What did you think of the world, love, music and helping people around you? What do eleven year olds around the world think is the subject of Australian filmmaker Genevieve Bailey’s documentary “I… Continue Reading
Eddie Redmayne plays the role of famous scientist Stephen Hawking in the “Theory of Everything.” The film is based on Jane Hawking’s book about her marriage to Stephen Hawking. The Hawkings eventually divorced. Hawking was a young graduate student, when he suddenly developed symptoms for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). He earned his PhD and eventually went on to… Continue Reading
“Whiplash,” is an intense film centered around two ambitious musician – a 19 year old drummer (Miles Teller) and his Draconian music instructor (JK Simmons). The film is written and directed by Damien Chazelle, and inspired by his own musical journey as a jazz musician. He played the drums. The film was part of the… Continue Reading
Mountain View-based startup CollegeFeed matches recent graduates with prospective employers. Think of it as social networking site is how Aman Khanna, co-founder of the startup puts it. Founded in 2013 by Sanjeev Agarwal and Khanna, the startup raised $1.8 million in funding led by Accel Partners. We sat down to talk to Khanna about Collegefeed and what… Continue Reading
Dr. Aaron Lington is baritone saxophonist, composer/arranger and jazz professor at San Jose State University (SJSU). He is also involved with the San Jose Jazz and is the director of the San Jose High School All Stars band. And he is also a member of San Francisco bay area’s Grammy winning group Pacific Mambo Orchestra… Continue Reading
Karen Vasudev is a San Francisco bay area native, who spent time in India during the 1960s and 1970s. It was the height of the flower power and Hare Rama Hare Krishna movement here in the bay area when Karen relocated to Kanpur, India with her young son and husband. In a sense she missed the… Continue Reading
“Pride” is a new British Film based on a true story about an unlikely alliance between gays and striking Welsh miners. Think 1980 Britain when Margaret Thatcher was the Prime Minister of the country. A group of gay activists in London decide to support the striking miners, which was one of the largest mining strikes… Continue Reading
This year’s San Jose Jazz Summerfest ((August 8-10, 2014) was a treat for your ears, eyes and soul. For 3 days I heard all kinds of music from jazz, hot jazz, blues, mambo, salsa, zydeco, gypsy and soul in various venues in downtown San Jose. This was the 25th year of the festival organized by San… Continue Reading
The gap between the rich and poor is growing. This widening economic gap is a constant refrain we hear these days. How are people trying to make their ends meet and lead a decent life? How do people deal with their poverty? What does poverty in a small mid-western town in Missouri look like? Those… Continue Reading
San Jose Jazz Summer Fest celebrated its 25th year of its annual music festival. The 3-day music festival (Aug 8-10, 2014) was held in downtown San Jose and featured local, national and inter nation artists. It was spread across 12 stages. Booty Coolins headlined the show on opening night on the main stage, while the… Continue Reading
Filmmaker Paul Lazarus has a new documentary Dean Kamen, a prolific, enterprising innovator and inventor. Kamen created the Segway. But, that is just one of his inventions, he has many more inventions in the medical and other field. All Kamen does day in and day out is dream of new inventions, prototype, tweak, tweak, tweak and then introduce… Continue Reading
Filmmaker Paul Lazarus’s new documentary “Slingshot” made its global premier at this year’s Cinequest Film Festival. The film was a clear success with the audience judging from the standing ovation it received. I caught up with Lazarus to find out how and why he made this film and why water? How does Kamen do what he… Continue Reading
Zach Braff is an actor, writer and producer. His directorial debut “The Garden State,” won him lots of praise and fans. He now has a second film that he directed, acted and co-wrote “Wish I Was Here.” Braff was in San Francisco recently to promote his new film. Here is a teaser of the interview that… Continue Reading
California is an earthquake prone state and having an earthquake go back is part and parcel of your life. Earthquake faults run both in Northern and Southern California. In the last 100 years there were two major earthquakes, both of which occurred in Northern California. One was the 1906 earthquake of San Francisco described as one… Continue Reading
“Internet’s Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz,‘ is a documentary by Brian Kannpenberger. The film traces the story of Swartz, a programming prodigy and social/political activist from his childhood to adulthood and why he took his own life on Jan 11, 2013. He was 26 years old. Swartz was surrounded by computers and the… Continue Reading
Academy Award winner Stephen Gaghan (Traffic) talks about his new film “Candy Store.” The film is about Ukraine and he started to write the story over 4 years ago in collaboration with …., his friend. They have closed funding for the film that will star Ryan Gosling, Keira Knightley and others. I met Gaghan at… Continue Reading
Master Sommelier Richard Dean of Taj Campton Place in San Francisco is a gracious and generous host, who shares his deep knowledge of wines in this interview. There are less than 140 Master Sommeliers in the US, and Dean was the second person to became one, and also the youngest. He grew up in the… Continue Reading
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