Dr. Sandra Faber is Professor Emerita and former chair of the Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics at the University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC). We asked her on how women have progressed in the field of science and technology over the years. “In my field there has been a big improvement,” points out Dr. Faber.… Continue Reading
Dr. Isabel Hawkins is an astronomer and an educator at San Francisco’s Exploratorium. She shares how she developed a fascination for stars from an early age and how she pursued her interests and became an astronomer. But, how does one become an astronomer? What are some of the practical applications of studying astronomy? Dr. Hawkins describes… Continue Reading
Tracy Edwards is a sailor, entrepreneur, author and a social activist. Edwards journey is brilliantly captured in Alex Holme’s 2019 documentary Maiden. Edwards is a trailblazer, who captioned the first all-female sailing crew sailed around the world. This was in 1989 when Edwards and her crew successfully participated and completed the Whitbread race. Their journey… Continue Reading
Meet Jyotsna Kaki, program manager at Google in Mountain View, CA. She never imagined she would end up working at Google. Kaki’s story in an inspirational one filled with grit, determination and a dogged refusal to give up. Kaki’s father recommended she consider studying computer science since it provides strong career path. She refused to… Continue Reading
WHUT-TV, PBS station in Washington DC is airing our 5-part series with Silicon Valley pioneers Andy Hertzfeld and Bill Atkinson. You can watch the series in July on Wednesday nights 8.30 pm EST. Here is the schedule: Wednesday, July 3, 2019 – Bill Atkinson Part-1 Wednesday, July 10, 2019 – Bill Atkinson Part-2 Wednesday, July… Continue Reading
Once upon a time Silicon Valley was known as The Valley of Heart’s Delight and famous for its orchards and fruit trees and for having one of the earliest wineries in California. It was also know for having one of the oldest observatories in Western USA. The Lick Observatory was built towards the close of… Continue Reading
Filmmaker Alexis Bloom’s new documentary Divide and Conquer:The Story of Roger Ailes chronicles the rise and fall of the powerful and influential former Chairperson and CEO of Fox News. Ailes’s skillful use of television goes back to 1968 and continued all the way into the 21stc. “He was canny…and could read people and feel the temperature… Continue Reading
Silent films are often labelled as perky-jerky pictures with no sound but just text to give the viewer a context. That is not the complete picture as Robert Byrne, film restorer and Board President, San Francisco Silent Film Festival shares. Silent films contributed many of the techniques and narratives used by modern day filmmakers points out Byrne. Filmmakers and actors… Continue Reading
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What a please surprise to see this tweet from actor Tom Bennett, who plays Sir James Martin, a somewhat of a daft and nice chap in Whit Stillman’s film Love & Friendship. Bennett does a superb job in the film. This tweet relates to an interview I did with Kate Beckinsale, where she described Bennett as… Continue Reading
Lawrence Kasdan is a writer, producer and director. He is the co-writer of Star Wars: The Force Awakens that opened today in the US. Kasdan c0-wrote other Star Wars films. He wrote and directed The Big Chill. Earlier this year Kasdan was recognized for his work by Silicon Valley’s Cinequest Film Festival, which ia where we… Continue Reading
Meet San Francisco Bay area’s Tava India Kitchen’s Hasnain Zaidi, Chief Operating Officer. In this interview Zaidi shares the back story of how Tava was born and what kind of food they serve. We also find out if they were inspired by the success of Chipotle, the restaurant chain that serves Mexican food. Tava… Continue Reading
Pico Iyer talks about Iran and Asghar Farhadi’s film. The question stemmed from an article Iyer wrote on this topic. This is part of an extended and free ranging interview with Iyer that we recorded in San Francisco. Stay tuned for that interview. We will post it on our YouTube channel.
Filmmaker Maya Forbes talks about the making of her debut film Inifintely Polar Bear. The film is based on her father, who was manic depressive. It is not easy to make a film based on your family, and yet Frobes succeeds in making a film that touches you and helps you realize how children have… Continue Reading
Manage and automate all of your HR systems—online, in one place—for free is the tagline for Zenefits, a San Francisco based company founded by Parker Conrad and Laks Srini in May 2013. And within a short span of two years the company has raised multiple rounds of funding totaling $581 million that includes the new round of… Continue Reading
Steve Wozniak has joined hands with Stan Lee to launch Silicon Valley Comic-Con 2016. And the announcement has created a lot of buzz and you don’t have to look into your crystal ball to predict that this will be a successful event. “I’m teaming up with friends to make this happen because I want to… Continue Reading
Ustad Ali Akbar Khan (1922 -2009), the legendary sarode maestro was born on April 22, 1922. He would have been 93 years old today. He spent his formative years in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. His father Ustad Allauddin Khan was a court musician and is the founder of the Maihar Gharana of Hindustani classical music. Khan sahib as… Continue Reading
“I have been working with men for a long time,” responds Vijalakshmi Pandit in response to a question if men had modulated their language at the UN after she became the President of the United General Assembly in 1953. This TV interview offers a fascinating portrait of Pandit, who was the sister of Jawaharlal Nehru,… Continue Reading
Victor Levin’s directorial debut “5 to 7” was the closing night film at Cinequest last evening. Anton Yelchin plays the lead in the film. Here is a highlight of our interview with Levin and Yelchin. We have a longer interview coming up with them. The film stars Bérénice Marlohe (who played the Bond girl in “Skyfall”), Olivia Thirlby, Glenn Close, Lambert Wilson and Frank… Continue Reading
Very sad to hear about the passing away of Indian journalist Vinod Mehta. He was the founder editor of Outlook, a weekly magazine. 73 year Mehta apparently passed away from multiple organ failure according to The Hindu. Mehta had a long stint as a journalist working with various publications including India Post and Pioneer. He… Continue Reading
In early February 2009 I caught with AR Rahman on one of his brief visits to Los Angeles. AR as he likes to be called was in Los Angeles for the big night at the Oscars. AR’s music in Danny Boyle’s “Slumdog Millionaire” was a huge success and the film had won strong praise from critics and movie goers. “Slumdog… Continue Reading
Open-Sourced budget? Did you read that right? Yes. This is the first time that the US government has published its annual budget (FY 2016) on GitHub.It is is going the open-source route. Users are free to use the data from the budget in any way they want. Besides GitHub, the budget is also published in… Continue Reading
Academy award winner Hillary Swank’s new film “The Homesman” was the opening night film at this year’s Mill Valley Film Festival. Swank was there on the opening night of the festival. In this video clip she talks about how she prepared for her role in the film and working with Tommy Lee Jones, who directed… 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
Zillow and Trulia are two of the largest online real estate listings that millions of people use to sell, buy or rent a home. And today Zillow said it is acquiring Trulia for $3.5 billion in a “stock-for-stock” transaction and expects to close by 2015 according to this press release. With this acquisition Zillow will become… Continue Reading
Happy July 4th to those celebrating the American Independence day. It was on this day in 1776 that the United States of America declared its independence from the British. A couple of years ago, we drove up to Calfiornia’s Gold country to witness a traditional July 4th parade. We drove from the San Francisco bay area… Continue Reading
Filmmaker Andrew Rossi’s new documentary “Ivory Tower,” is a compelling documentary on the ballooning costs of higher education in the USA. Many students carry a significant amount of debt when they graduate from school. What does that debt total. How about $1 trillion? That is the number pegged to the student loan debt in the… Continue Reading
“I am Casey Kasem.” and thus began a Sunday ritual for millions of people, who flocked to their radio and transistor sets to listen to “American Top 40.” And for the net 2 hours folks would be glued listening to the program that ended when Kasem signed off with “Keep your feet on the ground and… Continue Reading
The Kamla Show 