I produce and host an Internet radio show. The focus of the show is India and the Indian diapsora around the world. Guests on my show include Tim O'Reilly, Mira Nair, Kal Penn, Arun Sarin, Rajat Gupta, Pradeep Gupta, Vinod Dham, Javed Akhtar, Anita Nair, Vikram Chandra and others.Besides the radio show, I also blog and produce video clips for my travel blog ifyougoto.com
Danish Political Scientist Bjorn Lomborg has a different approach to solving the global warming issue. In his books and new documentary "Cool It," he shares those views. Essentially what he is proposing is a middle ground approach to this very "hot" political debate on global warming and asks that other global issues like providing water, education and health to the billions of people around the world also be addressed.
Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck directed, edited and wrote the screenplay for "It's Kind of A Funny Story," released in 2010. They previously co-directed and wrote "Half-Nelson" and "Sugar." The film stars Zach Galifinakis (of Hangover fame), Keir Ghilchrist, Emma Roberts, Viola Davis & Asif Mandvi & Zoe Kravitz. This interview was recorded in San Francisco, CA
Elon Musk created a mild wave on May 17th 2008 at Santa Clara convention center when he drove into the auditorium in his black Tesla roadster. There was complete silence when Musk drove in his Tesla slowly into the auditorium.
The popular TV show American Idol has spawned shows everywhere including the Saratoga Idol at the annual Rotary Art Show of Saratoga in Santa Clara County in California. 12 year old Sanjana Shukla won the first place at Saratoga Idol 2008.
In the US street fairs are a great way to experience the local flavor or a town or city. In this video clip shot during San Francisco's Easter Fair on Union Street these two balloon makers were a star attraction.
Shrabani Basu is the author of "Spy Princess: Noor Inayat Khan," an Indian-American spy,who was killed by the Germans during World War-II. Noor is the great, great, great, grand-daughter of Tipu Sultan, an 18th century Indian ruler.
Maya Organics is a Bangalore-based retail organization with a difference. In this video clip Solomon, who heads Maya Organics explains their organization's business model and their recent round of funding they received in late 2007. They also opened their first retail stores with a very catchy title "MO" in Bangalore in 2007.Why is Maya Organics different? They work with Indian traditional artisans and handicraft workers and help in three ways: first, they help preserve the traditional handicr...
Adobe's AIR and Flex applications help in creating rich Internet applications. In part-2 of this demo Raghunath Rao from Adobe's Bangalore office provides an excellent overview of AIR and Flex and also shares tips on how to become a certified Flex programmer. Raghu also shares tips on where to look for information on Flex and AIR.In the demo section Raghu walks us through Anthropologie, a US-based clothing company's rich internet applications and points out the various options and ways in whic...
In early January 2008 Ratan Tata unveiled "Nano" in New Delhi, India. Dubbed as the "people's car" Nano is priced at $2500, and has created lot of buzz and interest in India and at the international level. Suddenly buying a car is no longer an expensive proposition for many in India. The launch of Nano has also put a spotlight on innovation and entrepreneurship in India and marketing to the bottom of the pyramid, a term that is strongly associated with Marketing guru Prof. Prahlad. It should c...
Change is the only constant in India these days. Change in some places like Bangalore is happening at such a fast pace that it is often difficult to keep pace with it.The IT industry in some ways has fuelled this change in Indi. In this video clip you will meet Babaji, who is a security guard with a difference. He also doubles as a record keeper for this start-up company. He has learnt how to use a PC and keeps tracks of the workers on an Excel spreadsheet.