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Media Round-Up: Mr. Singh Goes To Washington

India’s Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh is in Washington this week. Mr. Singh is also the guest for President Obama’s first state dinner at the White House. While this social gesture might hold some symbolic significance, the central question is this: ...

From KAMLA BHATT, Kamla Bhatt Blog,  23 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama,  Fareed Zakaria,  Manmohan Singh,  White House,  NPR

Fareed Zakaria’s Interview With PM Manmohan Singh

It was a media coup by Fareed Zakaria when interviewed Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh about 26/11, US-India relationship, his view on Pakistan and what he expects out of his visit to Washington this week.

From KAMLA BHATT, Kamla Bhatt Blog,  23 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Fareed Zakaria,  Barack Obama,  Manmohan Singh

Mr. Manmohan Singh Goes To Washington

What a difference a few months make. It was not so long ago that many eyebrows shot up at the apparent low-priority that the newly-elected President Obama placed on India.  While Obama made AF-PAK a top foreign policy priority for his administration ...

From KAMLA BHATT, Kamla Bhatt Blog,  22 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Michelle Obama,  U.S. Republican Party,  Hillary Rodham Clinton,  Manmohan Singh,  Richard Holbrooke

Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader

I simply could not bring myself to put this book down. And what is this book that kept me engaged the whole evening? It was a wonderful little book called by Anne Fadiman.  And to think that I had almost passed up the book when I first spotted it in ...

From KAMLA BHATT, Kamla Bhatt Blog,  20 Nov 2009

Powerful Film: The Sky Below

The partition of the Indian sub-continent in 1947 is probably one of the most under reported stories of the 20th century. However, in the last few years there has been a clear, upward trend in the number of researchers and historians, who have been ...

From KAMLA BHATT, Kamla Bhatt Blog,  16 Nov 2009

Q&A With Pahadi-American Author: Stephen Alter

(A version of this article was originally in Traveller’s India magazine (USA) in 2005.) Stephen Alter is a second generation Pahadi American just like his first cousin Bollywood actor Tom Alter. Born in the hot and dusty plains of Uttar Pradesh, Alter ...

From KAMLA BHATT, Kamla Bhatt Blog,  14 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Jim Corbett,  Bollywood,  Chris Anderson,  TED,  American University

Back After A Long Break

Sorry for being away for so long. This break was unexpected for a number of private reasons, but the good news is that I am back and will have some interesting video and audio interviews up and running in the next few weeks.Even though I did not blog ...

From KAMLA BHATT, Kamla Bhatt Blog,  13 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Twitter Inc

US Appoints Special Coordinator for Tibet

It is  interesting that along with sending congratulations to the PRC leadership, the US also chose to announce that it has appointed a special coordinator for Tibet. While the symbolism is not lost on foreign policy observers and researchers, the ...

From KAMLA BHATT, Kamla Bhatt Blog,  2 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Dalai Lama,  Hillary Rodham Clinton,  Barack Obama,  Valerie Jarrett

Q & A With Padma Viswanathan of The Toss of a Lemon

When I discovered Padma Viswanathan’s  debut novel The Toss of a Lemon I was excited at the chance of reading a set in Tamil Nadu in South India. There are very books in English that weave the history of Tamil Naduy and The Madras Presidency (under the ...

From KAMLA BHATT, Kamla Bhatt Blog,  20 Sep 2009

Related Topics: Air India,  Vikram Seth,  Salman Rushdie

Bollywood Dance Groups in US Univerisites

(An edited version of this article was published in India Abroad, July 2009) Badmash, Ishaara, Dil Se, KYA, Zamana, Dhamaka, Tamasha. No, these are not names of new Bollywood movies. These are the names of  Hindi Film Dance (HFD) or Bollywood dance ...

From KAMLA BHATT, Kamla Bhatt Blog,  7 Sep 2009

Related Topics: Bollywood,  Madhuri Dixit,  Hrithik Roshan,  Dean Johnson

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