Recently, Devdutt Pattanaik, the Chief Belief Officer at the Future Group based in Mumbai, India, gave a TED presentation in Mysore, India. This 19 minute lecture and presentation depicts some of the inherent differences between the views and values of Indians vs those of the west and how that manifests itself in business. I would [...]
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The differences between India and the West- An eye opening TED presentation by Devdutt Pattanaik
Posted in India, tagged Devdutt Pattanaik, East vs West, Future Group, TED, Understanding Indian beliefs on November 24, 2009 | 2 Comments »
India and the US in the 21st Century- An evening with former Ambassador Teresita Schaffer
Posted in Book Review, India, tagged Ambassador Teresita Schaffer, ICC, India and the US in the 21st Century- Reinventing Partnership, India and US Foreign Policy, India and US Relationship on October 7, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Earlier this week, I attended an enjoyable lecture by former Ambassador Teresita Schaffer about India- US relations at Stanford University. Schaffer is currently the Director, South Asia Program, Center for Strategic and International Studies and formerly held a long diplomatic career which included serving as U.S. Ambassador to Sri Lanka and as Former Deputy Assistant [...]
Shantaram and The White Tiger: A stark contrast
Posted in Book Review, Entertainment, India, tagged Aravind Adiga, Comparison Shantaram and The White Tiger, Gregory David Roberts, Shantaram, The White Tiger on September 26, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Two recent fiction books set in and depicting life in India that have become internationally acclaimed are Shantaram and The White Tiger. Shantaram, written by Gregory David Roberts, is a semi-autobiographical fiction book based upon some of Roberts’ real life experiences as a fugitive from an Australian prison who flees to Bombay in the 80’s [...]
India and China: A comparison
Posted in China, India, Travel, tagged Beijing, China, Comparisons India vs China, Hyderabad, India, Motorcycles in India vs China, Travel observations India and China on September 19, 2009 | 5 Comments »
In a previous posting, I wrote about my observations of China from my one week stay in Beijing. Earlier in the year, I visited India after six years, spending time in Hyderabad and Kerala—you can read my observations from that trip here (or click on the links to the side under the heading India Trip [...]
The Making of the Mahatma
Posted in Entertainment, India, tagged Gandhi, Gandhi in South Africa, The Making of the Mahatma on August 30, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Tonight, I watched the movie, The Making of the Mahatma. While the movie was released in 1996, thirteen years later I’ve finally gotten the chance to watch it. This movie is completely focused on Gandhi’s 21 year stay in South Africa from 1893-1914, from ages 23 to 45. It is here where he begun his [...]
Sonu Nigam, Desi Girl and the Moonwalk in the Bay Area
Posted in Entertainment, India, tagged Desi Girl, Moonwalk, Sonu Nigam, Sunidhi Chauhan on August 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
On Saturday evening August 8, I attended a concert called Explosion 2009 in Oakland, California which featured popular Bollywood singer Sonu Nigam. Also included in the show were rising female singer Sunidhi Chauhan, rap group Hard Kaur, and a bhangra competition featuring California bhangra teams (primarily teenagers and twenty-somethings). I thoroughly enjoyed the show—some of [...]
Hands of a Tabla Player and the Brilliance of Sivamani
Posted in Entertainment, India, tagged Sivamani, Tabla on August 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I recently attended a local Indian dance program and really enjoyed the live music, mostly from musicians who had flown to California from India. Along with the violinst, I particularly enjoyed the tabla player. Being a very amateur (and I mean amateur) photographer, I took some video of the performance. Here is some brief video [...]
Internet Freedom and Corruption rankings by country
Posted in India, Internet, Public Policy, Technology, tagged Corruption, Corruption Index, Estonia, Freedom House, India, Internet Freedom, Internet Freedom correlation to Corruption, Internet Freedom Index, Transparency International on May 24, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I recently read the excellent study by Freedom House which measured Internet Freedom in 2007 and 2008 across a sample of 15 countries in 6 regions. The study is available here–(March 2009- Freedom on the Net, A Global Assessment of Internet and Digitial Media)– would highly recommend reading this free report. The methodology they used [...]
How Lagaan resembles Lord of the Rings
Posted in Entertainment, India, tagged Bollywood, Lagaan, Lord of the Rings on May 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
One side effect of the success of Slumdog Millionaire has been the new interest around the world in traditional Bollywood films. While Slumdog Millionaire was produced by a British team and it is debatable if it should be called a Bollywood movie, most movie watchers are unaware of that nuance and some have started to [...]
The Power of the Indian head wiggle
Posted in Book Review, India, Travel, tagged Gregory David Roberts, Head Bobble, Head Wiggle, India, Indian Head Bobble, Indian Head Wiggle, Shantaram on April 30, 2009 | 9 Comments »
I recently read the wildly entertaining book, Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts. It’s a fiction book, but semi-autobiographical, based upon some of Roberts’ real life experiences as a fugitive from an Australian prison who flees to Bombay and has a wide range of experiences there including living in a slum, joining the Indian mafia, fighting [...]
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