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Saturday, February 06, 2010 Show

Interview And speaking of movies, our guests this week are involved with the launch of the India Film Society, whose inaugural (free!) screening of the movie, "Yatra" takes place Saturday February 13th at Georgetown University. The movie screening will be followed by a wine-and-cheese party for all! More information about IFS and February 13th event is at: www.indiafilmsociety.org.
Vikay Nilekani is the Secretary and Board Member of the India Film Society.
Sam Robfogel is the Director of International Initiatives at Georgetown University. GU and IFS have partnered for this new venture.
Shareen Joshi is a Visiting Professor of International Development at Georgetown. She brings an academic slant to the film series, each film being followed by a discussion forum.
In Conversation Ramesh and Aastha welcome you to the latest edition of In Conversation
The Wall Street Journal reports that a recent convention of financial engineers was held at the National Harbor. Ramesh and Aastha analyze why this convention was NOT held in the Washington, DC Convention Center but rather in a suburb of DC... Is it because there is no large hotel in the DC Convention Center? And while on the subject of DC, they also debate the recent drop in ratings of Mayor Fenty. Even though Mayor Fenty seems to be doing everything right, a lot of DC residents seem unhappy with him. Could it be because of his personal style? Or because of some decisions that he has made in awarding city contracts to controversial vendors? Or because of his support of Chancellor Rhee (whose ratings are also down)?
In economics of marriage, men hit the jackpot, according to a new article in USA Today. Now, men are better off economically because their wives are, too, suggests a new study on the economics of marriage by the Pew Research Center.
In TV news, India-themed comedies have emerged as a new trend. "Nirvana," an ensemble comedy about grown-up Indian-American brothers and their Indian immigrant parents, and "Outsourced," an office comedy about an American shipped off to India to manage a ragtag group of customer service reps, are coming soon to primetime.
Meanwhile on the big screen, The Reliance-Anil Ambani Group is all set to get into Hollywood's big bucks league, backing Steven Spielberg's planned biopic of Martin Luther King. The Ambani Group has purchased a number of movie theatres (under the banner, "Big Cinema") showing Bollywood movies in the US.

And speaking of movies, our guests this week are involved with the launch of the India Film Society, whose inaugural (free!) screening of the movie, "Yatra" takes place Saturday February 13th at Georgetown University.
The movie screening will be followed by a wine-and-cheese party for all!
More information about IFS and February 13th event is at:
www.indiafilmsociety.org.

Vikay Nilekani is the Secretary and Board Member of the India Film Society.

Sam Robfogel is the Director of International Initiatives at Georgetown University. GU and IFS have partnered for this new venture.

Shareen Joshi is a Visiting Professor of International Development at Georgetown. She brings an academic slant to the film series, each film being followed by a discussion forum.

In Conversation

Ramesh and Aastha welcome you to the latest edition of In Conversation

The Wall Street Journal reports that a recent convention of financial engineers was held at the National Harbor. Ramesh and Aastha analyze why this convention was NOT held in the Washington, DC Convention Center but rather in a suburb of DC... Is it because there is no large hotel in the DC Convention Center? And while on the subject of DC, they also debate the recent drop in ratings of Mayor Fenty. Even though Mayor Fenty seems to be doing everything right, a lot of DC residents seem unhappy with him. Could it be because of his personal style? Or because of some decisions that he has made in awarding city contracts to controversial vendors? Or because of his support of Chancellor Rhee (whose ratings are also down)?

In economics of marriage, men hit the jackpot, according to a new article in USA Today. Now, men are better off economically because their wives are, too, suggests a new study on the economics of marriage by the Pew Research Center.

In TV news, India-themed comedies have emerged as a new trend.
"Nirvana," an ensemble comedy about grown-up Indian-American brothers and their Indian immigrant parents, and "Outsourced," an office comedy about an American shipped off to India to manage a ragtag group of customer service reps, are coming soon to primetime.

Meanwhile on the big screen, The Reliance-Anil Ambani Group is all set to get into Hollywood's big bucks league, backing Steven Spielberg's planned biopic of Martin Luther King. The Ambani Group has purchased a number of movie theatres (under the banner, "Big Cinema") showing Bollywood movies in the US.