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| August 23rd and 30th Show |
In Conversation
While Ramesh is in Beijing
trying to bring home the
gold, Dinesh and Sonya take
care of business on the In
Conversation front...
Sonya explains all about
the upcoming DTV Transition,
and what it means for
Darshan
viewers. In a nutshell: if
you're watching us via
cable, satellite or fiber,
it won't affect you. If you
are watching us over-the-air
(with bunny ears, as Dinesh
says) then you will not be
able to receive the MHz
Networks signal from
September 1st until February
17th, 2009...and after
February 17th, you'll have
to upgrade to a digital
television, or obtain a
digital converter box. More
information can be found at
www.dtv.gov, or click on
the countdown clock at
www.mhznetworks.org.
Dinesh marvels over Michael
Phelps' eight gold
medals...only 7 more than
India has won (so far...)
Sonya explains how CNN is
expanding its domestic news
operations to 10 more
cities...and wonders if
they're hiring...
Dinesh reports how Wall
Street's misfortunes in the
economic downturn are having
a positive effect for India.
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In Conversation
Meanwhile, before taking the
high road to China, Ramesh
sat down with Bob
Harris, Program Manager for
the Department of Consumer
and Regulatory Affairs in
Washington DC. Mr. Harris
talked about the recent
Consumer Complain Survey
Report issued by the
Consumer Federation of
America, highlighting the
Top Ten Consumer
Complaints...and how to
avoid being scammed!
All this and much,
much more. Watch it all
online now!
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August 16th Show |
In Conversation
We
welcome back our lively (and
always smiling) co-host, Shilpa
Alimchandani, after a brief
hiatus!
Congratulations to our other
co-host, Anisha Abraham! Anisha
and her husband, Hannfried von
Hindenburg, have been blessed
with their first baby – Nikhil -
who was born on August 12th.
Hosts
Ramesh Butani and Shilpa
Alimchandani start the show with
their favorite topic,
politics…! They also discuss
many other stories:
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India wins its first gold medal
at the 2008 Olympics… Abhinav
Bindra, a 25-year-old
businessman from Chandigarh,
India, won the men’s 10-meter
air-rifle competition!
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USS New York LPD21 – a transport
ship built from the steel
recovered from the World Trade
Center which was destroyed
during the 9-11 attack (www.ussnewyork.com);
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The 10 cities in India with
highest household incomes
include megacities, boomtowns
and niche cities;
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Law firms in NYC that rode the
credit-finance boom to lofty
heights are now cutting their
lawyers;
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Many of the recent college
graduates who flock to NYC for
urban living find it hard to
support themselves financially
and are being “subsidized” by
their parents!
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Veteran Indian actor, Manoj
Kumar, wins lawsuit against Shah
Rukh Khan and Farah Khan
(director of Hindi movie, Om
Shanti Om). The court
ordered the director to ensure
that Om Shanti Om was
aired on television only after
the deletion of certain
scenes to which Manoj Kumar had
objected.
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August 9th Show |
In Conversation
Hosts Ramesh Butani and
Aastha Verma are back with their
passionate discussions about
energy crisis and elections! The
current energy crisis is forcing
some of the schools and city
governments to make it a
four-day week to save on fuel
and utilities. The hosts have
their own take on a recent ad in
the Washington Post by the NRDC
Action Fund on offshore oil
drilling!
In politics, the hosts discuss
- energy plans put forward by
the two Presidential candidates:
Senators Barack Obama and John
McCain;
- possible vice-presidential
candidates.
Our hosts also talk about:
- Wired story on fighting
terrorism online rather than
using “military might”;
- “Dressed not to be killed” –
Miguel Caballero creates
designer bullet-proof fashion
clothing!
- India has 123,000 millionaires
out of a total of 10.1 million
millionaires in the entire
world!
- Proposal to start an all-women
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)
in Amravati, India;
- Two Indian-Americans: Raj
Bhavsar and Raju Rai – are
heading to the 2008 Olympics in
Beijing, China;
- At the Golden Jubilee
celebrations of IIT Bombay, the
school receives a gift of
$5million from an alum, Romesh
Wadhwani !
- Bollywood show,
“Unforgettable” missed a stop in
DC !
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August 2nd Show |
In Conversation
Our hosts this week are:
Anisha Abraham and Dinesh Verma.
Anisha will be away on maternity
leave starting next week and
will not be available for a few
months. We wish her and husband,
Hannfried, the best during their
journey to parenthood!
Anisha and Dinesh discuss the
recent vote of confidence passed
by India’s Parliament for Prime
Minister Singh’s government.
This vote, as we all know,
clears the way for the civil
nuclear energy deal between
India and the US. BusinessWeek
reports that while US companies
have been patiently waiting for
approval of Indian Parliament,
France and Russia have leaped to
the front of the queue to take
advantage of the situation by
helping India build a nuclear
reactor in Kudankulam, in
southern India.
Other stories discussed this
week include:
- A recent report by the Justice
Department on Department’s
internal hirings where Civil
Service laws were by broken by
using politics to guide the
hiring decisions. The report
also found that some officials
from the White House were
actively involved in many hiring
decisions.
- Washington Post report on busy
teens whose health is taking a
toll because of their
pressure-filled lives. Anisha
Abraham (Chief of Adolescent
Medicine in Georgetown Hospital)
who was interviewed by the Post
for this article, advises
parents to evaluate their teens
to see if there is a burnout
from their over-programmed
lives. If so, parents should
intervene and re-prioritize
activities for their children.
- Outsourced Parental Care:
Little India story about a North
Carolina man who took his
parents to India for its
inexpensive medical and nursing
care.
- An oilman from Texas, T. Boone
Pickens, has created a blueprint
to reduce foreign oil dependence
by America by building new wind
generation facilities and better
utilizing natural gas resources.
- Hindustan Times report on two
Indian teenagers who won an
India-wide pitching contest and
have been selected by US-based
promoters to become professional
baseball players!
- Two school districts in
Houston, Texas think Hindi is an
important language and should be
taught in schools. They are
introducing the first Hindi text
book for High School students in
the US.
- Indian actor, Akshay Kumar, is
doing his new venture based on
American TV show, “Fear Factor”.
It is called, “Khatron Ke
Khiladi”. He is also recording a
duet with American rapper, Snoop
Dogg. The duet will be featured
in Hindi film, “Singh is Kinng”.
- Indian actress, Shilpa Shetty,
will be part of India’s take on
the reality TV Show, “Celebrity
Big Brother”.
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Interview with Mark Riedy:
Host Ramesh Butani speaks to
attorney, Mark Riedy, who has
done extensive work in South
Asia, especially in India. Mark
tells viewers about the immense
number of business opportunities
that exist in India and its
neighboring countries (like
Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri
Lanka). He also talks about how
the US and other multinational
companies can start businesses
in India, negotiate deals on
energy/infrastructure, develop
properties, (hotels/condos) and
undertake a host of other
business ventures. Mark Riedy
can be reached by email:
markriedy@andrewskurth.com,
or by phone: 202-662-2756. |
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