Archive for October, 2006



Podtech interviews 3 folks I work(ed) with

Scoble interviewed Manish Chandra on October 4th. I am on the advisory board of Kaboodle and I think Manish is doing a great job. Kaboodle is a cool service that lets you plan and coordinate with someone else — like furnishing your home or planning a trip with friends. It also allows you to research […]

Cycles of Social Networking Sites

It is interesting to see how Social Networking (SN) sites evolve.
Friendster took off like a rocketship when it launched. It was out of control - everyone was on it and everyone was talking about it. Then techonology problems (like an excruciatingly slow site) caused it to fall off a cliff. But, if you look at […]

Kiran Desai wins Booker Prize

This is cool. Kiran Desai became the youngest woman to win the Man Booker Prize for her book “The Inheritance Of Loss”. The last Indian woman to win it was Arundathi Roy for “God Of Small Things”, which I loved.
It took Kiran eight years to write the novel (wow!) and she dedicated it to her […]

Jammed…

Sorry I haven’t been posting here. I’ve been jammed with the film festival. I have been writing about it on Tatvam.
Back really soon.

Two cool apps

This site enables you to create Pollockesque art by moving your mouse around. Click the mouse to change colors. Very relaxing and much less messy than trying it on canvas. I wished that it would let you stop painting and save your masterpiece! I’d definitely put it up here!
Charlie linked to a new site, finetune, […]

When to raise money?

Fred Wilson has a good post about what it takes for Union Square Ventures to fund a company. It is always good when VCs are clear on what they are looking for - it makes the entrepreneur’s job so much easier.
While I agree with Fred that the cost of entry is going down, it is […]

TATVAM is born

Today, Tatvam Productions was born online.
Tatvam means reality or inner truth in Sanskrit. Tatvam Productions tells stories that reach for the truth, share the reality and communicate the inner meaning.
Tatvam will be my professional blog where I blog about the entertainment world. This blog will continue to host my random musings.
Getting Tatvam live was a […]

Of Cool Grandmas

You can either dive headfirst into the technology revolution or make excuses as to why you can’t. The person who amazes me the most in this regard is my Grandmother.
She is one cool lady. There’s been a history of coolness - from a gold medal in Sanskrit in college to driving herself (and her kids) […]

Cool desi meme: Ready, Steady, Charity

I stumbled upon this cool meme. I wasn’t “invited” to the meme by anyone since I don’t know any of the bloggers, but it was so cool that I decided to participate (is that kosher?)

Gaurav proposed three words — Mahmood, Chardonnay and Musharraf. He proposed that not only do you come up with a story, […]