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| February 23th Show |
In Conversation
This week’s topics discussed by
our hosts Ramesh Butani and
Aastha Verma include: 2008
Presidential Elections – role of
pledged delegates and
super-delegates; new innovation
by Microsoft – touch-screen
tabletops in restaurants and
bars so customers can order
their own food and drinks
without going thru a waiter;
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and “Marie Claire” have launched
their Indian editions to cater
to brand-conscious Indian women;
cruise lines are offering
cooking classes and wine
workshops to attract food and
wine enthusiasts; an internet
portal,
www.secondshaadi.com,
has a database of 25,000 clients
who are divorced or widowed and
are looking to get married
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Interview with Vivek Kundra,
Chief Technology Officer,
Washington, DC:
The Office of the Chief
Technology Officer (OCTO)
develops and enforces policies
and standards for information
technology in the District
government. District's 68
agencies can draw on OCTO's
expertise to get the most out of
their technological investments.
Ramesh
Butani speaks to Vivek Kundra
who is the youngest person and
the first Indian-American to
take over as the Chief
Technology Officer of
Washington, DC. Vivek says the
mission of his office is to
“leverage the power of
technology to improve service
delivery, drive innovation, and
bridge the digital divide to
build a world-class city in
Washington, DC.” More
information is available at:
www.octo.dc.gov. |
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| February 16th Show |
In Conversation
Host Ramesh Butani and Sonya
Gavankar discuss some fun and
light-hearted stories this week,
including Sonya’s trip to Las
Vegas where the latest “Miss
America” pageant was held.
Sonya, who is a former Miss
District of Columbia, volunteers
for the Miss America pageant,
and for “Habitat for Humanity”
organization.
They also discuss: a new book,
“How to Train a Husband” by Amy
Sutherland and a Newsweek
article on this subject; Dr.
Sanjay Gupta’s article in
BusinessWeek on relationship
between alcohol consumption and
exercise for heart health;
Parade’s five “must take”
medical tests for good health;
and survey on what people are
saying about length of the
Presidential election process.
This week’s interview has been
replaced by a special segment of
“Bollywood Beat” on romantic
couples. This segment is written
and hosted by Isha Roy.
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| February 9th Show |
George Will’s “The Last Word” in
the Newsweek, “The Biofuel
Follies” about the debate of
drilling for oil in Alaska (ANWR);
fun story from the Time magazine
about online matchmaking sites
in the US which are eyeing
millions of single people in
China, India and the US –
Match.com, E-Harmony.com,
Chemistry.com, and even
Shaadi.com, etc.
The world’s hottest chili pepper
is the “Bhut Jolokia”
found in Assam, India – the
Scoville Heat Units of various
chili peppers, and what happens
to your body when you eat chili
peppers.
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Upakar Foundation
(how
to add this show to your website
or blogs)
Upakar Foundation was founded in
1997 to assist Indian Americans
who require additional financial
assistance to pursue
educational, artistic or
athletic goals at a
post-secondary institution.
It is also
dedicated to the promotion and
recognition of excellence
through the support of the
Indian community. Recently
Upakar
celebrated its 10th anniversary,
and invited a few of its
scholars to talk about their
achievements because of help
received from Upakar.
For more information and how to
donate money to Upakar, visit
www.upakar.org.
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February 2nd Show |
In
Conversation
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Hosts Ramesh Butani and Sonal
Verma have fun discussing this
week’s developments in the 2008
Presidential campaign; Kennedy
family endorsement of Senator
Obama has transformed him into
the new “Knight of the Camelot”!
Our hosts also discuss
BusinessWeek stories on: |
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Shai Agassi’s audacious effort
to end the era of gas-powered
autos; two-year colleges in the
US go courting overseas; young
and impatient tech workers in
India “want it all” and “want it
now”; Hollywood screen writers’
strike may kill the ailing
soap-opera genre (Newsweek);
India provides a huge market for
the Eastern European
(fair-skinned) models (WashPost);
Dalip Singh – the 7’3”,
408-pound wrestling start from
Punjab, India will appear as a
villain in the upcoming, Warner
Bros. movie, “Get Smart” (IndiaWest);
and this week’s Super Bowl
hoopla! Click on the link above
to watch the InConversation.
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Interview
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Ramesh Butani interviews
Dr. Valluvan Jeevanandam,
and Dr. Sudhir Srivastava
who had flown in from the
University of Chicago Medical
Center to tape this interview
and enlighten Darshan viewers
about their pioneering work.
Dr. Jeevanandam
specializes in the surgical
management of heart failure, and
is an expert in high-risk
cardiac surgery. He has a
special interest in treating
patients traditionally
considered inoperable. He has
repaired damaged hearts in
several patients awaiting
transplant, enabling those
patients to forgo
transplantation.
Dr. Srivastava has
pioneered a robotic and
minimally-invasive cardiac
surgery and has earned an
international reputation for his
expertise in this procedure.
This procedure is much less
invasive to the body and can
reduce pain and recovery time
dramatically. Dr. Srivastava has
a passion for using the most
advanced, reliable technologies
to improve patients’ quality of
life, and for sharing his
expertise to improve the
practice of medicine. He
regularly travels around the
country to contribute his skills
to charity medical aid missions.
More information: Dr.
Jeevanandam – email: jeevan@uchicago.edu;
phone: 773-702-2500. Dr.
Srivastava – email:
ssrivast@surgery.bsd.uchicago.edu;
phone: 773-702-2500; website:
www.drsudhirsrivastava.com.
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