Category: Interviews

Is Android really open? What do you think about the e-commerce industry in India? These are some of the questions that one would want to ask someone, who has been one of the pioneers of Open Source and early adopters of technology in India. We are extremely happy to have Atul Chitnis at your Adda. He is the Man behind the awesome column ‘COMversations’ that used to appear in PCQuest and is one of the biggest proponent of Open Source in India. 🙂 Presenting to you an interview, that you cannot afford to miss reading. 🙂

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Poetry, essays, fiction of varying lengths and scripts is her forte. Over the recent years, she has written more on non-fiction. If you are a regular at book stores, then you would have surely noticed ‘The Bad Boys Guide To The Good Indian Girl’ and ‘Known Turf Bantering With Bandits And Other True Tales’ apart from other titles. Today, at your Adda, we have the versatile author of par excellence and one of the early Indian Bloggers, Annie Zaidi. 🙂 We had a very interesting conversation on various issues that we are sure you’ll enjoy reading. Let’s roll it then.

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Right from our childhood, in India, we are fortunate enough to try and eat different varieties of food. Be it the Nadeir yakhean or Guwar fali ki saag or Solkadhi or the favorite dosas. But, how many of us share with the world the specialty of every dish in the Indian Cuisine? This is why our interviewee today is very special. He has been chronicling his foodie journey for the past three and half years, and today his blog is a perfect mix of best dishes, best places and best hotels to eat. Let us welcome Kalyan Karmakar at your Adda, in an interview, that will surely make you hungry for more while reading. Ready?

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A few days back someone asked us, ‘If I become a full time Mom, can I still enjoy life and do whatever I had always wanted to?’. Of course was our answer. Then she asked, if we know of someone who is doing it? ‘Of course’ was our answer again and we asked her to read this interview! Our interview today is with someone who is a Media Recruitment Consultant, part time social worker, voracious reader, Youth Congressi and a FULL TIME MOM. 🙂 Presenting to you an interview with the charming Priyanka Chaturvedi who at the time of this interview had a book in one hand and her BlackBerry in the other. 🙂 Read on.

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Two years ago we met a beautiful lady at the Marine Drive in Mumbai. She had the qualities of ‘drama queen’ written all over her. We asked her, do you blog? She said, yes, I blog and ‘It’s all about me’. Today, she has just released her first book and two books are on the pipeline to be released this year. We are pleased to have Sagarika Chakraborty at your Adda where she shares her tales from ‘Shagor Tales‘ and her life. This is going to be a rollercoaster ride. 🙂 Stay tuned.

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We have heard of multiple personalities in real life but have you heard of it in the Blogosphere? One of them started Kitabkhana in 2003, and the other started Akhond of Swat in 2004 by technically the same person. According to her only one of them was created by Kipling. 🙂 We are extremely happy to welcome the super talented Nilanjana Roy at your Adda for this interview where she speaks about Hurree Babu, KitabKhana, Akhond of Swat and muchly more.

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