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The Interview with Rock Band “Pralay”

Sunday, October 15th, 2006
Thanks to t! for getting Eddie Avil (Bassist and Songwriter) of Pralay on the show. And thanks to Eddie to taking the time to come and talk to us. Quite a few eye openers on the indie rock scene in India. And I didn't know that there is practically zero interest in music companies to back indie rock bands, which is why bands like Pralay directly market their songs to U.S. and U.K. Eddie was having difficulties in calling on to the show (he was calling from Bombay), so we had t! call him and conference it on to the radio show. Fortunately for us it all worked out fine. Eddie managed to get on 30-35 minutes into the show. Surprise call from ...
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Gulab Jamuns et. all

Wednesday, November 16th, 2005
How pleasing and joyful is it, to see a plethora of Desi restaurants floating all around Kallifornia (thank you Arnold jee). It’s a trend or perhaps a supply following the demand of - an increasing by the minute, Desi population in Kallifornia (thank you Arnold jee) and of course the ever increasing awareness and growing taste for Desi food amongst other cultures. Visiting San Jose reminds me of visiting a techno modern version of Chandni Chowk (for the sublimely ignorant, CC is in Delhi). Every other street has a Desi restaurant popping up. I hear Chicago and New Jersey are in a race to be named, Ameri-gadh (other recommendations include Ameri-nagar and H1aBad)…So densely are ...
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