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An Indian former street child from Mumbai is a contestant on Kaun Banega Crorepati, the Hindi version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?.^[1] He had gone onto the game show to reach his missing childhood sweetheart, who he knows watches the show religiously. When he gets to the second to last question, he is suspected of cheating.

Movie is playing at select theatres around the country. Here in Silicon Valley you go watch it at ClineArts @ Santana Row

It’s a very deep film. About kismet, on karma and destiny.- AR Rafiq

A Fox Searchlight production. Visit the official “Slumdog Millionaire” page here.

As some of you know I love outsourcing.

I’ve used it several times in the past and talked about it on this blog in April and again later in the year when I got the low down from a successful outsourcer.

I outsource a lot. I’ve outsourced: low ticket items like calendar management/travel arrangements to higher ticket items like content creation, programming, and website design.

Like everything outsourcing has its good times and its bad times. Mostly the bad times are opportunities to develop a better candidate screening system, learn the kinds of tasks that cannot/should not be outsourced, or learn how to market and communicate better to outsourcing companies and individuals.

This last one is often overlooked by those starting out. Sometimes even the pros mess up. I did this myself recently and learned some valuable lessons.
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Black Crow Productions and Third I San Francisco South Asian Film Festival presents:

What: Kala Pul – The Black Bridge, a 40-minute narrative by Saqib Mausoof
When: Thursday, November 13th, 2008, 7:00 pm
Where: Brava Theater, 2781 24th St, San Francisco, CA 94110 [map it]

[San Francisco, Ca October 23, 2008] Witness an authentic representation of three days in the lives the inhabitants of Karachi, a teeming metropolis of over fifteen million and the largest city in Pakistan, a frontline state in the war on terrorism. The film has been reviewed as “Karachi born writer Saqib Mausoof has taken a different route with Kala Pul – The Black Bridge producing results not unlike Satiyajit Ray’s Distant Thunder”

The plot resolves around Arsalan, a fugitive, who returns to his native Karachi, to investigate the violent death of his younger brother, blamed on religious fundamentalists. In the ensuing days he discovers that in a post 9/11 world the gritty megalopolis sits on the fault line of modernity and militancy.

Kala Pul is produced by bay area producer Muder Kothari and was shot in 2006 by Oscar nominated Director of Photography Markus Huersch on location in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. It features the music of Dr Das, founding member of Asian Dub Foundation, Janaka Selekta and various Pakistani ghazal singers.

Tickets can be ordered online at http://www.eventbrite.com/event/193281109 or purchased at door for $10.

Additional information at kalapul.com

Senator Joe Biden, Barack Obama’s VP nominee is due to visit Silicon Valley this coming weekend. This will be the Senator’s last, and only visit to California before the November elections.

While in California, the Senator is scheduled to attend three Obama Victory Fundraisers:

Luncheon and VIP reception:11:30 a.m. reception, noon lunch, at the home of Steve and Anita Westly, Atherton. Cost: $2,500 for lunch or $14,250 for VIP ticket.

Afternoon reception: 4-6 p.m., the home of Derek and Rachel Benham, in Piedmont. Cost: $1,000 for the reception or $10,000 for a photo with Biden.

Dinner: 6:15 p.m., home of Doug Hickey in San Francisco. Cost: $5,000 a person

Also, on October 23 the South Asian American Leadership Council has the privileged to host Governor Howard Dean, chairman DNC in a Town Hall style event at the Plug and Play Technology Center in Sunnyvale. Click to RSVP for the event. Cost: $500 for cocktail reception; $1,000 for dinner, $5,000 to attend as co-host, or $20,000 to attend as a co-Chair. Sign-up as a Co-Host before October 18th and attend a reception with Joe Biden. For information email here.

The event theme will center around South / South-West Asia, emphasizing Senator Obama’s South Asian policy.

Guest Post by: Riaz Haq

Sunday, May 18, 2008: South Asians in Silicon Valley had a big weekend with both TiEcon 2008 (The Indus Entrepreneurs Convention) and HDF (Human Development Foundation) holding their annual events. These events brought out the powerful, rich and famous with origins in the sub-continent including former Pakistani Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz, Lord Nazir Ahmad and celebrity politician Tariq Aziz. While Mr. Shaukat Aziz was the keynote speaker on Thursday evening at the TiE Global charter member reception, the Human Development Foundation annual fundraiser was addressed by Lord Nazir Ahmad and Tariq Aziz, Ethan Casey among others.

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