Upcoming and Recent Appearances in Conjunction with "Planet India: How the Fastest-Growing Democracy is Transforming America and the World (Scribner February 2007)"

  • March 15, 2008: Moderator, Opening Roundtable, South Asian Women's Leadership Forum Congress 2008
  • March 10, 2008: Talk and book signing, 7 p.m. at R.J. Julia Booksellers, 768 Boston Post Road, Madison, Connecticut
  • March 5, 2008: Lecture and book signing, World Affairs Council, Denver, Colorado. Watch Mira's presentation on Denver 8 television
  • March 4, 2008: Lecture and book signing, Vail Symposium "Hot Topics," Vail, Colorado.
  • February 28, 2008: Lecture on Planet India, Brown University, Providence, RI. Sponsored by SASA, South Asian Students Association
  • February 26, 2008: Planet India: The Turbulent Rise of the Largest Democracy and the Future of OurWorld, a discussion and book signing by Mira Kamdar. Charles B. Wang Center, Stony Brook University
  • February 20, 2008: Reading at Olsson's Books, Washington, D.C.
  • February 20, 2008: Keynote speaker, Annual Conference, Association of International Education Administrators, J.W. Marriott, Washington, D.C.
  • February 19, 2008: A Ticking Time Bomb: How Long will Asia's Poor Wait for Prosperity to Trickle Down? with Tion Kwa and Ursula Schaefer-Preuss, Vice President, Asian Development Bank. Asia Society D.C. and Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
  • February 4: A Ticking Time Bomb: How Long will Asia's Poor Wait for Prosperity to Trickle Down? Lunch program with Tion Kwa. Moderated by Vishakha Desai. Introduction by Richard Holbrooke. Asia Society, New York.
  • A Ticking Time Bomb: How long will Asia's poor wait for prosperity to trickle down? The official launch event for the 2008 Bernard Schwartz Fellows of the Asia Society
  • "The Rising Clout of the India Lobby in the United States," (CERI, Paris, November 30, 2007)
  • Keynote address, "India: Changing the Way We See," Newark Art Museum, Newark, New Jersey, October 27, 2007.
  • Keynote Speaker, Indo-American Center of Chicago Annual Gala, introduced by Marshall Bouton, President, Chicago Council on Global Affairs, with special guest Rajat Gupta, Chicago, October 14, 2007.
  • Keynote Speaker, Akshaya Patra Inaugural Gala, with Desh Deshpande, Boston, October 5, 2007.
  • "An Intimate Conversation with Planet India author Mira Kamdar," SAWLF (South Asian Women's Leadership Forum) and JP Morgan Private Bank, David Rockefeller Room, JP Morgan Private Bank, New York, October 4, 2007.
  • "India versus China," with Adam Segal, Council on Foreign Relations, World Affairs Council, Houston, September 26, 2007.
  • "As Goes India, So Goes the World: Challenges and Opportunities in the New Global Economy," Lehman Brothers, co-sponsored by the Asian American Writers Workshop, New York, September 19, 2007
  • "Global India: How Economic and Political Transitions are Shaping the World," World Affairs Council, San Francisco, April 25, 2007.

Recent radio and television interviews:

  • Radio France International, Jan. 6, 2008
  • "Asia Society Presents India@60," Asian America Television, in conversation with Vishakha Desai and Joydeep Mukherjee, New York, October 2, 2007.
  • "India After Gandhi," BookTV/CSPAN, introduced author Ramachandra Guha and moderated discussion with audience, sponsored by SAJA (South Asian Journalists Association), Tamarind Art Gallery, New York, September 25, 2007.
  • Reuters TV, New York, Interview on Indo-US nuclear deal, September 19, 2007.
  • The Hour, CBC Television, Interview with George Stroumboulopoulos, Toronto, March 14, 2007.
  • Here and Now, CBC Radio One, Interview with Matt Galoway, Toronto, March 14.
  • Book TV, Canada, Interview with Elizabeth Mitkos, Toronto, various from early May, 2007.
  • The Conversation, KUOW (Seattle NPR affiliate), March 2, 2007.
  • Wake Up Call, WBAI radio, New York City, Interview with Deepa Fernandes, February 27, 2007.
  • Bloomberg TV, Interview on Chinese market sell-off and implications for Indian market, February 27, 2007

      • Past Events

      April 24, Global India: How Economic and Political Transitions are Shaping the World, Pacific Council, Palo Alto

      March 8, 6:00 pm: Talk, Q & A, Book Signing, Chicago Council on Global Affairs

      March 6: Asia Society, NYC - PDF of Event Program

      March 2: Elliott Bay Books, Seattle, 7:30 p.m.

      March 1: World Affairs Council, Seattle

      March 1: Microsoft, Seattle

      February 27: SAJA event at ABC Carpet, NYC - Event Details
      6:30-8:30 pm ABC Carpet & Home, Marigold Theater
      RSVP required. Please e-mail: india@abchome.com

      February 3, 2007: A Conversation With Mira Kamdar, India International Centre, New Delhi



      From left, Pavan Varma, Mira Kamdar and Poonam Muttreja at the India International Centre in New Delhi on Feb. 3, 2007.

      February 7, 2007: A Conversation With Mira Kamdar, Little Theater, Mumbai

      Planet India is a comprehensive view of India and the cultural and economic impact it is having, and will continue to have, on the United States and the world. With dozens of interviews of people such as Mukesh Ambani, head of India's largest company, Reliance; Mira Nair, director of Monsoon Wedding, Vanity Fair and the Namesake; and Deepak Chopra, in-depth research, a wealth of recent data and provocative analysis, Mira Kamdar investigates the challenge before India: the country's growing gap between rich and poor, the AIDS crisis, the degradation of the environment, while saluting India's tremendous vitality and the opportunities this Asian democracy has to shape its own and, perhaps, all of our destinies.

      "Getting Your Book Published: An Insiders' Guide," presented by the NYC Chapter of the South Asian Journalists Association and SAMMA, the South Asian Media and Marketing Association, July 10, 2006

      Media Moguls: How India is Shaping the Industry, June 13, 2006, Asia Society, New York

      Indian American Center for Political Awareness, TV Asia, Dec 12, 2004

      Rainbow Bookfest, Seattle, April 24, 2004

       ORF-Pacific Council Joint Task Force on India-US Relations, March 18-19,2004

      BBC's The World with Lisa Mullins on the 40th anniversary of the Kennedy assassination, November 2003

      "Continuing Violence in Gujarat," KPFK Radio, Los Angeles, May 8, 2002

       "Indian Traveler," Willamette Week

       South Asian Literary Festival 2000

      Book Tour Appearances for Motiba's Tattoos

      Media (TV, Internet & Print)
      Location Event Date Other
      The Register-Guard Article 1/28/01 "Six-pack of beer inspires recollection of family's lost heritage"

      Sify News

      		 Interview

      1/16/01

      "The writing was influenced by good journalism"

      Biography on Book TV

      C-SPAN 2

      		 Reading & Discussion

       

      1/06/01
      1/07/01

       
      Willamette Week Online Interview 1/01 "Indian Traveler Mira Kamdar"
       
      Book Reading and Signing Events
      Location Event Date Other

      Boston, MA

      Borders Books and Music 10-24 School Street (Downtown Boston)

      		Reading 04/05/01 Sponsor: World Affairs Council.

      Washington, D.C.

      Olsson's Books 2111 Wilson Blvd. Arlington, VA

      		 Reading 04/04/01 Sponsor: NETSAP (Network of South Asian Professionals)

      New York City, NY

      Maharaja Restaurant: 230 E. 44th St

      		Reading 04/03/01 SAJA (South Asian Journalists Association) & The Indo-American Arts Council.

      Eugene, OR

      Barnes & Noble, 1163 Valley River Drive

      		 Reading 03/27/01  

      Berkeley, CA

      Barnes & Noble
      2352 Shattuck Avenue

       

      		Reading 02/02/01  

      Mountain View, CA

      Printer's Ink 301 Castro Street

      		Reading 02/01/01  

      Portland, OR

      Annie Bloom's Books, 7834 SW Capitol Highway

      		 Reading 1/18/01