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Who’s Tweeting in the Obama White House?

By Lavina Melwani • Mar 1st, 2010 • Category: 24/7 Talk is Cheap - The Blog

Guess what, Lassi with Lavina is being followed on Twitter by someone from the White House!

No, not the President, not even the First Lady. Not even the First Children but by the First Dog, Bo Diddley Obama! Of course, I wasn’t aware that dogs could read or keyboard, much less get on to Twitter. But then again, you have to remember it’s the Obama dog and he probably has a great IQ to match the rest of the Obamas.



Wanted: A Tweeter-in-Chief for Obama

By Lavina Melwani • Feb 22nd, 2010 • Category: 24/7 Talk is Cheap - The Blog

All you fans of Twitter, Facebook and MySpace, looking for a job that satisfies your passion for social networking? Well your country needs you, President Obama needs you! Organizing for America, the successor organization to Obama for America, is looking for a Tweeter-in-chief.



Shah Rukh Khan’s Right to Speak

By Lavina Melwani • Feb 5th, 2010 • Category: Cinema

What’s the buzz right now? Shah Rukh Khan, Kajol and their much anticipated movie ‘My Name is Khan’ is what everyone’s talking about.

Well, the buzz is about the film – but also about what could almost become a drama in its own right – the Shiv Sena’s clumsy attempt to muzzle free speech. By now everyone knows about the Sena’s threat to sabotage ‘My Name is Khan’ in order to punish Shah Rukh Khan for his comment about wanting to include Pakistani players in the IPL. The Sena has threatened distributors and theater owners in Mumbai for having the temerity to show the movie, and by association, movie-goers who would dare to watch the film.



The Glitterati Twitterati

By Lavina Melwani • Jan 24th, 2010 • Category: 24/7 Talk is Cheap - The Blog, Cinema

I have a new respect for Twitter since I started following Bollywood celebs – it’s the democracy of interaction and the immediacy of hearing the news from the horse’s mouth without the intervention of gossip magazines. The complete lack of punctuation and slaphappy grammar makes it even more laid back and buddy-like.



Tweeting with Shah Rukh Khan

By Lavina Melwani • Jan 3rd, 2010 • Category: 24/7 Talk is Cheap - The Blog

Well, guess what – Shah Rukh Khan is the next celebrity to succumb to Twitter! Doesn’t he know from Shashi Tharoor that it can get you into trouble? Seems he was pushed into it by Karan Johar who is an avid tweeter. So is Shah Rukh really tweeting himself or is it a PR exercise for ‘My Name is Khan’? Only time will tell!



Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is

By Lavina Melwani • Oct 25th, 2009 • Category: Food, The Buzz

Looking to find the perfect restaurant in your area online or via mobile phone? Searching for videos to check out the best tips from celebrity chefs?

Well, there’s good news – behind each of these culinary experiences, there’s an innovative company launched by young Indian-Americans who probably have food and hospitality etched into their DNA! Sidestepping traditional careers, these entrepreneurs have followed the pungent aroma of spices and flavors of food to start their own businesses.



The Perils of Social Networking…

By Lavina Melwani • Jul 29th, 2009 • Category: The Buzz

Are you LinkedIn? Do you Twitter? Do you Youtube? Indian-Americans are a growing part of the social networking phenomenon that is sweeping the world.