India Talks
	Featuring Newsmakers from the Indian Community in Indonesia 13 Episode Series airing June-August 2005 India Talks - Sponsor Info

Program Background:

Indians have been living for decades in Indonesia have made an impact in society in more ways than is commonly understood by the expatriate and local population of Indonesia. Many Indians are successful businessmen, entrepreneurs, executives or contributing to arts and cultural scene in the major cities of Indonesia. India Talks is a program that features these shining personalities that have made interesting news by the activities they are engaged in. The program also aims to keep viewers abreast of the latest developments, events and activities within the Indian community and serves as an interface for other communities to learn more about and start interacting with the Indian community in Indonesia.

Additionally, there is very limited English language program productions originating out of Indonesia and India Talks is the first of a series of English programs aimed at the English speaking audiences of cable and satellite television services.

India Talks is the second community program on Q Channel. An Indonesian community program called Crème de la Crème is currently being produced in collaboration with the Indonesian Tattler magazine, and we are soon launching similar programs for the US, Australian, Japanese, Chinese and Korean communities. India Talks is produced by Q Channel in collaboration with IndoIndians.Com, a community portal aimed at serving the Indian community in Indonesia.

Objectives of India Talks:

• To increase the overall awareness of the Indian Community living in Indonesia

• To feature newsmakers from this community

• To feature the events and activities of this community.

In other words, “Enable and empower ethnic communities with a media platform that helps them interact with one another”

The program is aimed to be fun, informative and spontaneous. Hosted by Poonam Sagar and supported by TEMPO English magazine. The program will offer SMS/email quiz and games to attract viewer interest. Broadcast time, starting June 2005- 00:00 hrs Saturday, 12:00 hrs Sunday, 10:00 hrs Tuesday

As a very broad guideline, the show will cover the following topics.
25% - About your background, family, educational, work experience, etc.
50% - About your recent activity that has made you newsworthy
25% - About your other hobbies, interests, motivators, role models, philosophy,