Indicast : Episode #4
We are back with our episode #4 which is a bit shortish coz Abhishek was having some network issue so he couldnt participate. Last week was really happening for Indicast, We got about 225 subscribers (through Itunes and other services) and a whole load of comments (Please keep them coming). But the biggest thing happened on saturday when we were listed #1 on the list of “New & Notable” podcasts by Apple on its I-tunes Podcast directory. One of the listener was kind enough to send us a screenshot. Another new feature that we started this week is to rotate the website header image. Every week the website will port a new header depicting typical Indian everyday life moments.
Lastly, thank you for all the great responses and encouraging emails that some of you have sent us. Keep listening and help us spread the word.
Episode notes:
- Intro music extracted from Josh Remix of Powerless.
- Ash, a contributor from DesiPundit talks about their plans for Blog Quake Day. Its call to all the blogger to join hands for charity for the recent earthquake victims. It’s time we took our social responsibilities a bit more seriously.
- Are we tolerant or have we just gotten used to disasters. Indians are the 4th happiest people in the world with Pune being the happiest city in India.
- Sleepless in India : 45% Indians sleep less than 6 hours a day.
Yours internetally,
Aditya
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Loved the header image. I wouldn’t mind if it stayed longer than a week.
Comment by Patrix — October 24, 2005 @ 5:14 am
Blog Quake Day
The past few weeks have been eventful for the Indian blogosphere, and demonstrated our collective power. We worked together to ensure that the plight of Rashmi Bansal and Gaurav Sabnis got the attention they deserved. We were instrumental in shining l…
Trackback by DesiPundit — October 24, 2005 @ 5:15 am
Nice new look for the site/blog, better than previous one.
Maybe adding an Indian Flag will be cool.
BTW, are you guys using Opensource, such as Linux as your OS and other opensource applications for creating your podcasts? Or on Windows platform.
I am right now trying to setup a portal dedicated to Open Source and Linux. Once up, I’ll let you guys know.
Keep it going!
Comment by E@zyVG — October 24, 2005 @ 11:24 am
“Here’s a little song I wrote….”
‘Happy people’ & all such survey’s are stupid. Massive countries like Australia, US & India simply cannot be generalised - definitely when one compares tangibles like say, clothing or even intangibles like the state of the mind in this case.
I try to answer the logic behind India’s rank by saying the we are a broad-minded, all-accommodating and highly tolerant (or ‘chalta hai’) people since ages but that explanation is nipped in the bud when I see the US ranked above India and Britain in close pursuit. To date September 11 and the aftermath (political), the indelible scars left by it are talked about in every discussion about America. And suddenly America becomes third happy. The Britons are concerned about terrorist attacks, several British editorials have give me a sense of growing paranoia over Asians (which is very unfortunate, if its true).
Above all that is a certain loss of self-respect for the people of these nations because no WMDs were found in Iraq. (I cannot imagine India getting stuck in such a situation say with a neighbour/s and me telling a foreigner that I was a happy man).
And then Pune. Lots & lots of students living in hostels, these guys are going to be happy in life ofcourse! But there are other education centers too. And a typical Puneite! It is said that when they order for a ‘ussa cha ras’ (sugarcane juice), they will tell the man not to put ice. After sipping a little, they tell the guy to put some. That’s the level of miserliness. The pani-puri wala would even charge for the complimentary ‘masala puri’ we Mumbaikars love after the pani-puri dish. How can one be happy by being so calculating?
Goa. If Portugal & Brazil did not figure at the top, so not a surprise that Goa wasn’t.
I wonder what percent of the population in J&K, Bihar, Assam, Mizoram, Nagaland would say they are happy.
In Delhi, only 60 seats are happy.
And 6 hrs. is the secret of 1.2 bln. people.
“……you might wanna sing it note for note…..”
Comment by nani — October 24, 2005 @ 11:46 am
I found your podcast and it interested me as I work with many Indians at my job as a software engineer. Some here in the US and some in Bangalore.
It might be fun if you guys maybe talked about how Americans can learn about Indian culture and maybe teach us some sayings - like Namaste, Kya Hal He? etc.
Comment by Bob — October 24, 2005 @ 1:51 pm
Hooked up with you via itunes. Not bad at all.
Keep it up.
Comment by Venkat — October 24, 2005 @ 3:39 pm
Listening to Ash chatter away
Aditya a.ka. Havoc chatted with me for his podcast venture - Indicast. Indicast is an interetsing venture, with a bunch of Indian guys having interesting conversations about India. You can hear us talk about Desipundit, the upcoming Blog Quake Day,
Trackback by Exploring the Infinite Abyss — October 24, 2005 @ 5:51 pm
A very nice and commendable effort! But the discussion could have done without that chat about Pune and other cities or the silly statistics about Indian habits and the blah - not even remotely related to the message that you are trying to put across.
Also it lacks what I would call the “motivation factor” or the “pull”..from advertising POV. It’s a call to contribute money right? As you said, desis part with their money with a lot of difficulty and talking about cities or happiness quotient or desipundit’s traffic is not going to make them do that either. Maybe if you had to give statistics, they could have been about how many deaths have happened so far, how ppl are fighting for a single meal in the day. How many agencies are trying to help. How many are actually helping.. put something which would make everyone realise that they can make a difference and lose nothing…
Please take this as feedback and nothing more.
All the best!
Comment by Twilight Fairy — October 25, 2005 @ 12:14 am
Thanks everyone for the comments and the feedback.
Nani : we have to get together someday fo a podcast.
Bob : nex time a techie from India is acting up.. just say “tere maa ki…”
Twilight fairy: Thanks for the input, we really like when people tell us if something bothered them and follow it up how to improve on it. And we are listening. We really didnt want to talk about death toll etc becuase thats what we get from news channels. We have been hearing that its been bad so just a flying comments about all the deaths would have been disrespectful. We just wanted to pass on the message to Indian bloggers about Blog Quake Day. But there is always room for improvement and we could certainly have been more insistent. We will keep that in mind.
Comment by Aditya — October 25, 2005 @ 1:56 am
hi guys…nice show it was. the first podcast i ever tuned into…and my, it was like a radio show!
hope you guys do find a wide audience base, and the channel can be used to really productive purposes 
best of luck!
Comment by shub — October 26, 2005 @ 12:50 am
Fantastic podcast. Keep it up. Very interesting and entertaining. Keep it going.
Stan Hoffmueller
Comment by Stan Hoffmueller — October 27, 2005 @ 8:07 pm
Great Episode and I like the new layout of the site, can’t wait for more.
Comment by Raghav Suri — October 28, 2005 @ 1:19 pm