The summer has always been hot but this time around adding fuel to the fire is the daily load shedding ritual for about 3 hours. I have heard stories where 8 hour load shedding has become a norm. So we decided to take that topic up and present our views on it. I tried hard but couldn’t help giving out a few numbers. Abhishek has the honour of hosting the show this time. You will also hear dogs barking in the background for about 2 mins, those are my two dobermans. I tried but couldnt clear the barking from the original recording.

Episode Notes:

• Load Shedding 101
• Load shedding has become a part of our life. Want proof? People are writing poems on it!!
• We are responsible for the load shedding as well. Electricity theft has long been a problem in India. 42% of the electricity supplied is lost due to “transmission losses” reports BBC.
• Finally, we were on NDTV. Indicast got some very good coverage. You can watch the video on Youtube.

Yours Internetally,
Aditya

P.S : Intro & concluding music provided by Alms for Shanti

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For the past couple of weeks, there has been one high profile conviction after the other. But there exist big inconsistencies in the sentences handed out which makes us think whether the Indian courts have become like cricket umpires where a few bad decisions are all part of the game? The jessica lal case has been going on forever and then at the same time a rape sentence is handed out within 10 days.

Our second topic was about the reservation controversy.

Episode Notes:

• Out, in and out again for the main accused in the Jessica Lal case. The entire story covered here
• The rajasthan court just took 10 working days to give a 7 yr sentence in the Rajasthan rape case
• Reservation or totally merit based? Amardeep has a good blog post

Yours Internetally,
Aditya

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For this episode we have picked up two topics concerning women but one of them remains a big issue while the other one is a “fabricated” issue by the traditional media.

The sentencing in the Marine drive rape case caught our eye and Abhishek went on a number hunt to get a few facts while I took a look into the Indian Penal Code and its definition of rape. The other topic we cover was about the goof-ups at the lakme India Fashion week. In fact, we were in two minds while talking about it since the traditional media and the politician hyped it up so much but we had to tell them to shut up, let go and move on!!

Episode Notes:

• Here is the background and information on the Marine drive rape case
• I tried to look for the official link on the web but all in vain. Our arguements and defintion of were based on the copy of the Indian Penal Code available here
• Why isn’t the death penalty an option for the rape offense? Here is, what a rape convict gets at max
• Can a man be raped?
• We are no lawyers, but the definition of rape is a bit shaky. Read the explanation #1 at this link. It sounds as if, law considers it to be a rape only if there is penetration or sexual intercourse. But what if the person does everything but that. Do we have an “Attempt to rape” like “attempt to murder”? and if we do, is the punishment for that crime lenient than actual rape?
• A few that I found good links online concerning rape and sexual harrasment against women
• Check out Yahoo’s coverage on Lakme India Fashion week. There are more news about the wardrobe malfunctions than fashion creativity.

Yours Internetally,
Aditya

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Probably, a few of you might have checked out NDTV at 9PM to see Indicast being covered but all in waited in vain. But we got a call from NDTV saying that the story has been postponed by a week and will be on next sunday.

Just for the record, this is not an April fools hoax and to prove my point here is a picture of abhishek being shot by the NDTV crew