Episode #24 - Shashi and Rakhi
We are back after a long time. Blame it on my laptop which completed its 5th Anniversary and I had to gift it with a new Hard Disk and adorn it with a few accessories. Yeah, it was a costly affair, but, what the heck? We are back! Thank you for all the comments and the patience!
“I am a cheerleader, I am a promoter, I am a salesman, I am a debt collector, I am a father confessor and there are other aspects I still have to discover,” Annan has said in describing his job. Will Shashi Tharoor join the select few from across the globe to head the most important post in the United Nations? We, at Indicast root for him.
Also, Bollywood doesnt stop amazing us especially when its an item girl. When Rakhee did it to a girl, it’s a kiss. When Mika does it to Rakhi, it’s blasphemy! We try to get our minds to decipher this anamoly.
I love it when when we talk on topic as diverse as the ones we covered today. Also to spice it up a bit check out this Rakhi Sawant interview on YouTube. I love the reason she gives for being an item girl. “Mujhe Gaana Pasand hain na”.
Episode Notes:
- Rakhi gets kissed and Mika gets sued. We wonder, whoz the lucky one?
- What does it take to head the most influencial post at the United Nations
- Shashi Tharoor, India’s nominee to the top job in UN
- I bet on Argentina and Abhishek has put his money on Germany. Who do you think will emerge as the world champions?
- A glamourous NGO called Shiksha
We also have the most cliched contest going on at Indicast, predict who is going to lift the football word cup this time and we will send you an indicast t-shirt (seriously). This is the first time we are trying something like this so lets see how you guys respond to it. Type in your entry in the comments section.
Yours Internetally,
Aditya
P.S : Intro & concluding music provided by Alms for Shanti
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Brazil will win the World Cup 2006
Comment by Joe Palos — June 20, 2006 @ 7:02 pm
Germany will definitely win the World Cup 2006
Comment by Marie Rosetti — June 20, 2006 @ 7:05 pm
Good to have you back guys!
Will stay tuned for your further development on Educational Technology.
Now that you both are together you should be a force to recon with.
Thanks for the info on Shiksha.
Comment by Piya — June 21, 2006 @ 3:45 am
Hey guys! Good show, I wish I knew as much (or little) about soccer/football as I do about cricket! Anyway, good to have you back as always, and congrats as well as good luck to you, Abhishek! If you ever need an ambassador for your company lol, lemme know!
Love,
Pratiti.
Comment by Pratiti — June 22, 2006 @ 3:01 am
And hey, check out my show… I have a special something something for you guys in there!
Comment by Pratiti — June 22, 2006 @ 3:09 am
hellooo. are you serious about the t-shirt? because I WANT IT.
so. brazil will win the wc.
Comment by Lavanya — June 23, 2006 @ 6:52 am
of course, we are serious… Apun ki boli, banduk ki goli, kya.
Comment by Aditya — June 23, 2006 @ 6:57 am
Apun ki goli, banduk ki goli! Very chessy! Very Aditya-ish!
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Comment by geniusOid — June 24, 2006 @ 8:18 am
Joe Palos - I hope Brazil find their feet in time.
Marie Rosetti - I am with you! Hail Germany!
Piya - Thanks for all the encouragement. We are going to need it.
Pratiti - Let’s have a formal meet over dinner. What are your terms and conditions to be our face to the world? And more importantly can we afford you!!! BTW thanks for recommending us on your show!
Lavanya - We will pool in our life’s savings but, we promise to get that T Shirt out to you.
But, for that your team has to do you a small favour - WIN!!!
Aditya: There is some good news and some bad. Germany and Argentina have both qualified to the next round. Now, the bad news is that both will go at each other in the Quarter Finals, much too early to our comfort!!!
GeniousOid: I have nothing to say to you! We are meeting tomorrow. Calti mat de! How long has it been? A year?
Comment by Abhishek — June 24, 2006 @ 4:16 pm
Although I want Ghana to win, for the sake an indicast t-shirt let me predict for the 1st time: Spain.
Good luck, guys!
Comment by Hiren — June 24, 2006 @ 11:23 pm
:(. but if brazil doesn’t win i want the t shirt anyway. it’ll look kinda cool AND you get (kindof) free publicity.
please?
Comment by Lavanya — June 25, 2006 @ 7:18 am
Lavanya : It’ll definetely be cool… main aur abhishek is baat par vichar vimash karenge
Comment by Aditya — June 25, 2006 @ 2:24 pm
Episode #24 was great guys, keep it up! As for the World Cup - I think Argentina will lift the trophy. I hope Ghana does well though - they’re a great up-and-comer story.
Say, I was just reading about this guy who is promoting “Web Vaastu” - any thoughts?
Comment by Shalin — June 26, 2006 @ 5:35 pm
Hiren: Yeah, Ghana Zindabad! That will send the bookie community into oblivion for the next couple of world cups!!! Good Luck with your bet! It’s a bold one, I must say.
Shalin: Welcome back! So, you too are with Aditya. Let me be diplomatic and say, ‘let the better team win the next round tie between Argentina and Germany. But, whatever the result, it’s going to be the match of the World Cup!
Web Vaastu!!! Designing websites according to Vaastu so that it gets you “good results”. That’s an interesting topic to be discussed! Thanks for that!
Comment by Abhishek — June 27, 2006 @ 2:23 am
I specialized in e-commerce at CMU. I strongly believe in Human Computer Interactions (HCI) and all the research that is being done in that field. Now some desi gathers up all the HCI details and calls its Web Vaastu. It has nothing to do with our the ancient art of building a house which is called vaastu shastra. So I think its just a branding thing but the concepts are based on HCI research and there is nothing Indian about it.
For example : One of the barriers to online shopping occurs when customers have difficulty finding their way around the online storefront. In fact, a PriceWaterhouse Coopers (2001) survey found that 40% of the respondents indicated that being unfamiliar with the storefront was a barrier to their online shopping. Moreover, Zona Research (2000) reported that 33% of the people surveyed indicated having difficulty locating products, and 62% indicated giving up looking for merchandise items because they could not find them. Thus, an important advantage for online companies would be to place key web objects, such as the online shopping cart and help button, where they would be expected to be located by a majority of the users. This study sought to investigate user expectations on the location of common e-commerce web objects on a typical website.
Comment by Aditya — June 27, 2006 @ 3:02 am
Sorry for blog whoring but I had written about the Web Vastu crap few weeks back.
Comment by Patrix — June 29, 2006 @ 3:41 pm
Germany will win the world cup 2006 for sure!!
Comment by Omar Sheikh — July 1, 2006 @ 9:01 pm
Italy will win the world cup 2006
Comment by Joe Palos — July 5, 2006 @ 12:58 pm
France will definitely win the world cup 2006!
Comment by Marie Rosetti — July 5, 2006 @ 1:02 pm
Status of the Soccer Mania BET -
Brazil, Germany, Argentina, Spain are all out!
Joe Palos/Marie Rosetti - You sure are an optimist. And why do I have the feeling that I know both of you!
Comment by Abhishek — July 6, 2006 @ 1:39 am
I win! Gimme Gimme T-Shirts!
Comment by Joe Palos — July 10, 2006 @ 3:46 am
Joe Palos : you have submitted entries twice!!! and the second one came after Italy went into the final. Moroever, Its funny that Marie Rosetti also has the same IP address as yours and her comment has been posted within a few seconds after your comment. This has happened twice !!!
We will give you your t-shirt since we had to give it away anyway… but I just wanted to let you know that you havent fooled anybody at Indicast. Send us your Postal address using the Indicast feedback form.
Comment by Aditya — July 11, 2006 @ 9:12 am
Tee-Hee
I didn’t hear you say any such rules at the time, so I still win 
hurray, and my friend Marie uses my computer so it is still valid 
hurray again! 
Comment by Joe Palos — July 14, 2006 @ 2:07 am
Joe Palos: Aha! Now isn’t that surprising? We guessed that Marie uses your computer as well. So, how many friends do you have using your computer? Anyways, we liked your answer and a T-shirt is waiting for you. So, please send us your address.
Comment by Aditya — July 14, 2006 @ 10:39 am
ok, I will, but; please, please, please, let me get what I want, another new episode!
Comment by Joe Palos — July 20, 2006 @ 8:17 pm