We dedicate this episode to the year 2006 which has been a record of sorts for India! We pick the best and the worst stories of the year and keep it simple.

Business, Politics, Sports, Sensex, Aviation, Munnabhai, Saurav dada, the highs, the lows of India in 2006. Listen, enjoy and a bear hug to all you listeners for being with us! A happy new year.

Yours Internetally,

Aditya

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Indicast celebrates one year!!! Indicast style salaam to all our listeners who have stayed with us throughout! Keep those comments coming in. We love em’ all. Also, we have created a record of sorts in this podcast. It is one of those pacy episodes with a file size that won’t annoy you!

It is that time of the year when India gets a face lift… literally. The festival of lights and fire crackers lightens up the country. And with it comes sweets and the ‘faral’! “Diwali shopping” is a trend which all Indians look forward to and live up to it in style by saving some bucks for the D day. I went shopping too and learnt that shopping is a social science! Listen to know more!

While an Asian has been awarded with the Nobel Peace prize, we discuss the reasons why Gandhi missed the bus.

Don disappoints! But, sure is a treat for all SRK fans. Go watch it… at your own risk! This podcast is dedicated to the Indian film industry! Tell us what you think!

India Inc. is on a high internationally. We are on an expansion mode and we decided to cover the exploits of a few companies which have made us proud!

Episode Notes:

• Tata steel and Mittal steel rock!
• Grameen spawns an $800 Microfinance industry to wipe off poverty! Ambitious, but, getting there! ?
• Grameen bank founder, entrepreneur, social worker Mohd Yunus gets a nobel for Peace!
• Why is there no Nobel in Mathematics? Interesting stuff!!!

Yours Internetally,
Abhishek

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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

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One fine morning, the 19 year old Harvard sophomore, Kaavya Vishwanathan wrote a book, got rich, got famous, and then, got caught. While she seems to have been only “inspired” by one of her favourite authors and that the similarities between her book, ‘How Opal Mehta Got kissed, Got Wild and Got a Life’ and Sophie Kinsella’s ‘Can You Keep a Secret’ were only coincidental, we at indicast discuss the fine line between inspiration and plagiarism.

The NGO that we researched about this week is by the name of Apne Aap, an NGO which has taken up the daring initiative to end sex-trafficking in India.

It is a long weekend here in India with Saturday being Buddha Pournima. So, it is my first saturday off, atleast officially!!!

Episode Notes:

• Kaavya Vishwanathan does an encore. Well, you know what we mean!
• Plagiarism is a serious academic offense.
• Indicast’s Believe it or Not - Martin Luther King Jr is guilty of plagiarism
• Anu Malik:Music::______ : Writing. No Points for guessing - Shiv Khera!!!
• Sachin scores! This time off the field, gets richer by $40Million. The world waits for him to score; on the field!
• ‘Golf is a good walk spoilt!’, quipped Mark Twain, but, Tiger Woods earns a million for each one of his walks on the golf course.
• Apne aap, takes a bold shot at the oldest profession in hisory, Prostitution.

Yours Internetally,
Abhishek,

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For this episode we had a someone who was part of creating Indian rock history. The vocalist for fabulous Indus Creed and the awesome Alms for Shanti,Uday Benegal, makes an appearance on IndiCast. I had asked him to join us to talk about the past, present and future of his band and also about generral things happening around him. As usual, we had to battle a few technical problems and had to edit a few awesome moments out of our chat. This episode does contain a few f*&^s here and there and it would have ruined the episode if we took them away. Morover, almost 75% of the people who took our survey said they would be fine with it.

I hope you like this episode and do comment on it. It would also be great if you could take 5 and complete our listener survey.

Intro & concluding music is an extract of Alms for Shanti’s SuperBowl performed live at Mumbai. This page has a few more of their sound clips. If you like what you hear then buy their CD.

Episode Notes:

• Uday on P2P music piracy
• How does Uday create music and his inspirations
• Why did Indus creed split
• Talent doesnt guanratee you any success in music
• What’s a record label worth if they cant market your music
• Uday’s entry into music
• Indus creed (Rock Machine) never had a manager. Imagine a rock group doing their own taxes. I pity the tax authorities.
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Yours Internetally,
Aditya

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