Podbharti is a popular
India
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n
podcast
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show and the first
Hindi
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podzine. It leads the pack of Indian podcasts along with Podmasti and Podbazaar.
Background
Podbharti provides coverage of News & Views about
Indian Blogosphere, Indian language
blog
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ging, Tools &
technology
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reviews, Indian Culture and the Entertainment Industry. It was co-founded by Indian blogger duo Debashish Chakrabarty (better known as founder of the
Indibloggies) an
Shashi Singh Listeners have equated the experience of listening to the podcasts to 70's style
radio
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, reminiscent of
Vividh Bharti
The Vividh Bharati Service (VBS; ) of All India Radio was conceptualized to combat Radio Ceylon in 1967. Due to the Indian Government stopping its short wave relay centers, VBS is only available on the Internet. Vividh Bharati radio channel wa ...
. The podcast content has a touch of journalism to it.
The first episode of Podbharti was released in May 2007 in which they presented a retrospective talk on Hindi blogging completing 4 years, a nipping primer on the Hindi
Transliteration
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tool introduced by
Google
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in the
Blogger.com
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service and a report on a controversy in the Hindi blogdom where discussions on communalism took an ugly turn adding bitterness to the whole debate.
Apart from downloading podcasts on music devices, users can also hear them online on Podbharti’s website.
See also
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Podcasting in India
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Indian Blogosphere
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Hindi Blogosphere
References
External links
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{{podcasting
Audio podcasts
Hindi-language mass media
2007 podcast debuts