The Inconceivable! Desis Podcast
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Episode 013: A Historical Take on Indian Cricket and IPL
Show published: Jul 29, 2015 Download the show here Examining the history of Indian Cricket (literally!) - all the way back from the 1900s and how today’s IPL parallels it all while taking it forward.An excellent read on this topic: “A Corner of a Foreig
Episode 012: Gunda
Show published: Jul 17, 2015 Download the show here Topic of the Week One of the best worst ever movies to come out of Bollywood: Gunda. We talk about it’s themes and many other aspects of this class of “terribly great” Bollywood movies
Episode 011: Being Desi Parents
Show published: Jul 02, 2015 Download the show here Topic of the Week On being Indian parents and all that entails when you reside outside India, inspired by Father’s Day (celebrated Jun 19, 2015) Concept of “tiger parenting” as introduced in
Episode 010: Better
Show published: Jun 22, 2015 Download the show here Topic of the Week Better by Atul Gawande Gawande writes about hospice care in the US for the New Yorker. Recommended read - The Checklist Manifesto Follow us via iTunes | Twitter | Facebook | Feed
Episode 009: Highlights of Dev Conferences in 2015
Show recorded: Jun 14, 2015 Download the show hereMicrosoft Build 2015Windows 10 is coming, and fast! HoloLens demos which mean it’s going to be an augmented reality Google I/O 2015Project Brillo, not Brylcream Cardboard v2.0 which means its also going
Episode 008: The Memorial Day Episode
Show Recorded: Jun 02, 2015 Download the show hereStarting down the wormhole: Who is the Sikh in Civil War photo?Bhagat Singh ThindGhadar PartyKomagata MaruMemorial Day related movie to watch: Tora! Tora! Tora! and definitely not ‘Pearl Harbor’ Follow us
Episode 007: India and the Temple of Doom
Show Recorded: May 23, 2015 Download the show hereIndiana Jones and the Temple of Doom Amrish PuriReel Physics on how Indiana Jones survived “Nuking The Fridge” (YouTube)How not to pay homage to Indiana Jones: Bhoot and Friends Cave Scene (YouTube timest
Episode 006: May the Fourth and Akira Kurosawa
Show Recorded: May 4, 2015 Download the show here.Akira Kurosawa Hidden Fortress Star Wars Aryamaan - Brahmaand Ka Yoddha May the Fourth be with you Follow us via iTunes | Twitter | Feed
Episode 005: Open World Video Games
Show recorded: Mar 30, 2015 Download the show here.Open World Video GamesGrand Theft AutoInfamousRed Dead RedemptionSkyrimBatman: ArkhammClassic games on Archive.org: MS-DOS, PCFollow-upNintendo making smartphone games now. So many homages to Sir Terry
Episode 004: RIP Sir Terry :(
Show recorded: Mar 16, 2015 Download the show here.RIP Sir Terry PratchettDiscworld Reading Order Watch series Follow upDC’s rebooting.. again Amazing Apple Watch manufacturing process Ultimate vision of wearables at Disney Google Code is dead. Long l