Podbharti

Infobox Podcast
title = Podbharti


caption = Podbharti Logo
host = Debashish Chakrabarty, Shashi Singh
url = http://www.podbharti.com
rss = http://feeds.feedburner.com/podbharti
status = Fortnightly
began = May 2007
ended =
language = Hindi
genre = Society and Culture

'Podbharti' is an Indian podcast show and probably the first Hindi podzine [cite web|url=http://www.efytimes.com/efytimes/fullnews.asp?edid=19059|title=Podbharti: India's First Hindi Podzine|accessdate=2008-08-08] .

About Podbharti

Podbharti provides coverage of News & Views about Indian language blogging, Tools & technology reviews, Indian Culture and the Entertainment Industry [cite web|url=http://www.labnol.org/internet/blogging/best-hindi-podcast-show-india/1137/|title=The Most Interesting Hindi Podcast Show|accessdate=2008-08-08] . It was co-founded by Indian blogger duo Debashish Chakrabarty (better known as founder of the Indibloggies) and [http://mumbaiblogs.in Shashi Singh] . Listeners have equated the experience of listening to the podcasts to 70's style radio, reminiscent of Vividh Bharti [cite web|url=http://www.webyantra.net/2007/06/10/podbhartifirst-hindi-podcast-channelreminds-of-1970s-style-radio/|title= Podbharti…first Hindi podcast channel…reminds of 1970s style radio|accessdate=2008-08-08] . The podcast content has a touch of journalism to it [cite web|url=http://www.startupdunia.com/2007/08/08/podbharti-hindi-podcasting/|title= PodBharti - Hindi podcasting|accessdate=2008-08-08] .

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 tool introduced by Google in the Blogger.com 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 [cite web|url=http://www.tech2.com/india/news/internet/hindi-podcasting-service-podbharti-launched/5572/0|title=Hindi Podcasting Service PodBharti Launched|accessdate=2008-08-08] .

Apart from downloading podcasts on music devices, users can also hear them online on Podbharti’s website. [cite web|url=http://www.afaqs.com/perl/media/index.html?sid=17822|title=Hindi podcasts debut with Podbharti launch |accessdate=2008-08-08]

References

ee also

*Podcasting in India

External links

* [http://www.podbharti.com/index.php Podbharti Website]
* [http://ax.phobos.apple.com.edgesuite.net/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/browserRedirect?url=itms%253A%252F%252Fax.phobos.apple.com.edgesuite.net%252FWebObjects%252FMZStore.woa%252Fwa%252FviewPodcast%253Fid%253D260443148 Podbharti at iTunes]
* [http://www.new.facebook.com/pages/Podbharti/25993907256 Podbharti page at Facebook]