Far From Fact

The lads have hit a double it turns out, and here's them indulging in some listener love and felicitations. The topic of the week is the badass story of a FinTech co-founder in Bengaluru. The lady's father had placed an ad for them, but the entrepreneur loved the profile so much she tried to hire the man. The flustered father's texts have pretty much broken Indian twitter. No grooms were hurt in the making of this episode. Or were they?

A Chandigarh man buys Rs. 15L license plate and puts it on Rs. 71K scooter. Catch the lads as they go off on a tangent and try to solve a whole different problem that no one asked them to solve.

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In a shocking incident, a man killed his daughter-in-law by shooting her point-blank in the stomach. The woman, a 42-year old resident of a Mumbai suburb, succumbed to her injuries while in the hospital. The lads put on their sensitive hats and try and and try their best to get to the root of the problem - to the best of their abilities.

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If all the tech you own is an aluminium plate and a metal rod, chances are you have heard about the Will Smith fiasco. The update on the news this week, is the 10-year ban that he is facing from all Academy events, offline and online. The lads scratch their heads over this Halley’s comet of a media event. And they try to figure if it was even real. Or was it all fabricated? There’s only one way to find out.

Show notes

Slap video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=myjEoDypUD8

Body language analysis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Qo0SkwMPlY&t=182s

Will Smith acceptance speech https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tbyBlelz_A

Will reaction to ban https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2j01S0M7x1c

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The railways in Mumbai have decided to increase their non-fare revenue by setting up a salon/spa at Mumbai’s famous Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus. Formerly known as Victoria Terminus, this historic station will now offer commuters salon and parlour services on-the-go. Do the lads have a point of view on this? Thought you’d never ask.

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Social health workers face the wrath of villagers for using a kit that includes a rubber penis as part of an educational tool. This Maharashtra story has now been politicised, with the Bharatiya Janata Party striking out at the state government for using phallic replicas in rural areas. The lads are more concerned about the ASHA workers and the surplus stock of rubber penises, catch them as they try to get to the bottom of this ironic issue and solve it to the best of their abilities.

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A man stabs a former school teacher 101 times because she had humiliated him while he was a school student. The Belgian was a 7-year old student when he was insulted by his teacher and he was 37 when he murdered her. Catch the lads as they peel the layers off this gruesome murder In an attempt to make sense of a 3-decade old grudge.

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India fired a Brahmos missile into Pakistan last week. Official word is that it was accidentally fired due to a malfunction in the course of routine maintenance. Catch the lads as they binge on some high-speculation. And like the missile launch, no loss of life or property was reported in the making of this episode either.

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has decided to deploy prison inmates with combat experience onto the battle field. While the episode doesn’t go into the war per se, catch the lads and they ponder about the whole concept of war, perhaps.

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The Delhi Govt. has discontinued discounts at liquor stores in order to curb the crowding outside stores. Catch the lads as they try to get to the bottoms-up of this high-spirited piece.

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