Far From Fact

This episode is one big thank you note for all the love and laughter. The lads respond to voice and text notes from listeners and self-confessed fans. Listeners featured on this extra-special milestone of an episode are - Abhijato Sensarma, Bhuvna Sharma, Rithik Singh, Mariyam Merchant, Jay Radhanpura, Gaurav Dahiya, Ravi, Rubal Ahuja, Vineet Anand, Fatema Merchant, Achutan, Jatan, Krutant, Ellen DeSouza, Ajay Choudhary, Akil Merchant, Joel, Sagar, Anita Mane, Tarun Kaushik, Sakina Merchant, Lavanya Ullas and Allwyn Rodrigues. Thank you lovely people for sharing all these wonderful thoughts and stories with us. This episode wouldn't have been possible without you. Love and hugs, The lads.
100th Episode artwork by our dear listener friend Bhuvna Sharma.
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Air travel has resumed in the country but Mumbai is still under lockdown. The lads continue their tryst with domestic battles and kitchen stories. But IRCTC comes to our rescue with a great story where a Mumbai - Gorakhpur train ends up in Rourkela, Odisha. Join us as the lads try to figure what could have gone wrong. Also in this episode, a special announcement about our 100th episode. That’s right, three digits baby!
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It’s lockdown 4.0 whatever that means, the lads are still on Ignorance 1.0 and there’s plenty of it this week. A quick round up of hyper-local news, some might say building gossip is followed by a remarkable invention by an Israeli individual that allows you to eat while wearing a mask. So many questions, right? Well lucky you, this episode has it all covered. 
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We’ve lost track of how long it’s been since the lockdown began, but there is never a dull moment. The stories keep coming, and the news keeps getting more interesting. This week, catch the lads as they dissect the peculiar case of kids blinding themselves with bows and arrows. Inspired by the epic shows on DD, parents are rushing kids to hospitals and doctors are saying, “We’ve seen this before, it’s a rerun.” But first, they must tell you a quick story about adrak. Enjoy!
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It’s week six and the lockdown isn’t going anywhere, and neither are the lads. Back with a weekly round up of their 'dramatic' weeks and a patriotic top-story. Catch them as they grapple with the idea of what it really means to show your love and support to true heroes who are helping us in these crazy corona times. Truth bomb alert - 3… 2… Boom!

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It’s week five of the lockdown boys and girls. The lads are back with another long-distance episode of some notes from their personal lives and a Covid-19 related news story. Taking centre stage this week is the story of a Delhi court that ordered 3 convicts of 3 separate cases to stay at home and make a video call to their investigating officer. They were also asked to share their location pin via Google maps, in what appears to be a world-first to control overcrowding in prisons during an epidemic. Interesting.
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It’s week four of lockdown and the lads are back with some notes from their personal lives. Followed quickly by a heartwarming story of a sweetshop in Kolkata that is making sandesh in the shape of the coronavirus and calling it corona sandesh. Their objective is to create awareness, but also to get more people to buy sweets. The lads feel this lesser-represented food category needs a little help, so they put their wits together to help them keep their businesses going. But not for long, before one of their trademark solutions makes it way to the surface. Caution: Contains graphic images.
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Surprise! Surprise! The lads are here with an out-of-turn episode that’s not on a Tuesday. They are calling it a lockdown treat for all you good boys and girls. This minisode features the Gujarat story of two guys who made a video of pan masala being delivered by a drone. Needless to add, the lads approve. Here’s a link to the Tik-Tok video https://tinyurl.com/y8ku7xws  
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It’s week three of the lockdown and PM Modi just extended the lockdown to 3rd May this morning. Part of the announcement was also a push to download the Aarogya Setu app. The app uses GPS and Bluetooth in an encrypted manner to speed up contract tracing and identify potential infected individuals and puts technology to use where humans fail to trace back their steps. The lads are mighty impressed with this initiative, in fact they are so proud of the app, that they spend all their time figuring out ways to get more people to install the app on their phones. This is a long one, sit back and enjoy. 

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It’s week two of lockdown and the lads are in no mood to slowdown. Catch them talk about their personal kitchen stories, ideas for the quarantine and Husein’s self-sufficient kitchen garden. Next they jump into the tiger’s den all the way in NYC, where an animal handler has managed to infect a tiger at the Bronx zoo. They want what’s best for the animals, ‘cos we have no business messing it up for them as well. No humans were hurt in the making of this episode.
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