Podbharti
{{Short description|Indian podcast}}
{{Infobox Podcast
| title = Podbharti
| image = Podbharti.png
| caption = Podbharti Logo
| host = Debashish Chakrabarty, Shashi Singh
| status = Infrequent
| began = May 2007
| language = Hindi
| genre = Society and Culture
| website = {{URL|https://podbharati.com/}}
}}
Podbharti is a popular{{cite web|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/Print/468050.aspx|title=It's a podcast boom|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091027105526/http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/Print/468050.aspx|archivedate=2009-10-27}} Indian podcast show and 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|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927235152/http://www.efytimes.com/efytimes/fullnews.asp?edid=19059|archivedate=2007-09-27}}{{cite web|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/technology/Gadgets-Reviews/Width-or-without-you/SP-Article1-352729.aspx|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140124093212/http://www.hindustantimes.com/technology/Gadgets-Reviews/Width-or-without-you/SP-Article1-352729.aspx|url-status=dead|archive-date=2014-01-24|title=Width or without you}} It leads the pack of Indian podcasts along with Podmasti and Podbazaar.{{cite web|url=http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Repository/getFiles.asp?Style=OliveXLib:LowLevelEntityToPrint_TOI&Type=text/html&Locale=english-skin-custom&Path=TOIBG/2008/05/29&ID=Ar02002|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202120953/http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Repository/getFiles.asp?Style=OliveXLib:LowLevelEntityToPrint_TOI&Type=text/html&Locale=english-skin-custom&Path=TOIBG/2008/05/29&ID=Ar02002|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 2, 2014|title=Podcasting to be a rage in India}}
Background
Podbharti provides coverage of News & Views about Indian Blogosphere, 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|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20080108052958/http://www.labnol.org/internet/blogging/best-hindi-podcast-show-india/1137/|archivedate=2008-01-08}} It was co-founded by Indian blogger duo Debashish Chakrabarty (better known as founder of the Indibloggies) and [http://shashisingh.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|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080917221350/http://www.webyantra.net/2007/06/10/podbhartifirst-hindi-podcast-channelreminds-of-1970s-style-radio/|archivedate=2008-09-17}} 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|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080217235259/http://www.startupdunia.com/2007/08/08/podbharti-hindi-podcasting/|archivedate=2008-02-17}}
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|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110725052951/http://www.afaqs.com/perl/media/index.html?sid=17822|archivedate=2011-07-25}}
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