Comments on: “Pods and Blogs” on BBC radio tonight (updated)

By: MD

MD — Wed, 27 Jul 2005 03:20:39 +0000

Does anyone else get the July 19 podcast instead of the one from this Monday by clicking on the top link?

By: DesiDancer

DesiDancer — Tue, 26 Jul 2005 21:15:06 +0000

definite snaps for Andrea!

By: ms

ms — Tue, 26 Jul 2005 20:35:08 +0000

Whenever I come over to SM at the end of the day its like going over to a place to hangout with friends - its like a private corner on the internet where we can do our thing. Yesterday while listening to the BBC commentators (who seemed to know quite a bit about this blog) made me realize that there are probably a lot of people out there who are reading this blog without making their presence felt (via comments or otherwise) and they might not be just us brown/desi/South-Asian folk and the occasional andrea.

Anyways SM seems to have got a good review from the BBC guys and of course Abhi done good.

By: tef

tef — Tue, 26 Jul 2005 20:28:27 +0000

cool! : )

They pronounced Sepia wrong though. And Abhi is that how you pronounce your name "abbey" or do you go buy Uh-bi.

Anyway, for future listeners. The skip ahead to 15 mins button did not work for me. I had to play it with the stand alone Real Player option.

Punjabi Boy, It freaks me out to hear Asian faces speaking with English accents. Especially those wierd and obscure English accents.

Speaking of, I heard Amardeep on a radio show as well the one with Amitav Ghosh. And as reader of his blog for a while I was a little surprised at first, I just assumed, it was more stentorian, professorial or "academic". Instead it was normal and friendly : )

By: VM

VM — Tue, 26 Jul 2005 19:24:57 +0000

Nice Work !’ And ANNA got a plug too

By: Punjabi Boy

Punjabi Boy — Tue, 26 Jul 2005 16:54:22 +0000

Yeah Abhi you did a good job and you have a cool voice. The only disaster was that you did not mention me. That almost ruined it – but you pulled it back at the last minute and made it alright.

By: Bong Breaker

Bong Breaker — Tue, 26 Jul 2005 16:17:17 +0000

Caught the whole thing now. You summed it up very well – glad you made the point about how these bombers didn’t fit the mould. Nice plug from the host too! Top work mate, I mean dude.

By: Abhi

Abhi — Tue, 26 Jul 2005 16:04:21 +0000

Yes, I know. My accent is as American as they come. I had to really try to refrain from using “Dude,” when addressing the interviewer.

By: Punjabi Boy

Punjabi Boy — Tue, 26 Jul 2005 13:05:49 +0000

It is such a novelty.

By: Punjabi Boy

Punjabi Boy — Tue, 26 Jul 2005 13:04:55 +0000

I still cant believe it when I hear Indians with American accents.