Swajana - Life in India
By Swajana
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Podcast Description
Swajana means ?our people?. Our goal is to show daily life in India through the eyes of people who actually live there. It?s a collaboration between an Indian and a U.S. video team. The U.S. team simply helps to solve technical problems and do promotion. The Indian team chooses all the stories and does the production. Each Monday you can see a new video.
| Name | Description | Released | Price | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | VideoBullock Cart | The bullock cart is one thing you will find as a major means of transport in the rural areas of India. But can you imagine a bullock cart moving around in the fast moving traffic in the cities; well you can watch this video then.Technorati Tags: swajana, | 10/21/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 2 | VideoThe Tailor | Sudhan Sarvoday is a tailor in Pune, India .He is running this business for past thirty years. At the same time he also conducts various side businesses with the help of his wife. HHHHe sells leftover pieces of clothes to paper producing industries. His w | 10/15/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 3 | VideoGanpati Festival | Ganesh Festival is a day on which Lord Ganesha (also know as Ganpati or Ganesh), the son of Shiva and Parvati, is believed to bestow his presence on earth for all his devotees. Ganehsa is widely worshipped as the supreme god of wisdom, prosperity and good | 10/8/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 4 | VideoShare AutoRickshaw | Auto rickshaws, or small motorized three wheeled transport vehicles which run on a motorcycle or scooter engine run all over India .Auto rickshaws have been modified in India to carry more passengers and are called share-autos. Office commuters find this | 10/1/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 5 | VideoCyclewala - The bicycle doctor | Pravin Swaminathan Pillai (35),a bicycle repairer ,conducts his business at a lane in Koregaon Park ,Pune. Because of his family’s bad economic condition he had to quit his school in the fifth standard .Since then he started repairing bicycles. He has b | 9/24/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 6 | VideoDahi Handi | Dahi Handi generally takes place on the second day of Janmashtami(Day on which Lord Krishna was born). An earthen pot containing a mixture of milk, dry fruits, ghee is hung around 20-30 feet high in the air with the [...] | 9/10/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 7 | VideoKhilonewala - The Toyseller | Every day lot of people from India’s rural parts land in the metros in search of Jobs. Each one has his own dream to live for. Some are Educated and some are not. The Educated half gets a job but the other half has no options. The only option they h | 9/3/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 8 | VideoGirni - A flour Mill | In India people usually eat a lot of wheat and other foodgrains in the form of chapatis, bhakaris, bread or idlis etc. All this items are made of flour, the best part is that people don’t buy this flour readymade from stores; instead they grind food | 8/20/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 9 | VideoSoum and Ankit discuss Video Blogging in India | Soumyadeep Paul (aka Soum) is a graduate from the Indian Institute of Technology(IIT) in Computer Science and is currently working with Mixercast. A film maker at heart and a tech vizard he was the first one in India to start video blogging. Soum’s | 8/14/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 10 | VideoYusuf Meherally Center | Yusuf Meherally Center situated at the Tara village near Panvel, India, is an organization which works on the rural development model. Their strategy includes providing farmers with resources and adequate knowledge needed for better productivity and also | 8/6/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 10 Episodes |
Customer Reviews
Excellent videos about real life in India
Great story telling, very interesting footage featuring people, events and scenes in everyday life in India!
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