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Is it only for my current theme, or what? But it is really good. Isn’t Web 2.0 about Extras?

According to CNN & BBC, legendary Cuban Leader Fidel Castro is close to death. Venezuelan president, Hugo Chavez is reported to have said this. Castro is fighting for his life in a Cuban hospital for some days now.
After throwing up the regime of General Batista, Castro is on throne in Cuba from 1976 as the president. A perpetual rebel, Cuba’s relations with USA were never good.
I will remember Fidel as a brave man who signified the last straw of Eastern bloc of cold war.
Here is Castro on Wikipedia.
At Blogcamp.in 2006, I heard Robert Scoble across the oceans live on Skype. His venture PodTech.net was launched in India (?) with induction of some emminent bloggers like Kiruba Shankar of Kiruba.com and Amit Agarwal of Digital Inspiration among others. I was very much interested in Scoble’s venture but rarely visited this site may be I didn’t find the content very useful and interesting (interviews and interviews [& interviews] of small start-ups which really don’t make much difference to a common man). But just by chance I happened again to visit Scoble’s site and in IndiaTech section, found a surprise. There was an Interview (again!) with Mr. Rajeev Samant of Sula Wines, first vine-yard in Maharashtra. Ms. kamala Bhatt asked the questions. She really has a wonderful voice. I wonder what equipments she was using for interviewing?
Well here is the podcast -



