Far From Fact

250: FFF X Abish Mathew

18 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

It is our 250th Episode, so it's super special. The Lads are joined by none other than comedian extraordinaire Abish Mathew. The episode is availa...

249: Scam Startup Convention

11 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

An event in Noida called the World Startup Convention ended up duping attendees who came in the hopes of meeting the likes of Sundar Pichai and Elon M...

248: China 'fall in love' break

04 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The Chinese government is encouraging colleges to take a week off in spring to fall in love. Why? To course-correct on their population control method...

247 Right to Health Act

28 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Doctors in Rajasthan are protesting the Right To Health Act. While the Act has the right intentions, the doctors have a point too. But is there a way ...

246 One husband, two wives - 3 days each

21 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

A family court in Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh has made an interesting recommendation in the case of a man who had fathered children with two women. A 28-y...

245 Surplus cornea wastage

14 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The Maharashtra state health department has amended its 15-year old regulation that prohibited eye banks in Maharashtra from sharing excess corneas, w...

244: 'Cocaine' Hippos of Columbia

07 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The country of Columbia is facing a threat to its ecology because of an overpopulation of hippos that are wreaking havoc in the wild. And turns out In...

243: Bride's sister's wedding

28 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

A bride in Gujarat succumbed to a heart attack at her wedding. But the family came to the rescue and the elders suggested that the dead bride's younge...

242: Singing village of Meghalaya

21 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In Kongthong, Meghalaya all the residents have songs for names. It's just a way of life, for all 700 of them. And the lads are curious as they go spec...

241: Blinkit rat in bread

14 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

An online grocery shopper was in for a rude shock when he received a live rat trapped in his loaf of bread. Naturally the lads take them to the cleane...

240: Romeo of Bihar

07 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

A class 12 student fainted at the exam hall, when he saw that he was the only male among 50 female students. Naturally, the lads have a field day with...

239: BBC Modi Documentary

31 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The BBC made a documentary on Prime Minister Narendra Modi. What has given the documentary its biggest boost in publicity is the fact that the governm...

238: New Guidelines for Influencers

24 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In an attempt to protect consumer rights, the Centre has issued new guidelines for influencers while they advertise and endorse products and services ...

237: JP Morgan Chase fraud

17 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

An Ivy-League graduate dupes one of America's largest financial corporations. Charlie Javice, the 30-year CEO of an ed-tech startup fooled the corpora...

236: Air India 'Pee-Gate'

10 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The story of a drunk passenger peeing on a co-passenger has been the national news for almost a week now. Air India, the carrier is being pulled up fo...

235: Plus-sized flight passenger

03 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Qatar airways had a lot on their hands last month, so to speak. The airline was taken to court by a plus-sized model and influencer. The passenger all...

234: NCPCR on Byju's App

27 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Byju's - The learning app was recently given a mandate by the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights to conduct affordability tests for pa...

233: England FIFA cup winners

20 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

An English company is in a bit of a fix now that its gamble hasn't paid off. They put all their eggs in one jersey and now that jersey has come back w...

232: Indian Army combat birds

13 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In a recent military exercise, the Indian Army is said to be using birds of prey to take down drones in combat zones. During the training, the Indian ...

231: The e-Rupee episode

06 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The RBI has just launched the e-Rupee as a pilot programme in four cities - Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore and Bhubaneswar. The lads try to make sense of e-...

230: Rail yard tunnel theft

29 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Thieves in Bihar have dug a tunnel under the rail yard and stolen vintage rail engines and sold them as scrap. Catch the lads as they go after their f...

229: Aftab Poonawala - Delhi murder case

22 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

A chilling murder saga has taken the national media by storm. A young couple from Mumbai ends up in the Delhi to make a living, and soon, the woman is...

228: Meta fires Indian man after 2 days

15 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

An Indian engineer who moved all the way to Canada, was laid off within just 2 days of joining. The move comes as part of the 11,000+ layoffs across M...

227: Boss breaks clock on employees head

08 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

It’s office gossip all over FFF HQ. A Mumbai based office was in the news for all the wrong reasons. A boss has reportedly broken a clock on his sub...

226: Portable wedding hall

01 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Move over stationary wedding halls, make way for the mobile wedding hall. An enterprising group in Maharashtra has come up with this venue on wheels, ...

225: Intravenous mosambi juice

25 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

A dengue patient in UP was maliciously given mosambi juice instead of plasma, because they both look identical in colour and texture. The matter came ...

224: Marry your rapist

18 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

A young man was accused of rape and sent to prison. Now the Mumbai High Court has ordered him to marry the victim/survivor. Twist in the tale, the wom...

223: Akasa Air’s new pet policy

11 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Akasa Air intends to be pet friendly and hence the new options for passengers to travel with their pets. Catch all the details of plans, and how this ...

222: Deepti Sharma runout fiasco

04 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Last week India’s Deepti Sharma took the cricketing world by storm, when she got Charlotte Dean runout. What followed is a series of events, includi...

221: PETA sex strike

27 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The warriors of the wild are back. This time they want women to hold out sex, if their men eat meat. The plan is simple, at least on recycled paper; d...

220: Cheetahs are here

20 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

It’s the dear Prime Minister’s birthday and what better way to celebrate it than import some Namibian cheetahs into the Indian wild. Catch the lad...

219: Best-of Episode

13 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

One of the lads is away on break, so here's a best-of episode for all you lovelies. Hope you enjoy this quick jog down memory lane. The lads will be b...

218: Alexa change my name

06 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

What do you do when you have a daughter named Alexa, and all the kids in school bully her? Change her name perhaps. That’s exactly what parents of a...

217: Water from air

30 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The Railways has introduced an ambitious project across railway platforms that promises to give you fresh drinking water, made out of hin air. It soun...

216: Dolo 650 Supreme Court case

23 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In Jan this year, we read about how India was snacking on Dolo 650. Now, in an interesting turn of events, the Federation of Medical and Sales Represe...

215: Tax raid baraatis

16 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

What do you get when you get a team of ninja Income Tax officers and combine it with the idea of the big fat Indian wedding. You get a IT raid in Jaln...

214: School website 'dirty' picture

09 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

An extra marital fling goes horribly wrong in Mumbai's posh Malabar hill. The distraught lover posts pictures of her and her boyfriend kissing on the ...

213: Condom high

02 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Students are ingenuous when it comes to finding cheap, new ways of getting high. The latest rage is flavoured condoms. Find out what youth across West...

212: Breakup burglary

26 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

So one stupid boy no, he wanted to stop his girlfriend from breaking up with him. His bright idea was to steal all her jewellery so she would end up b...

211: Fake IPL Betting

19 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

A fake IPL in Gujarat has managed to dupe punters in Russia. The shenanigans began in a remote village in Mehsana district. The con IPL even included ...

210: Trans Pilot V. DGCA

12 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

India’s first trans pilot has been denied clearance to fly by the Director General of Civil Aviation in India. Had Mr. Adam Harry been cleared, he w...

209: Horseback food delivery

05 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

An overzealous delivery agent in Mumbai jumped on a horse, not for fun or pleasure but to fight the torrential downpour. This smart solution was their...

208: Wedding celebratory firing

28 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

What begins as friendly fire, quickly escalates to manslaughter, that too at a wedding. A groom in U.P. ends up killing his friend while trying to fir...

207: Putin poop scoop

21 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This hush-hush story refuses to go down the flush. Speculation is rife in European media that Putin’s excreta gets sent back to Russia everyday that...

206: Monkey healthcare

14 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Finally a story that matches the juvenilia that the lads wear on their sleeves, oh-so-proudly! Catch them tackle the story of a monkey who walked into...

205: Indian woman marries self

07 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

A young woman from Gujarat has decided to marry herself, and there you have it - Sologamy has hit Indian shores. The lads go in guns blazing, with all...

204: Postmaster IPL betting

31 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

A postmaster in Madhya Pradesh lost Rs. 1Cr of public money in IPL betting. While he has been arrested, the 24 families that lost their life savings h...

Episode 203 - Wo-Manpower

24 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This is the gut-wrenching story of a woman who pretended to be a man, just so she could work and provide for her family as a single parent. Catch the ...

202: Power cut groom swap

17 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Two sisters in Madhya Pradesh ended up swapping grooms in a case of mistaken identity caused by a power cut. Screenwriters couldn’t writer a more im...

201: Stuck roller coaster

10 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Amusement park goers in South Carolina got stuck on a ride for 45 minutes. Upside down, at that. Naturally, the lads have a field day with this. Catch...

200: Matrimonial hiring + Double Century Special

03 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The lads have hit a double it turns out, and here's them indulging in some listener love and felicitations. The topic of the week is the badass story ...

199: VIP License Plate

26 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

A Chandigarh man buys Rs. 15L license plate and puts it on Rs. 71K scooter. Catch the lads as they go off on a tangent and try to solve a whole differ...

198: Daughter-in-law killed for not serving breakfast

19 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In a shocking incident, a man killed his daughter-in-law by shooting her point-blank in the stomach. The woman, a 42-year old resident of a Mumbai sub...

197: Will Smith X Chris Rock episode

12 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

If all the tech you own is an aluminium plate and a metal rod, chances are you have heard about the Will Smith fiasco. The update on the news this wee...

196: Beauty services at Railway station

05 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The railways in Mumbai have decided to increase their non-fare revenue by setting up a salon/spa at Mumbai’s famous Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Term...

195: ASHA rubber penis

29 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Social health workers face the wrath of villagers for using a kit that includes a rubber penis as part of an educational tool. This Maharashtra story ...

194: Belgian teacher murder

22 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

A man stabs a former school teacher 101 times because she had humiliated him while he was a school student. The Belgian was a 7-year old student when ...

193: Brahmos Missile

15 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

India fired a Brahmos missile into Pakistan last week. Official word is that it was accidentally fired due to a malfunction in the course of routine m...

192: Ukrainian prison fighters

08 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has decided to deploy prison inmates with combat experience onto the battle field. While the episode doesn’t ...

191: Liquor discounts in Delhi

01 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The Delhi Govt. has discontinued discounts at liquor stores in order to curb the crowding outside stores. Catch the lads as they try to get to the bot...

190: Matrimonial Frauds

22 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The Mumbai police has issued a circular asking people to be wary of scamsters on matrimonial sites. That’s all the motivation the lads need. Catch t...

189: Russian art vandal

15 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

A Russian security guard drew a pair of eyes with a ball point pen on painting that he was meant to protect. Catch the lads as they ponder about this ...

188: Post-death semen sample laws

08 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Parents in Delhi are fighting a case against a hospital for the rights over their son’s semen sample. Catch the lads as they dive into the lawless s...

187: Pet crematorium

01 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Mumbai announces its first and only public pet crematorium. The lads split furs over it. Catch them as they try to find opportunities and weaknesses i...

186: Super Special Announcement, Kidney donor

25 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This episode contains a very special announcement. Also in this episode, the story of a man who gave his kidney to his girlfriend’s mother, the girl...

185: Milkman father, Tinder quarantine, Liver-signing surgeon

18 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

A milkman who apparently fathered 800 babies, a girl who was forced to quarantine with her Tinder date and surgeon who left autographs on his patients...

184: Fake telecom tower, Navi Mumbai airport, Laser surgery

11 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Villagers in Odisha put up a fake telecom tower made of bamboo, and then invited the local MLA to inaugurate it. Next up is the story of the Navi Mumb...

183: Chinese A.I. Prosecutor

04 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

It’s a mind bender of an international story this week - One that covers technology, politics and the legal system. Join the lads as they punch way ...

182: Feeding animals at Sanjay Gandhi National Park

28 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The lads are punching out for the year with this laid-back one-topic episode. Feeding wild animals at the Sanjay Gandhi National Park in Mumbai will n...

181: Marriage age for women, Overweight pig, IISc ceiling fans

21 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The lads do a heavy one this time around. Courting thorny issues like the minimum age for marriage for women, and student suicides on the IISc campus ...

180: Euthanasia pod, Mass firing, Fiancé-sharing twins

14 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The lads dive into a pool that gently goes from deep to shallow. Catch them as they wade through thorny topics like euthanasia, follow it up with the ...

179: Fighter aircraft tyre, Wedding fire, Road-breaking coconut

07 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Thieves in UP steal a fighter aircraft tyre from the back of a truck. Two guys at a wedding continue to eat even as a fire rages behind them, and last...

178: Matrimonial Ad, Leather jacket ban, Dead Sarpanch

30 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

A dead man in Bihar is elected as the Sarpanch. While the election officials try to make sense of this fiasco, the lads have a good laugh. But first, ...

177: Odisha groom, Weight-loss burglary, Chinese binge eater

23 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

An Odisha groom cancels his marriage because the bride’s family didn’t serve them mutton curry. A thief in Gujarat eats just one meal for three mo...

176: Ganja sabzi, Greek anti-vaxxers, ‘Climate change’ diagnosis

16 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

A family in UP falls sick after mistaking marijuana for methi. Catch the lads as they wonder out loud what they could have possibly been thinking. Nex...

175: Diwali crackers, Mumbai homeowners, Elon Musk tax

09 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Elon Musk announced that he will sell 10% of his Tesla shares and pay tax on the gains, if Twitter thinks he should do so. Catch the lads do a deep di...

174: PornHub Math teacher, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, HYD Police

02 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In a dramatic announcement, Nawazuddin Siddiqui claims he is all set to quit working with OTT platforms. The lads try to get down to the bottom of thi...

173: Maternity test, Menstrual leave, Pig kidney transplant

26 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

We’ve all heard of paternity tests, but here is the story that brings us an interesting twist with the maternity test, where a woman has to prove he...

172: Railway spitting, Gender reveal party, Cheeky robbers

19 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The Indian Railways have a new solution to control spitting on trains. The lads tear into it with little remorse. Next up, is the story of a gender re...

171: Forest dweller, Army impersonator, Society secretary

12 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

A society secretary is driving tenants up the wall with his tyrannical ways - He wants to dictate what people will wear in the building and even show ...

170: Hygiene divorce, Entrance test cheating, Wedding photographer

05 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

A man in Uttar Pradesh is seeking a divorce because his wife doesn’t bathe regularly. The lads jump in and wash the couple’s dirty linen in public...

169: Bad haircut lawsuit, Spanish parrot, Sari-wearing restaurant-guest

28 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

A sari-clad woman was supposedly denied entry into a Delhi restaurant for wearing a sari. Catch the lads, as they get to the bottom of this juicy page...

168: Exam hall legs, Crying-baby seats, Memento e-auction

21 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

A Japanese Airline has caught the headlines for innovative thinking. The seat map of the airline tells you where babies are seated so passengers who d...

167: Weight-loss divorce, Prankster mom, Mask Marshal

14 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

A Covid-19 mask marshal in Mumbai made headlines when he jumped on the bonnet of a car to nab a driver who wasn’t wearing a mask. The lads try to ge...

166: Chinese gaming rules, Police station fire, New honk sounds

07 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

It’s raining jokes from the Ministry of Road transport. The idea being proposed, is to change the sounds of vehicle horns to the sounds of instrumen...

165: Creative contraceptive, Chimpanzee affair, Wedding no-show invoice

31 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

A Chicago couple gets back at guests who pulled a no-show at their wedding reception. The errant guests were slapped with an invoice of $240 per coupl...

164: Kids’ vaccine trials, BJP horse painting, Sea snakes mating

24 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Covid-19 trials for kids aged 12-18 are underway, however the hospitals are having trouble find volunteers. Lucky for them, the lads have heard about ...

163: Home CCTVs, Cop ‘kidnap’, Failed bank robber

17 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

A 76-year old bank robber is denied his loot, because the cashier could not read his ransom note. And you thought handwriting didn’t matter! Next, t...

162: Time traveller, Mangal sutra murder, Drunk passenger

10 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Catch the lads go 3000 years into the future with a self-professed time traveller, and land back in Bhiwandi to unravel the contract murder of a man. ...

161: Indonesian marriage, K-Pop ban, No kissing zone

03 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

It’s controversy galore this episode - A Mumbai building has created a ‘No Kissing zone’ outside the property. Youth cry foul, but the building ...

160: Polish swim team, Golden toilet, 21-toed tortoise

27 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Here’s a globetrotting episode for all you homesick quarantinos! The lads start with Poland, go to Japan with the Polish swim team, promptly make th...

159: Netlfix execs, Chinese man coma, MNS V. Bachchan

20 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This episode takes us from California to China and back to India. Mumbai to be specific. In front of Amitabh Bachchan’s house to be even more specif...

158: Drunk buffaloes, Delhi driving test, Swiggy Coke MRP

13 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The lads go from drunk cattle to poor driving to a fascinating story on GST. That’s right GST can be fascinating. Catch them as they cover the story...

157: iPhone game, Dental slim, Footwear thief

06 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Kid on an iPhone game racks up a bill of Rs. 1.33 lakh on this dad’s card. Nothing for the lads to solve here, so they quickly have a good laugh at ...

156: Snitching girlfriend, Neighbour’s tree, Tour de France crash

29 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

A guy breaks up with his girlfriend and she tells his boss about his cheating ways at work. Meanwhile in the UK it’s not all hunky dory between an E...

155: Garbage contractor, Brick-throwing dog, Miyazaki mangoes

22 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

A government official takes the law in his hands by meting out justice on the streets by dumping garbage on a contractor for having caused water-loggi...

154: ‘Missing’ Kerala woman, Mice sperm, Towed scooter

15 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Catch the lads go from Kerala to the International Space Station and land back on earth somewhere in the UK. This week they try to make sense of a cou...

153: CBSE Exams, Invisible art, In-flight wedding

08 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The lads stumble on a piece of invisible art, catch them as they get to the invisible heart of the matter. Followed by the story of a Madurai couple d...

152: Episode 152 - Best of + Bonus Feature Strange Fruit

01 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Here’s a best-of selection of the choicest ignorance money can buy. Quick sneak peek at the contents - Self drive Uber E87, Pan masala by drone E93,...

151: Bullet train driver, Oxygen hoarders, Gold chain anniversary

25 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

An anniversary gift gets a man in trouble with the cops. A devoted husband, it appears, bought his wife a gold necklace that went all the way down to ...