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Radio Show: A market price on petty corruption
Article: Nepal's first sex shop a Sweet...
Article: No end to India's police torture death toll
Mohd Umar, suspected of rape and murder, was taken to the Haldi police station in Uttar Pradesh in March 2010. On the night of his arrest at around 5.30am, police claim Umar tried to commit suicide by hanging himself with a towel. Barely...
Article: Bhavna runs a business with her eyes
Bhavna Botta was born with athetoid cerebral palsy, which leaves her unable to walk, talk or write. But that hasn’t stopped her from completing a commerce degree in Chennai with flying colours, controlling the computer only with her...
Radio Show: Birangonas: The brave women of Bangladesh
This year Bangladesh celebrated 40 years of independence. In 1971 West Pakistan, as it was called then, fought a bloody 9-month long war for separation from East Pakistan. Independence came at a high cost.
Article: Escaping the Taliban cage: ‘like a bird flying’
The vestiges of the Taliban regime still permeate Afghan society a decade after the US and British forces' intervention. Afghan women are feeling safer, a recent survey found, but they still fear a return to the dark days of Taliban rule....
Article: Mumbai set to go indie?
“Being a Mumbai corporator used to be a prestigious position. But today you cannot detach it from corruption, goondagiri [rowdiness], bribery ...” says Santosh Awatramani, one of the brains behind Mumbai 227, a platform for...
Article: Dutch tradition travels across the globe
The 5th of December is an exciting day for Dutch children, because Sinterklaas is celebrating his birthday today. But instead of getting presents himself, this white-bearded, red-suited old chap hands out gifts to every Dutch child tonight...
Article: The trap that trainee nurses face in India
22-year-old Mumbai-based Malayali nurse Beena Baby committed suicide by hanging herself. Just out of school, she was ready to become a nurse, but a gruelling contract killed her dream. The ‘bond’ system used by many hospitals...
Article: Eindhoven University of Technology: Meet Hrishikesh Salunkhe
Hrishikesh Salunkhe is a PhD student studying Embedded Systems. Originally from just outside Mumbai, India, this 25-year-old now finds himself living in Eindhoven, the Netherlands. Why? Because, he says, Eindhoven University of Technology...
Article: Myanmar reaches out to the West
“A milestone” heralding a new chapter in the relationship between Myanmar and the US said a smiling Burmese president Thein Sein as he met with US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Thursday. The most senior American...
Radio Show: Finally, a movie about The Lady
Based on a report by Frank Renout Her life actually reads like a film plot, so it’s a wonder it’s taken this long to actually bring to the Silver Screen. “The Lady” which will be screened internationally this...
