In this week’s programme we hear from the indominitable Dr Myint Myint Khin from Burma.  A doctor and professor of medicine for most of her career, Dr Khin has never shirked from expressing her often dissident views, despite the repressive regime that has ruled her country for 50 years.  She’s 88 years old, but still writing books and articles about women’s rights and democracy in Burma.  “If they want to throw an old woman in jail, it would make them look bad, not me” she says defiantly.

Asked whether she believes that Burma is definitely on the road to change with the current reforms, she laughs,  "well I'm hopeful.  But then, I'm 88 years old man, what else do I have except hope."

Also in the programme, we hear  why Bangalore – India’s IT miracle of a city – has become the suicide capital of India.  One NGO Sahai has started a suicide helpline for people who are finding themselves caught in between the cracks in a clash of societal values – the new aspirations of a noveau elite and the traditional values of a disappearing India.