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Three Million: 4. The tapes
Kavita Puri discovers a set of cassette tapes containing rare interviews with Indian civil servants who were on the ground across Bengal during the f…
2 years ago
Three Million: 3. The f-word
Colonial authorities wanted to censor the famine. They were worried that Britain’s wartime enemies - the Germans and the Japanese - would use it as p…
2 years ago
Three Million: 2. The cigarette tin
A boy decides how much rice he can give from a cigarette tin to hungry people. A Christian missionary sets up a makeshift relief hospital. A small ch…
2 years ago
Three Million: 1. War
During the Second World War, at least three million Indian people, who were British subjects, died in the Bengal Famine. It was one of the largest lo…
2 years ago
Heart and Soul: Ladino - Saving Greece’s ancient Jewish language
For centuries, the Judaeo-Spanish language of Ladino was spoken in the vibrant streets of Thessaloniki. But today, it is a language on the verge of f…
2 years ago
Assignment: Pakistan - journalists under fire
Journalists in Pakistan say they’re under threat of abduction and even of being killed if they criticise the state authorities. Whoever is in power,…
2 years ago
Trending: The new fight for land rights
In Malaysian Borneo, indigenous people have struggled for land rights against companies and the state. Using new mapping technology, communities in B…
2 years ago
Two Years of War: Voices from Russia
As the second anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine approaches, Oleg Boldyrev reports on how ordinary Russians are dealing with life in a coun…
2 years ago
In the Studio: Vik Muniz
Vik Muniz says he owes his artistic career to being shot as a young man, not because he had an epiphany about the meaning of his life, but because he…
2 years ago
World Wide Waves '24
Radio can be a lifeline for women: a place to speak out in safety; a place to find their voices. We hear from women taking to the air and making wave…
2 years ago