Rhitu Chatterjee
Kids Improve Lives in Kolkata Slums
A community organization that aims to improve living conditions in the slums of Kolkata, India, takes an unusual approach. It relies on local children to hold elders and political leaders accountable.
Young Men in India Grapple with Culture of Violence Against Women
The gang rape and murder of a young woman in Delhi last month has people in India talking about sexual violence and harassment. And it’s not just women who are talking about it.
Women Cab Drivers in New Delhi
The gang rape and murder of a young woman in India’s capital in December has exposed what many women in Delhi already knew — it’s dangerous for women to get around there on public transportation. There are solutions for women who can afford it, including a small taxi service for women, driven by women.
Delhi Mulls Over Its Culture of Rape
It’s been two days since I landed in India’s capital city, New Delhi. That’s 34 days after a 23-year-old physiotherapy student was brutally gang-raped on a bus in this city, and 21 days after she died in a hospital in Singapore [...]
India Gang Rape Trial Begins
The trial of five men accused of gang-raping and murdering a young woman has started in Delhi. The 23-year-old physiotherapy student was brutally assaulted on board a bus last month.That attack has caused outrage across India and around the world. Anchor Marco Werman speaks with The World’s Rhitu Chatterjee in Delhi.
Christmas in Kolkata: Badaa Din
Christians may be a minority in India, but Christmas is a national holiday. And citizens of all religions celebrate the festival, which Indians call the Badaa Din, or the Big Day.
I Grew Up in India, Raised by an Agnostic Mother and an Atheist Father
Some of my earliest childhood memories are about awkward exchanges and uncomfortable silences between my parents and some of their friends and relatives regarding God and religion [...]
Predicting Earth’s Deadliest Natural Disasters
A 7.3-magnitude quake struck off Japan’s eastern coast on Friday, it triggered a tsunami alert in the same region of northeastern Japan that was devastated by last year’s massive quake and tsunami. The Geo Quiz wants you to name that region.
Pigeon Hunting Catfish, the ‘Freshwater Killer Whales’
Some catfish in France’s Tarn river come on land to hunt pigeons. Those catfish and their unusual hunting behavior is the topic of a new study.
Mexico City Birds Ward off Parasites with Cigarette Butts
A room full of smoked cigarette butts would repulse most people, even smokers. But birds don’t necessarily share that sense of disgust. A new study suggests that some birds in Mexico City regularly use cigarette butts to line their nests and the practice may even have some benefits.
Restoring Urban India’s Riverbanks
A new biodiversity park along a stretch of the river is starting to restore some of the natural services the landscape used to provide.
Sandy Brings Ashore Rare Birds
Hurricane Sandy brought with her a range of birds from distant places, giving American bird watchers a chance to see species they might have never encountered otherwise. Andrew Harnsworth of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology talks to Lisa Mullins about some of the rare species that are being spotted in and around New York.
Cities and Rising Waters
The flooding New York City experienced from Sandy could become a more common occurrence as climate change causes sea levels to rise. The World’s Rhitu Chatterjee explores how coastal cities in other countries are protecting themselves from inundation.
Animal Infections That Spill Over Into Humans
Everyone remembers the swine flu pandemic of 2009. Swine flu, along with AIDS and SARS make up a group of diseases called zoonotic diseases, or diseases that have jumped into humans from animals. And such diseases may be on the rise, according to a new book called “Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic.”
The Beluga Whale That Mimicked Humans
Noc was a beluga whale that spent most of its life at a naval research facility in San Diego. Scientists studying Noc say he imitated human sounds. They have published Noc’s human-like sounds in a new study in the journal Current Biology.
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