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As negotiators gather for global climate talks in Denmark this week, India is resisting steep binding cuts in greenhouse emissions. Reporter Miranda Kennedy tells us why. Download MP3 (Photo of Kolkata factory: Deshakalyan Chowdhury/AFP/Getty Images)
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The 1984 gas leak in Bhopal India destroyed the lives of more than half a million people. But in the United States, the disaster led to a sea of changes that have made for a safer environment. The World’s Multimedia Science Journalist, Rhitu Chatterjee, has the report. Download MP3
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A quarter century after the disaster at Bhopal, toxic chemicals continue to threaten lives in the developing world. Chemical spills poison Chinese rivers. Toxic waste sickens people in West Africa. What can be done to safeguard the public in developing countries? What role can consumers and investors in the developed world play? In the World Science Forum we talk to Henrik Selin. He’s a professor of international relations at Boston University. Download MP3
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25 years after the world’s worst industrial accident, The World’s Rhitu Chatterjee looks at the legacy in India of the toxic gas release that likely killed more than 20,000 people. Download MP3
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A year ago, inflation in Zimbabwe was a mind-blowing 231 million percent. (And that was before the government stopped bothering to update the figure!) A new government came to power in February and life has much improved. The Zimbabwe dollar, or Zim dollar, is gone. But that has spawned problems of its own.
Stories from Zimbabwe and other parts of Africa, Bangladesh, India and Peru on Part II of this two-part podcast about econonics and business in the developing world.
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Ceremonies are being held in Mumbai to mark the first anniversary of a series of devastating terrorist attacks. Police have paraded in the Indian city, a memorial has been inaugurated and a candle-lit prayer service held.The attacks, which began on November 26, 2008 left 174 people dead, including nine gunmen. Marco Werman talks with correspondent Tinku Ray, who is in Mumbai for the commemoration. Download MP3
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Mumbai is marking the first anniversary of coordinated terrorist attacks on the Indian city. On Thursday, a few big-name movie stars will join an inter-faith ceremony commemorating the dead. Mumbai dominated by Bollywood, and there are many Muslims both behind and in front of the camera. But the film industry rarely depicts their lives, in the final part of her series on India’s Muslim minority, Miranda Kennedy reports from Bollywood. Download MP3
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India is on high alert this week as the country marks the one year anniversary of strikes that paralyzed Mumbai last year. As we heard in part one, Muslims in India have largely not been radicalized, however that hasn’t stopped the police from targeting suspected homegrown terrorists. In the second part of her series, Miranda Kennedy reports on the growing alienation of Mumbai’s Muslims. Download MP3
One year ago, 10 militants arrived from Pakistan in Mumbai, India. They fanned out across the city to attack hotels and other targets. It took almost three days for the Indian authorities to end the violence. The Muslim community was terrified of a backlash, fortunately it never came. Miranda Kennedy reports on the lives of India’s Muslims in a three part series.
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One year ago, 10 militants arrived from Pakistan in Mumbai, India. They fanned out across the city to attack hotels and other targets. It took almost three days for the Indian authorities to end the violence. The Muslim community was terrified of a backlash, fortunately it never came. Miranda Kennedy has the first in her series of reports about the lives of India’s Muslims. Download MP3
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Who knew there were Soviet women combat pilots in WWII? The BBC’s Lucy Ash tells us how she came to know some of these women and produce a radio documentary about their lives and exploits. Also, we revisit the Iranian hostage crisis of 1979. Hard to believe it’s been 30 years since the 444-day ordeal began. And we try to understand the complicated motivations of Pakistan’s military leaders by looking back at how Pakistan was formed and what its early years were like. Lots to chew on this week, much of it riveting.
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India is preparing to strike at Maoist rebels. The 40-year-long Maoist insurgency has claimed more than 600 lives just this year. The BBC’s Tinku Ray traveled to a village in the southern state of Andhra Pradesh. It used to be under Maoist control but the government has taken it back. Download MP3
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In the latest World in Words podcast, the top five language-related stories from the past month. Among them: the sad tale of Muammar Gaddafi’s translator at the United Nations; the quixotic tale of the real estate mogul who is trying to export Korean Hangul script to Indonesia; and a German court’s decision to permit Nazi hate speech, so long as it’s not in German.
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