Political cartoons from Bangalore, the city at the heart of India’s IT boom.
The Geo Quiz is looking for a city in India where the drinking age just went up to 25.
Why it will be difficult to eliminate rickshaws from the streets of Kolkata (formerly known as Calcutta).
Famous Indian artist M.F. Husain died Thursday in a London hospital.
Examining India’s sense of identity as it charges full steam ahead in the global economy.
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The World’s Rhitu Chatterjee reports on a small museum in New Delhi that is at the center of an effort to improve sanitation for the 600 million Indians without access to modern toilets. Download MP3
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Reporter Chhavi Sachdev profiles a matchmaker in Mumbai who helps people with disabilities to make a love connection. Download MP3
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People in India are paying close attention to a federal trial in Chicago this week. Businessman Tahawwur Rana is charged with involvement in plotting the deadly attacks in Mumbai in 2008. Suhasini Haider, anchor and senior editor for CNN-IBN in New Delhi, reports. Download MP3
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Anchor Marco Werman talks with senior ProPublica reporter Sebastian Rotella about the trial in Chicago of Tahawwur Rana in connection with the 2008 Mumbai attacks. Rotella has written extensively on this case in the Washington Post. Download MP3
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We’re trying to track down Somen Debnath in the Geo Quiz. He is traveling around the world on bicycle to raise awareness of AIDS and Indian culture. Somen grew up just outside of Kolkata, India. Back in 2004 he headed off on his bicycle. By his own count, he’s visited 60 countries – where is he now? Download MP3
Indigenous people living in the Himalayas in India and Nepal are already experiencing the impacts of climate change. The changes they are observing are in keeping with many scientific predictions, according to recent study. That story, and more in the latest Science Podcast.
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We’re looking for a city in India for the Geo Quiz. It’s located in the state of Maharashtra. Mumbai is there, too, some 90 miles northwest of the city we want you to name. It’s a city that’s sometimes called “the Oxford of the East” because of its many colleges and other educational institutions and until recently, a company was making manual typewriters at a factory there… Download MP3Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.
India has hundreds of languages and dialects. Audio recordings were made a century ago in an attempt to document them and they have just come to light. Bruce Wallace reports. Download MP3
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The disaster at Japan’s Fukushima nuclear complex has led India to rethink its increasing reliance on nuclear power. New York Times correspondent Vikas Bajaj tells anchor Marco Werman the demands for power in India are huge and growing, with 40 percent of the population without access to electricity. Download MP3
