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Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life in Mumbai’s Annawadi Slum
Marco Werman talks with Katherine Boo, author of “Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity”.
‘Angry Brides’ Game Targets India’s Dowry Problem
We are looking for a city in India where the creators of a matrimony site have designed a game to raise awareness about the problem of dowry in India.
LOL, London
Laughing is free, fun and very embarrassing if done in public as a form of exercise. This is what I discovered recently when I visited a group of laughter yoga enthusiasts outside South Bank Center in central London [...]
India’s Bias for Boys
In India, aborting a fetus based on its sex is illegal, but the practice is common due to a societal preference for boys. Reporter Hanna Ingber Win profiles one woman who aborted four female fetuses in an unsuccessful attempt to have a male child.
Serial Blasts Rock Mumbai
Three near-simultaneous explosions in the rush-hour have shaken India’s commercial capital.
Raising the Drinking Age in India
The Geo Quiz is looking for a city in India where the drinking age just went up to 25.
Mumbai Matchmaker Connects the Disabled
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Reporter Chhavi Sachdev profiles a matchmaker in Mumbai who helps people with disabilities to make a love connection. Download MP3
Mumbai Attacks Accused Rana on Trial in Chicago
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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
Bollywood’s Sufi music connection
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Anchor Marco Werman introduces us to a new collection of music titled “Sufis at the Cinema.” It explores the connections between Pakistani Sufi music and Bollywood’s heavy reliance on those sounds for the past fifty years. Download MP3
A 2000-year-old business
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Imagine running a family business that has been around for 2000 years. Reporter Chhavi Sachdev profiles two brothers in India who run a genealogy business the old-fashioned way: traversing the Indian subcontinent to keep family histories up to date. Download MP3
Largest outdoor laundry mat
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Today’s Geo Quiz is for all of you who take your laundry to a laundry mat. We are looking for a place where you will find the largest outdoor laundry mat in the world. Download MP3
Ganesh God of new beginnings
A few times every year, the streets of Mumbai turn into a carnival and recently, the guest of honor Ganesh, the elephant headed, roly-poly god of new beginnings. After 10 days of a homestay, families and communities accompany him to his final immersion in water, where his Earthen form breaks down and returns to the earth from which it came. >>>Read more and watch the slideshow
Mumbai attacker sentenced
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A judge in Mumbai today found a Pakistani man guilty of murder and waging war on India. The charges stemmed from the attacks in the Indian city in November 2008. He’s the only one of ten gunmen to survive the attacks that killed more than 160 people in Mumbai. Anchor Marco Werman speaks with Preety Acharya, a journalist with the Mumbai Mirror.
Man charged in 2008 Mumbai bombing
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A Chicago man has been charged with conspiracy in connection with the 2008 terrorist attack in the Indian city of Mumbai.
Mumbai remembers
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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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