India’s girl shortage [rebroadcast] In the next decade, India may pass China to become the world’s most populous country. But there’s something odd about India’s population....
Project Exile: Pakistani reporter moves to France after kidnap attempt "I was resisting and they kept hitting me with the butts of their guns." Jumping out of a car to escape being abducted at gunpoint by the Pakistani...
Climate change in South Asia Climate change is already having big effects on southern Asia. Deadly heat waves like one that killed 3,500 people in India and Pakistan in 2015...
India’s witch hunts For many, witch trials may seem like a relic of early colonial America. But in fact witch-hunting is still a feature of rural life today in many some...
The ‘Red Market’ in human organs The imbalance between the supply of organs for transplant and the demand for them can be staggering. There are about 75,000 people active on the...
‘Red Market’ investigator sees growth in organ trade "It is almost dumbfounding how many ways we can sell the body." From grave robbers who sell human skeletons to impoverished villages where dozens of...
To compete, Pakistani squash pro disguised herself as a boy "You don’t see girls playing sports. I was the only one amongst 300 to 400 boys." When Maria Toorpakai began her athletics career, she used not...
Debating overpopulation Overpopulation has been debated since British economist Thomas Malthus famously warned in 1798 that humans could reproduce far faster than they could...
Project Exile: Sri Lanka editor fled after attempt on life “I have no wish to return since the individuals who I believe to be responsible are still in positions of power…” Upali Tennakoon...
India’s missing girls In the next decade, India may pass China to become the world’s most populous country. But there’s something odd about India’s population....
