India’s toilet boom [program] The the practice of outdoor defecation is a major cause of diarrheal diseases that kill about 2,200 children a day - more than die from HIV/AIDS,...
Capturing South Asia’s child marriages "She was supposed to get married at 13 to a boy that she never met before." For many couples across the world, marriage is a romantic union between...
Halting India’s witch hunts [rebroadcast] 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...
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...
‘Combat Obscura’ gives unfiltered view of Afghan war The war in Afghanistan is America's longest-running conflict in its history. This October will mark 17 years of U.S. combat troops in the country,...
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...
‘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...
‘Red Sand’ project spotlights trafficking "We can’t merely walk over the most marginalized people in our communities — those who fall through the metaphoric cracks." From forced marriage...
