BBC OS Conversations: Ukraine war babies and returning home
It is two years since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The war has claimed tens of thousands of lives, left millions of Ukrainians as refugees, and wrought much destruction. When your home is ...
24 Feb 202424min
Three Million: 5. Ghosts
The Bengal Famine, particularly the experiences of people in the rural areas who suffered the most, is not well remembered today. There is no memorial, museum, or plaque to the victims or survivors an...
23 Feb 202428min
Three Million: 4. The tapes
Kavita Puri discovers a set of cassette tapes containing rare interviews with Indian civil servants who were on the ground across Bengal during the famine, shedding new light on colonial responsibilit...
23 Feb 202431min
Three Million: 3. The f-word
Colonial authorities wanted to censor the famine. They were worried that Britain’s wartime enemies - the Germans and the Japanese - would use it as propaganda against them.But as more and more starvin...
23 Feb 202429min
Three Million: 2. The cigarette tin
A boy decides how much rice he can give from a cigarette tin to hungry people. A Christian missionary sets up a makeshift relief hospital. A small child watches through the gates of his house in Calcu...
23 Feb 202426min
Three Million: 1. War
During the Second World War, at least three million Indian people, who were British subjects, died in the Bengal Famine. It was one of the largest losses of civilian life on the Allied side. But there...
23 Feb 202428min
Heart and Soul: Ladino - Saving Greece’s ancient Jewish language
For centuries, the Judaeo-Spanish language of Ladino was spoken in the vibrant streets of Thessaloniki. But today, it is a language on the verge of fading away, its echoes becoming fainter with each p...
23 Feb 202427min
Assignment: Pakistan - journalists under fire
Journalists in Pakistan say they’re under threat of abduction and even of being killed if they criticise the state authorities. Whoever is in power, legal action against journalists who’ve spoken out...
22 Feb 202426min
