New life for a Soviet ruin?
The Georgian spa resort, the refugees, and the billionaire.Image: Dilapidated Tskaltubo hotel Credit: BBC
31 Jan 202012min
Facing their fathers' crimes
The BBC’s Valeria Perasso tells us about two Argentinian women she met for her documentary about the children of men who committed crimes during the military dictatorship. Between 1976 and 1983, the ...
24 Jan 202013min
The man who lost his family
In 1971, a brief war between India and Pakistan over the territory of Kashmir shifted the border 6 kilometres into Pakistan's space. Four villages became part of the Indian territory, and the villag...
17 Jan 202018min
Australia's camel cull
Australia’s decision to cull wild camels has shocked many Somali-speakers, for whom camels have a huge cultural significance. We bring together BBC Somali reporter and camel owner Issa Abdul and BBC...
10 Jan 202011min
India's controversial new citizenship law
India's new Citizenship Amendment Act has sparked protests across the country. Its stated aim is to offer sanctuary and Indian citizenship to people fleeing religious persecution in Pakistan, Banglad...
3 Jan 202012min
A refugee's story and a football shirt
Namak Khoshnaw is a journalist and award winning film maker with BBC Arabic. His documentary ‘Iraq: A State of Mind’ charts the impact of decades of conflict on mental health, ‘Life on the Rubbish Du...
27 Dec 201917min
Chernobyl: Lyudmila's story
The 1986 nuclear reactor explosion was dramatised this year in the HBO/Sky series Chernobyl. It includes the story of Lyudmila Ignatenko, whose husband was one of the firefighters who tackled the bla...
20 Dec 201911min
Music and lockdown in Kashmir
The My Indian Life podcast looks at India through young people’s eyes. It recently told the story of Ahmer Javed, a rapper from Indian-administered Kashmir. Ishleen Kaur met him and other artists d...
13 Dec 201911min
