Between 3 and 11 February, BBC World Service will be broadcasting a special season of programs dedicated to discovering how India is changing.
India is home to one sixth of the world's population and is poised to overtake Japan as the world's third largest economy. As its burgeoning middle class becomes increasingly consumer-orientated, are traditional values being eroded? A week of special programming will go under the skin of contemporary India , examining the political, cultural, economic, religious and scientific landscapes of this vast country.As India rises, who is being left behind?
3-11 February - programme times to be announced in next week's Email Network.
(Source: Mukesh Kumar, The Cosmos Club, Muzaffarpur, India)
India is home to one sixth of the world's population and is poised to overtake Japan as the world's third largest economy. As its burgeoning middle class becomes increasingly consumer-orientated, are traditional values being eroded? A week of special programming will go under the skin of contemporary India , examining the political, cultural, economic, religious and scientific landscapes of this vast country.As India rises, who is being left behind?
3-11 February - programme times to be announced in next week's Email Network.
(Source: Mukesh Kumar, The Cosmos Club, Muzaffarpur, India)