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India's tramway turned 150. But it’s on its last legs.
Kolkata's 150-year-old tram system is limping along. It's down to just two lines and there is little political will, or room in the city's crowded streets, to bring the streetcars back to their former glory days. The tram does have a small but loyal band of supporters who want to keep it alive.
Art and religion remix at this goddess festival in Kolkata
'The death of American exceptionalism’: Views from abroad on US Capitol attack
Child 'superheroes' free children from child labor and marriage
Songs and celebrations in Kolkata for Mother Teresa's sainthood
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For Bengali Hindus, radio is an unchanging part of a religious tradition
Reporter Rhitu Chatterjee woke up yesterday in New Delhi to the sound of something she hasn’t heard in years — a radio broadcast heralding the start of the Hindu religious festival of Mahalaya. It turns out the program has been the exact same recording for decades, uniting generations of Bengalis.
An American teacher in India enjoys the traditions of a Bengali wedding
In which city in West Bengal, India, would you find a traditional wedding ceremony where a bride covers her face with a betel leaf and where guests blow on a conch shell to celebrate the couple?
Bicyclists in crowded Indian city fight to take back the streets
Can you name an Indian city where authorities recently banned bicycles, along with hand carts and other non-motorized vehicles, from key roads and streets during the day.
Kids Improve Lives in Kolkata Slums
A community organization that aims to improve living conditions in the slums of Kolkata, India, takes an unusual approach. It relies on local children to hold elders and political leaders accountable.
Eleven Years Later, Osama Bin Laden's Evolving Image
Eleven years after the attacks of 9/11, PBS Frontline reporter Arun Rath looks at the evolving image of Bin Laden in parts of South Asia and the Middle East.
Global Sex Workers Meet to Fight HIV
Anchor Aaron Schachter speaks with the BBC's Rahul Tandon in Calcutta about a meeting of sex workers there.
BBC project saves endangered sounds
Save Our Sounds, a new BBC project, features an online map of sound clips uploaded by people all over the world.