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How a start-up in India, selling low-tech products is helping the poor with every day challenges. And, the legacy of Swami Vivekananda in the United States.

We hear about a start-up in India - founded by two young American women - selling low-tech products that help the poor with every day challenges. And, the legacy of Swami Vivekananda in the United States.

Also, how immigrants in the US state of New Hampshire created an unlikely ethnic food hub for the local South Asian community. The American activist training the women’s national cycling team in Afghanistan. And the Pakistani writer, Bina Shah, challenges perceptions of her homeland in the American television series ‘Homeland’. Plus, breaking a sweat with BollyX—the new fitness trend sweeping America that combines aerobics and Bollywood dance moves.

(Photo: The owner of a small shop on the side of a highway in India's Tamil Nadu. Above his head is a solar lamp produced by the start-up Essmart. Credit: Rhitu Chatterjee)

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27 minutes

Last on

Sun 23 Nov 2014 22:32GMT

Chapters

  • Social Entrepreneurs

    How two young Americans are helping India’s poor with low-cost technology

    Duration: 05:08

  • Yoga in America

    When Swami Vivekananda came to the Chicago World’s Fair in 1893

    Duration: 03:55

  • Ethnic Food Hub

    A visit to the Kathmandu Bazaar, an Asian and African grocery store in New Hampshire

    Duration: 04:50

  • Biking Afghanistan

    An American activist trains the women’s national cycling team in Afghanistan

    Duration: 03:39

  • Hollywood’s Pakistan

    The Pakistan portrayed in Homeland is unrecognisable to the author Bina Shah

    Duration: 03:58

  • Bollywood Workout

    The new fitness craze sweeping America that combines aerobics and Bollywood dance moves

    Duration: 03:34

Broadcasts

  • Sat 22 Nov 2014 04:32GMT
  • Sun 23 Nov 2014 15:32GMT
  • Sun 23 Nov 2014 22:32GMT

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