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India's Modern Day Slaves

How the Indian silk industry depends on the bonded labour of children

How the Indian silk industry depends on the bonded labour of children. Two hundred years after the abolition of slavery why debt bondage continues in India, despite being illegal. Also in the programme a look back at the Falklands war, why confidence has returned to rural Liberia and the Caribbean diet of gin and fish heads - are they the secret to long life?

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23 minutes

大象传媒 World Service Archive

This programme was restored as part of the World Service archive project