Selected South Asia Holdings

Selected South Asia Holdings

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DW: Deutsche Welle · 8 July 2014 German

Because of oppression! In Pakistan, a TV superhero struggles in an unusual costume: The teacher hides her true identity under a burka. Is this stranger than a grown man in …


DW: Deutsche Welle · 8 July 2014 English

It is estimated that 19 million children live on the streets in India. Either they have to hustle to support their families, or they have run away from their families. …


DW: Deutsche Welle · 8 July 2014 Spanish

The four-time world ice climbing champion Ines Papert has documented her career in an illustration book. The professional climber undertakes every year a new adventure: in Iceland, Norway, China, Nepal, …


DW: Deutsche Welle · 8 July 2014 English

India's population has already reached 1.22 billion people and it's constantly growing. While birth rates among the new middle class in urban areas have diminished considerably, large families in the …


DW: Deutsche Welle · 8 July 2014 English

Sarnath Banerjee from India paints a very different picture of Berlin for his readers back home. He produces comic strips on life in the German capital for publication in an …


DW: Deutsche Welle · 8 July 2014 Spanish

Kumar Santosh, de Bikaner (India) pregunta: ¿por qué todas las flores huelen diferente? Kumar Santosh, from Bikaner (India) asks: why all flowers smell different?


DW: Deutsche Welle · 8 July 2014 English

Balan Biju from India wants to know: why can't humans sleep with their eyes open?


DW: Deutsche Welle · 8 July 2014 English

How can traditional forms of technology be developed to become more environmentally friendly? In Nepal, farmers have been grinding rice and grains with water mills, called ghattas, for centuries. Now …


DW: Deutsche Welle · 8 July 2014 English

On this edition, we see how upgrading old mills is benefiting rural communities in Nepal. We tour a country estate near Moscow that was home to writer Anton Chekhov. We …


DW: Deutsche Welle · 8 July 2014 English

Shapoor Engineer's family came from India, but he grew up in Germany and became a forester. He also creates sculptures and even won a competition for the fastest forester with …