Slumdog Millionaire

If you haven't already, it is well worth going to see Slumdog Millionaire...



This audio slideshow from the Observer, looking at Dharavi - the Mumbai slum where the film was made - makes for interesting viewing, and there are some great descriptions of Dharavi and what life is like there in this article.

Flooding...

The picture shows a scene which unfortunately is fairly familiar to us at the moment.

This though, is in India.

200 people have died, and almost 20 million people been displaced from their homes in India, Bangladesh and Nepal, in some of the worst floods that South Asia has seen for years.

More information about the floods, and the monsoon season that's causing them on the BBC website.

Opulent weddings...

What connects Liz Hurley and Chand Devi Makwana?

And why are they both in a news story from the BBC today?