Piya recently filed a story for Radio Netherlands on the right to fight (for your rights :))
Since the Gujjars were rioting right about then, a short insight into what was going on around us made sense.
Here’s the story on the RNW web site and, as always, you can listen directly, as well.

Our story on the band Jagriti, made up of 8 women and a few good men whose lives have been touched by HIV, was broadcast on Radio Netherlands yesterday. You can read about it and follow the link to listen or just click here to skip straight to the radio story Comments welcome!

You remember the vendors screaming “dus ka do, dus ka do”? Ok, that was a long time ago. You don’t get anything for 10 Rupees anymore, let alone TWO things….The going rate in March was Rs. 150 for any two items - jeans/shirts/whatever. Take a listen… Janpath vendors.

Piya’s story on silence - or the lack of it - in India, one of the world’s noisiest cities aired on the 11th at Radio Netherlands as a part of a show themed “the right to silence.”

Read about it here and click on the “listen to the report link” on the top right. Or just click here to listen directly from here

India’s been a destination for medical tourism for a while, but our story on the kidney trafficking scam and the ethics involved for everyone - international recipients, “donors”, the medical profession, the lawmakers and the police - was aired on Radio Netherlands this week. You can see the slideshow and read about it here or just cut to the chase, buffer and listen here. Do let us know what you think of it.

Cinemawallah Salim
Chhavi Sachdev and Piya Kochhar of News Radio India meet Cinemawallah Salim, who splices together dozens of old, discarded film trailers and plays them on an ancient Japanese pedal-powered projector. Aired February 29, 2008, on The State We’re In.

Listen to the piece here.

<We thank our oh so awesome voice-over artists for their help with recording translations!>

News Radio India did some stringing for Radio Netherlands last month. The piece was part of a report in the program, ‘The State We’re In” which airs once a week on ABC radio as well. You can listen to our report “Pilfering power in India,” part of a segment called “The ethics of everyday living” by clicking on the link. You can read the story online as well. Stay tuned — our next story for them goes live on the airwaves in January..