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Opting to go lower caste

Opting to go lower caste

FromFrom Our Own Correspondent


Opting to go lower caste

FromFrom Our Own Correspondent

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Length:
28 minutes
Released:
Mar 2, 2016
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

The human stories behind the headlines. In this edition, we hear from India, where protests deprived ten million Delhi residents of their water. Members of the Jat caste want to force the government to reclassify them as lower-caste, so they can get quotas for government jobs and study places. Used Field Marshall for sale - the things you find on eBay in Egypt, when locals take the president at his word.

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Released:
Mar 2, 2016
Format:
Podcast episode

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Insight, wit and analysis as BBC correspondents, journalists and writers take a closer look at the stories behind the headlines. Presented by Kate Adie and Pascale Harter.