south asia

12/2/2008 - Retracing the Mumbai Attacks (3:15 min); 11/30/2008 - How the Deadly Mumbai Attacks Unfolded (2:23 min) Al Jazeera

This documentary tours through the Muslim world, in search of that “atmosphere of Paradise,” hidden away in mosques and palaces (90 min in 10 segments). Istanbul is on Segment 7.

Al Jazeera’s Divya Gopalan attempts to understand the real Mumbai by taking a culinary journey through its Street Food. (22 min in 2 segments)

A short random mix of stories that did not quite fit into the main episodes of this great documentary series narrated by Michael Wood. (20 minutes in 3 segments)

The Story of India - Ages of Gold, presents the achievements of the India’s golden age, including how India discovered zero, calculated the circumference of the Earth and wrote the world’s first sex guide, the Kama Sutra. (58 min in 7 segments)

Priced at just $2,500, the makers of India’s Tata Nano says it aims to meet the needs of the country’s growing middle class. (3:02 min)

Award-winning journalist Ron McCullagh reveals that for many children “child labor” is the best hope they’ve got of escaping absolute poverty. (12 minutes)