A Beginner's Guide To India

At 1.2 billion people India is the second most populous nation in the world, and British-Indian is the largest ethnic minority in the United Kingdom (1.4 million people). Following on from A Beginner's Guide To Pakistan last year, Radio 4 presents A Beginner's Guide To India.

Our guide will be Aditi Mittal, a Mumbai-based comic who has already appeared on The Now Show and on The Asian Network's Big Comedy Night. Radio 4 has brought her to the UK to perform A Beginner's Guide To India because she, like all Indians, loves the British - the last time they got some, they kept them for 200 years.

In episode one, Aditi looks at the options open to women in modern India – from sports stars to Bollywood actresses, from business leaders to politics, Aditi explores the gap between how India talks about and treats its women. The programme will look at an undoubtedly significant and increasingly important country from a point of view that is rarely heard.

Presenter: Aditi Mittal
Producer: Ed Morrish for BBC Studios

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