28/04/2009

Human stories from behind the global headlines. With Matthew Bannister.

On today's programme: Mihir Bose; Bolivia's water tribe; and Afghanistan's Nancy Hatch Dupree.

Mihir Bose
Mihir Bose is the BBC's Sports Editor. He grew up in Mumbai and recently returned to see what life is like in the city for its 21st century residents.

Bolvia's water tribe
The Uru Chipaya tribe of Bolivia is thought to be the oldest surviving culture in South America. The people have lived on the country's high salt plains for 4,000 years, outlasting the Inca empire and the Spanish conquest. According to tribal mythology the Uru Chipaya came from the river and are 'water beings'. But now the river which gives them their spiritual identity and which they depend on for survival is drying up.

Nancy Hatch Dupree
Nancy Hatch Dupree is in her 80s. She wrote one of the first tourist guides to Afghanistan and talks to Matthew Bannister about her 40 year love affair with the country.