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Reporting protesters on the streets of Colombo
What were the challenges of covering the recent civil unrest in Sri Lanka? Plus another in our often revealing series How I Hear, about your everyday listening habits.
When thousands of protesters took to the streets of Sri Lanka, what were the challenges of covering this civil unrest? We talk to the BBC’s South Asia correspondent.
Plus another in our insightful and often revealing series How I Hear, about your everyday listening habits.
Presenter: Rajan Datar
Producer: Howard Shannon
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