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Guitar or sitar? Julian May teases out why one music shop in Mumbai now retails more Western than Indian instruments to its customers ... and explains why a piano being just 2 centimetres too big can scupper a sale. And as South Africa's platinum-miners' strike seems set to drag on, Andrew Harding sees its impact on families and friendships north of Johannesburg. The massacre of striking mineworkers at Marikana in 2012 might seem to have exploded the once-cosy relationship between mining unions' leadership and the ruling ANC already; but this round of industrial action has revealed, and might even have caused, far deeper divisions all around. Presenter: Pascale Harter Producer: Polly Hope Photo: Platinum sector striking miners queue to receive food parcels in Marikana, South Africa, June 13 2014 (MUJAHID SAFODIEN / AFP / Getty Images)