Asian Exchange

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We hear about a start-up in India - founded by two young American women - selling low-tech products that help the poor with every day challenges. And, the legacy of Swami Vivekananda in the United States. Also, how immigrants in the US state of New Hampshire created an unlikely ethnic food hub for the local South Asian community. The American activist training the women’s national cycling team in Afghanistan. And the Pakistani writer, Bina Shah, challenges perceptions of her homeland in the American television series ‘Homeland’. Plus, breaking a sweat with BollyX—the new fitness trend sweeping America that combines aerobics and Bollywood dance moves. (Photo: The owner of a small shop on the side of a highway in India's Tamil Nadu. Above his head is a solar lamp produced by the start-up Essmart. Credit: Rhitu Chatterjee)