Cold in Calcutta
From Our Own Correspondent
BBC
4.4 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 28 February 2013
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
Reporters worldwide: Rahul Tandon is in Calcutta as its people struggle to cope with an unaccustomed spell of cold weather. 'Together Bulgarians are Strong' - Nick Thorpe tells us that's the cry of protestors whose disenchantment's brought down the government. The Kenyan election's on Monday and Gabriel Gatehouse has been finding out that land remains an issue of vital importance to many. A difficult decision for parents in Guatemala - Humphrey Hawksley explains why many would prefer their children NOT to go to school and Jennifer Chevalier in Ottowa on why Canadians are nervous about Europe making trade advances to the US. From Our Own Correspondent is produced by Tony Grant.
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| 0:00.0 | This is a download from the BBC. |
| 0:02.0 | It's the latest edition of From Our Own Correspondent, |
| 0:05.5 | Broadcast on BBC Radio 4, and introduced by Kate Ade. |
| 0:10.0 | Today, public frustration and economic despair bring down the government in Bulgaria. |
| 0:16.0 | Difficult decisions for the Guatemalans who'd rather their children didn't go to school. |
| 0:21.0 | Why Canadians are worried Europe's batting its eyelashes at the US, |
| 0:26.7 | and the coldest winter in a hundred years, it's causing a few wardrobe problems in Calcutta. |
| 0:35.0 | Tens of thousands of Bulgarians have taken to the streets in cities across the country |
| 0:39.4 | to protest about poor living standards, high prices and corruption among officials. The widespread |
| 0:45.5 | discontent has led to the fall of the centre-right government and even apparently to a number of |
| 0:50.6 | people setting fire to themselves. |
| 0:53.4 | Yesterday the outgoing parliament in Sophia agreed to change the laws so electricity |
| 0:58.4 | prices can be slashed, one of the demonstrators' key demands. Nick Thorpe says people there are furious that joining the European |
| 1:06.2 | Union back in 2007 has done little to lift their country out of poverty. |
| 1:10.8 | We meet in the Mamma Mia pizzizaria behind the Alexander Neveski Cathedral, beyond the metal fences |
| 1:16.7 | and the riot police fans. After nearly a week in Sophia, I finally |
| 1:20.8 | managed to track down one of the leaders of this leaderless revolution. |
| 1:24.8 | From his coat, Angalous Lavechev produces a battered piece of paper, much folded and photocopied. |
| 1:31.2 | As a revolutionary manifesto, it's in a similar state to most other such bits of paper, banded about from pocket to pocket since the storming of the Bastille. National meeting in Sleven is is the heading, 23rd of February 2013. |
| 1:46.0 | The Cyrillic script is divided into four sections with Latin numerals, |
| 1:51.0 | demands, monopolies, heating providers and water providers. |
| 1:55.8 | The social upheaval sweeping Bulgaria is a powerful cocktail of mundane everyday issues like |
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