The secrets of eternal youth
From Our Own Correspondent
BBC
4.4 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 5 January 2013
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
Andrew North reflects on whether the recent rape and murder of a woman in Delhi might bring a greater soul searching amongst all sections of Indian society. Owen Bennett-Jones teeters on the "fiscal cliff" with anti-tax activist Grover Norquist, asking if he's really the most powerful man in America? Nicholas Shakespeare makes a nostalgic return to Phnom Penh. Andrew Bomford uncovers the secrets of eternal youth on the Greek island of Ikaria. Hugh Schofield banishes the January blues by exploring P.G. Wodehouse's love affair with France. And in the process, identifies what may be the master's finest opening paragraph.
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to a download from the BBC, this is from our own correspondent. |
| 0:04.6 | You can hear the version of the program we make for the BBC World Service by visiting our site |
| 0:08.9 | at BBC online. |
| 0:10.8 | But here's the latest edition broadcast on BBC Radio 4 and introduced by Kate Adi. |
| 0:16.0 | Today we're teetering on the fiscal cliff with Grover Norquist. |
| 0:20.0 | We have a nostalgic return to Pron Penh, the long long lives of the inhabitants of Icarrier, |
| 0:27.0 | and banishing the January Blues, our correspondent explores P.G. Woodhhouse's love affair with France. |
| 0:35.0 | A week has passed since a woman died from the severe injuries she sustained after being |
| 0:40.5 | attacked and raped by a group of six men in Delhi. |
| 0:45.0 | Thousands have taken part in protest rallies. |
| 0:47.6 | Indian officials have agreed to increase the recruitment of female police officers in |
| 0:52.3 | an attempt to address the daily sexual harassment |
| 0:55.2 | and violence women in the country experience. |
| 0:58.9 | Andrew North has attended the demonstrations in Delhi and been to the area where the accused men live and he reflects |
| 1:04.9 | on whether the incident might bring about a greater soul searching amongst all sections of |
| 1:10.2 | Indian society. A small lemon hanging from a string caught my eye outside the door of |
| 1:16.6 | the hut where the bus driver and lead accused in this horrific case was living with his brother. Someone put it there last week, a neighbor said, |
| 1:25.0 | as a charm to ward off the evil eye. |
| 1:28.0 | This tightly packed South Delhi settlement |
| 1:30.0 | is now under a cloud of shame, |
| 1:32.0 | because four of the six arrested for the savage rape |
| 1:35.5 | and killing of the young woman were living here. |
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