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Arundhati Roy, Jake Gyllenhaal, Yrsa Sigurðardóttir

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Jake Gyllenhaal on recreating the experience of astronauts on an international space station for his latest film Life. Author and activist Arundhati Roy discusses how her struggles with a teacher in childhood turned her into a writer

Icelandic crime writer Yrsa Sigurðardóttir explains the appeal of the flawed detective in Nordic countries. Film-maker Cristian Mungiu on why film should imitate reality and we hear why reggae has a huge following in Poland

Joining Nikki in discussion are the British Pakistani writer Kamila Shamsie and Indian film critic Rahul Desai in Mumbai.

Photo shows: Arundhati Roy (c) ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½, Jake Gyllenhaal (c) Tim P. Whitby/Getty Images, Yrsa Sigurðardóttir (c) Sigurjon Ragnar

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Kamila Shamsie

Kamila Shamsie
Kamila Shamsie has written a short story called The Girl Next Door which is included in a new collection of stories, The Things I Would Tell You: Writings by British Muslim Women edited by Sabrina Mahfouz
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The Yamato Drummers

The Yamato Drummers
Image shows The Yamato Drummers (c) Christian Marquardt 

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