Reporting India’s Covid-19 crisis
Meet the team living and reporting in the eye of India’s coronavirus storm.
We take a journalist's eye view of reporting the current Covid-19 crisis in India, with stories from Delhi-based team leader Jugal Purohit, ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Gujarati's Roxy Gagdekar Chhara, ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Marathi's Anagha Pathak, and Kirti Dubey and Piyush Nagpal of ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Hindi.
Trade by barter
Nkechi Ogbonna of ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Lagos describes a market in Cross River State in Nigeria, which works on a trade by barter system. She tells us how it works and who benefits.
Ramadan in Nablus
Nablus, in the occupied West Bank, is famous for its sweet makers, and Ramadan is when they’re busiest. ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Arabic’s Alaa Daraghme takes us to his home town to share some mouth-watering treats.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Xtra: Ramadan-themed cooking and dialects
Karima Kouah from ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Arabic's radio show ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Xtra tells us about some of their Ramadan topics, like favourite recipes shared by social media influencers, and the misunderstandings that can arise when two people speaking different Arabic dialects get together to chat.
Image: Two Delhi residents wearing PPE mourn their relative who died from Covid-19 in April 2021
Credit: Adnan Abidi / Reuters
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Fifth Floor
Global stories from the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½â€™s 40 Language Services, with Faranak Amidi
