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Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One WestLatest broadcast: on BBC One Northern Ireland

Can the ancient eastern medicine called Ayurveda work? Jessica Frazier investigates with the help of three Londoners who need help with their health, and a Hindu GP. Show more

In Our Time

Hindu Ideas of Creation

Duration: 42 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Hindu ideas about the creation of the universe. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Melvyn Bragg
Interviewed Guest:
Jessica Frazier
Interviewed Guest:
Chakravarthi Ram-Prasad
Interviewed Guest:
Gavin Flood
Producer:
Thomas Morris

In Our Time

Ashoka the Great

Duration: 43 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the emperor Ashoka the Great, one of the most celebrated rulers in Indian history. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Melvyn Bragg
Interviewed Guest:
Jessica Frazier
Interviewed Guest:
Naomi Appleton
Interviewed Guest:
Richard Gombrich
Producer:
Thomas Morris

Duration: 47 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Lakshmi, the Hindu goddess of wealth and good fortune, born, according to one tradition, when she rose from the churning of the ocean of milk. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Melvyn Bragg
Interviewed Guest:
Jessica Frazier
Interviewed Guest:
Jacqueline Suthren-Hirst
Interviewed Guest:
Chakravarthi Ram-Prasad