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Why Was the India Tragedy Not More Widely Reported?

Duration: 9 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC World Service OnlineLatest broadcast: on BBC World Service South Asia

Available for over a year

A listener in the UK is asking why a tragedy in an Indian Hospital which left more than 100 children dead, was not more widely reported. Ghalib Khan tells Rajan Datar he believes it would have received more attention if it had happened in the UK or America.

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