Prof. Ayesh Kidwai with the Center for Linguistics, Jawahar Lal Nehru University talks about the Telengana issue and the formation of states in India based on language.

Dr. R. Ramachandran in conversation with D. Raghunandan discusses the events of The Copenhagen climate summit as proceedings reach the midway point.

Veteran photographer and designer Ram Rahman talks about legendary Indian photographer Sunil Janah's early work. Rahman traces Janah's career right from the beginning. He talks about Janah's affiliation with the Communist Party, extraordinary work on Bengal Famine and so on.

Dr. Satyajit Rath discusses a recently published paper in the journal SCIENCE on mapping Human Genetic Diversity in Asia. He also analyzes the media hype around the genetic sequencing of one Indian.

Tens of thousands of protesters marched in Copenhagen and at least 600 were detained.

Within days Israel is rumored to complete its long standing negotiations with HAMAS over a prisoner exchange. In return for Gilad Shalit, an Israeli soldier the al-Qassam Brigades kidnapped while the Israeli army invaded Gaza in 2006, Israel is said to agree to release 980 Palestinian political prisoners. Toufic Haddad, Palestinian-American journalist based in Jerusalem, speaks to Lia Tarachansky about the significance of this exchange.

Hundreds of activists from across the globe are gathering every day in downtown Copenhagen for the people’s climate summit, the Klimaforum. On Thursday night, Shock Doctrine author and journalist Naomi Klein addressed a packed hall at a panel on ecological debt and climate justice.

Debates between rich and poor nations over emission cuts and funding continue on this fifth day of the COP15 climate summit here in Copenhagen, we begin with an overview of the week’s developments. The rich countries have proposed a climate fund of $10 billion a year from 2010 to 2012 to help developing countries adapt to climate change. Poor countries say that is too little. We hear from the climate negotiators from India, China, and Association of Small Island States, and get analysis from Kate Horner of Friends of the Earth.