India has its Modi moment as the former opposition party leader becomes prime minister of the worlds largest democracy. Yogita Limaye reports from Delhi, where the stock market has leapt to a new high on news of the BJPs victory. Tom Maresca joins us from Ho Chi Minh City, where anti-Chinese riots have flared up as Beijing and Vietnam once more claim sovereignty over disputed waters. Vaiju Naravene of The Hindu newspaper discusses the weeks events with Simon Constable of the Wall Street Journal. Robert Milliken, Australian correspondent for The Economist, talks biopics and barrier reefs, and reveals that he doesnt play computer games, while Scott Foundas of Variety talks about thriller Welcome to New York, based on real events involving disgraced former French government minister Dominique Strauss Kahn. bbc.in/1gbQmWn
Posted on: Sat, 17 May 2014 01:27:06 +0000
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