Take a drive through rural Tamil Nadu and at the entrance to many villages, you will be greeted by colourful mud horses with fierce men riding atop them. What do these terracotta figures symbolise? This short video is about ancient village Gods of south India; fearsome gods who protect, but are incredibly human as well. Listen to stories of how these gods may have originated, and learn about the customs they inspire to this day. This video takes you to a village called Keezha kuil kudi on the outskirts of Madurai in south India.
In May 1894, Hong Kong was struck by the deadly bubonic plague. As it was a busy port city with ships travelling in and out carrying valuable cargo and many people every day, the seaborne plague soon arrived in Bombay (present-day Mumbai), which even in those days housed over 8,20,000 people. How did the city survive?