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04/12/2010 GMT

The pros and cons of using nature as a mirror to understand our sex lives, the emotional costs of juggling hybrid identities,and an historical overview of India with Lord Desai.

Is it time to retell the story of India鈥檚 past? Should we challenge the historical idea of India as a single national entity? An alternative view from economist and British politician, Lord Meghnad Desai.

Can we use nature as a window on our sex lives?
German anthropologist Volker Sommer leads us through the natural world to find out what we can learn from the sexual behaviour of monkeys and apes.

And in this nomadic modern world of multiple identities, Scottish-Ghanaian novelist Lesley Lokko shines a light on the strains of being more than one person at once.

llustration by Emily Kasriel: Gay apes with a hybrid identity re imagine the notion of Indian unity

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  • Lord Meghnad Desai

    A historical overview.

    Duration: 17:16

  • SIXTY SECOND IDEA TO CHANGE THE WORLD,

    Lick (yes, lick) our favourite bit of space.

    Duration: 05:52

  • Volker Sommer

    Homosexual behaviour in the ape world.

    Duration: 11:18

  • Lesley Lokko

    The problem of belonging.

    Duration: 11:22

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  • Sat 4 Dec 2010 22:05GMT
    91热爆 World Service Online
  • Sun 5 Dec 2010 09:05GMT
    91热爆 World Service Online
  • Mon 6 Dec 2010 01:05GMT
    91热爆 World Service Online

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