BBC World Service - From Our Own Correspondent

Sri Lanka and India

Personal stories from Charles Haviland in northern Sri Lanka and Hasit Shah in Delhi.

Owen Bennett Jones with wit and insights from Syria, Belarus, Senegal, India and the USA.

Owen Bennett Jones hears from Ilyas Khan in Kashmir and Rajini Vaidyanathan in Maharashtra

Personal insights from Laura Trevelyan, reflecting on America's culture of summer camps.

James Harkin reflects on the activists who're channelling the news from Syria to the world

Max Pearson with personal reflections from Ian Pannell in Aleppo and Susie Emmett in Diama

Max Pearson introduces insights from John Sweeney in Minsk and Rosie Goldsmith in Beijing.

Max Pearson with analysis and insight from Nigeria, S Sudan, Spain, Argentina and Finland.

Max Pearson presents tales of wheelchair basketball in Juba and tango dancing in Seinajoki

Max Pearson introduces a special essay by the BBC's Nigeria correspondent, Will Ross.