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Three Million Episodes

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    6. Silk Scarves

    How the legacy of the Bengal famine of 1943 lives on in Britain today.

  2. 5. Ghosts

    Three million people died - but why are they not better remembered?

  3. 4. The Tapes

    The discovery of cassette tapes throw new light on colonial responsibility.

  4. 3. The F-Word

    Famine grips Bengal but publicly, no-one is calling it a famine.

  5. 2. The Cigarette Tin

    The escalating food crisis forces people to make life and death decisions.

  6. 1. War

    The Bengal famine of 1943 in British India: the forgotten story of World War 2

  7. Introducing Three Million: The Bengal Famine, WWII's Forgotten Story

    The Bengal Famine of 1943 in British India: the forgotten story of World War II.

  8. 7. Road to the Past

    Kavita meets some of the last survivors of the 1943 Bengal famine.