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1. War
The Bengal famine of 1943 in British India: the forgotten story of World War 2
2. The Cigarette Tin
The escalating food crisis forces people to make life and death decisions.
3. The F-Word
Famine grips Bengal but publicly, no-one is calling it a famine.
4. The Tapes
The discovery of cassette tapes throw new light on colonial responsibility.
5. Ghosts
Three million people died - but why are they not better remembered?
6. Silk Scarves
How the legacy of the Bengal famine of 1943 lives on in Britain today.
7. Road to the Past
Kavita meets some of the last survivors of the 1943 Bengal famine.
