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Program 06-01-22-B

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To The Best of Our Knowledge
from Wisconsin Public Radio

Bombay is the largest city in the world. And one of the most confounding. Bar dancers, gangs, and Bollywood all call Bombay home, for better or worse. In this hour of To the Best of Our Knowledge, a Bombay-native takes us inside this Maximum City. Also, the writer of the hit movie "Monsoon Wedding" tell us what it's like to be Indian in America. And, bestselling author Vikram Seth traces his family roots from India to England.

SEGMENT 1:

Sabrina Dhawan wrote the screenplay for the hit movie "Monsoon Wedding." She tells Steve Paulson that the Bollywood film industry is more productive than its California counterpart and describes a typical Bollywood romance. And we hear clips.

SEGMENT 2:

Writer Suketu Mehta is the author of "Maximum City: Bombay Lost and Found." He tells Jim Fleming about the city's archaic rent laws, the gang violence of the ‘90s and the sectarian riots and their aftermath. Also, Clyde Prestowitz tells Jim Fleming that India has an educated, skilled work force and can do business in English, so it's cashing in thanks to an internet-based economy. Prestowitz is the author of "Three Billion New Capitalists."

SEGMENT 3:

Bob Spitz is the author of "The Beatles: The Biography." He tells Anne Strainchamps why John, Paul George and Ringo joined the Maharishi in Rishikesh, India. He says it was a vacation for some of them; they wrote the White Album while they were there; Ringo hated the food; and a sex scandal eventually sent them all packing. And we hear lots of music.

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Books:

• Suketu Mehta, Maximum City: Bombay Lost and Found (Knopf)
• Clyde Prestowitz, Three Billion New Capitalists (Basic Books)
  
• Bob Spitz, The Beatles: The Biography (Little Brown)

Music:

• -Chunari Chunari/ Soundtrack to "Monsoon Wedding"/ Milan BMG
  
• -deli.com/ Soundtrack to "Monsoon Wedding"/ Milan BMG
  
• From "The Beatles" (White Album)
  -Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da
  -Dear Prudence
  -While my Guitar Gently Weeps
  -Sexy Sadie
  
• -Honey Pie, "Here, There and Everywhere: The Beatles for Guitar/ Goran Sollscher/DG

Distribution dates:

week of 01/22/2006 - hour 2

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