A Very Short

What is Pakistan? The name refers to a seventy-year-old post-colonial product of the bloodiest partition of territory and population that accompanied the end of British empire in South Asia. But the region of the Indus Valley has a four-thousand-year-old history, and was the site of one of the earliest and greatest riverine civilisations in the world. Although the modern nation of Pakistan as we know it was created as a homeland for the Muslims of British India, it is impossible to understand the complex tapestry of linguistic, ethnic, and cultural identities and tensions of the region without tracing its deep past.

Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring

Australian actor Bill Young retraces his uncle's steps as a young aviator in this heartfelt documentary. Cliff Carpenter tragically lost his life in an aeroplane when it was gunned down in 1940 when Germany invaded Norway.

Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring

Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring