India, a country of 1.3 billion people and the world's largest producer of generic medicines, will be critical if a vaccine is developed. But its number of infected cases is rising fast. Broadcaster and writer Barkha Dutt has been traveling through the country, capturing the many human stories behind the numbers. Our Host James Chau speaks to the Delhi-based media personality to understand the social dimensions of India's story.

London’s famed Serpentine Gallery has reopened since temporarily closing in mid-March, displaying an exhibition of works by Cao Fei, a multimedia artist and filmmaker from China. Her photographs and videos explore how the world around us, and how we perceive ourselves, is continuously changing. Born in Guangzhou and now based in Beijing, this is Cao Fei's first major solo exhibition in the UK and comes at a time when all of us are reassessing our place in a rapidly changing world.

Fatima Bhutto is a writer and poet from Pakistan, a country that began life from the Partition of India in 1947. Her life and work are intertwined with the complexities of colonialism, and how it continues to impact 21st century mindsets in a world struggling with rising populism. Before the pandemic, our Host James Chau met Fatima Bhutto in New York, where they discussed Asia's history and how its people are facing a new future of independence.