calcutta was very hot, said amy. i wondered how our conversation about asian american literature veered to calcutta? calcutta was very hot but i got my first doll there. we spent some time in calcutta when we fled to the united states. the doll didn't look like me blond hair and blue ice bought from calcutta. she comforted me when i remember the sounds of the japanese bombs that forced us to leave our home. did you have a dog? an indian doll to comfort you when you were a child? i told amy about my doll named champy and my oldest paternal uncle who resembled chinese ancestors. my uncle was an astounding musician played the violin and k helo. i would pick up shanty's head and place her ears on the door because her ears were smaller than my ears. i wanted her to listen carefully to the wonderful sound. i may have know in the way children know but my uncle's music would disappear from my life far too soon. he died when he was 40 years old. i tried to tell amy how my grand mother asked everyone why no one could bring her

ahead of sunday's check wrong pray the yamaha rider was just a fraction of a second faster than calcutta as both clocked below one minute fifty six seconds it was the best qualifying result for the briton despite coming off midway through the session dani pedrosa also crashed early on but the repsol honda man did enough to secure the search and last spot on the front row is second in the championship standings eighteen points behind fellow spangler enzo champion casey stoner is hurt but the strain is and after breaking his ankle. from the beginning i felt much better known down in the bike and put in straight is. so much better and i just enjoy the ride in improving the lap time but i'm more so we take on you for that doesn't work but then we came back. to the previous one to me the first love we make we had the wreck of the saw but it was feeling in again that it would base and i think we are ready for tomorrow and finally kick boxing and the fifth edition of the w five fight a tournament was held on friday night here in the russian capital but it was too ukrainian up and comers to fort

botsford drives that crept ahead on the final corner to eventually win by less than two seconds calcutta came in third to give britain their first how do you finish in twelve years while the dr succumbed they got two fellows running the reigns over just thirteen points at the top of the standings with six races to go champion face in stone no remains in third spot despite missing the check wrong point because of the fact that. my. team he did i do lose a brace and we were. head to head into the corner but i could get my line in and win this race so it was it was amazing and i'm just just so hard. and finally the sister dition of the w five fighter kickboxing tournament was held here in moscow on friday night with two ukrainian up and comers fighting his hat the night robert ferdinand reports b w five for there is a new russian martial arts tournament and still far from the biggest fighting stage twice the kind of emerged that up and coming keep books need to build up their names among my you it is one of ukraine's biggest hopes and on friday night the twenty year old face and not just on

second alongside city rival spots at the railway men held to a two two draw at home to the very calcutta outfit twice coming from behind to earn a point in the capital for the scoring done by the thirty seventh minute with the form thomas prisk in the last minute to get his name on the scoresheet. on the team who are new white washed five no last week got back to winning ways telegraph me taking care of. home in chechnya to go lebanon co not your brace with a strike in charge of terror now up to face to face a tough week ahead the number. will be and then eat their upcoming challenges. in the meantime on british soil two of the premier league's top sides are going head to head chelsea against manchester city in action right now in the community shield that currently midway through the first half and it is our goal is. so with all the excitement going on it seems in london one could be forgiven for forgetting that there's a massive go for events happening across the atlantic remarked lauren veejay singh the leaders at the final major of the season as the p.g.a. championship with round thr

we have a publisher of calcutta india. >> finally, michael gordon's new book.who is michael gordon? >> michael gordon is writing about pseudo-science in america, looking at a the bella koski affair. bella koski is forgotten today but in 1950 published a fantastic bestseller that created quite a frenzy called world and can coalition. from the catastrophic floods, the results are, that came precariously precariously close to earth and settle into orbit as venus. he was immediately at bestseller but it was also vehemently attacked by scientist who said it was absolute bunk gordon is looking out by science practice of the he-man way to it. they felt the need to come out and talk about this. the reception of his book and kind of talked about how this reflects on our current debate in science of how we determined what is legitimate scientific inquiry that is often discussing

but the reach extends even further we have a great literature publisher out of calcutta india so it is a diverse mix. >> finally, michael gordon's new book. who is michael gordon? >> michael gordon is writing about science in america looking at the affair. he's kind of forgotten today but in 1950 he published a fantastic best seller that created a frenzy called worlds in collision that says the biblical disasters that you have read about in the range of fire to the catastrophic plugs for the result of a comet that came close to earth and then settled into orbit in. it was immediately a bestseller but it was also attacked by scientists who said that it was absolute. so gordon is looking at why science reacted so vehemently to it and usually it has let them go in silence but they felt the need to come out and talk about them. they look at the recession of the book and a kind of talk about how this reflects our current debate how we determine what is the inquiry that is often discussed in the conversations of climate change and evolution. >> we have been talking with terry adams here at t

so in calcutta, for instance, we went to an event.blem in asia and we went the an event where women who had been sold into sex trafficking from as young as age 9 were being rehabilitated, and there were performances and, you know, women spoke to her about their experiences and the organizations involved, talked about their work and the extraordinary thing is that, you know, you really got to see the impact her presence had. it really -- it bolstered them. it validated them. the women lit up and they thanked her for being there. they said that they really -- you know, that it really made a difference in their lives and you could see that it did. so she doesn't stop even when she can. >> and it looks like she really has a knack for assimilating. you talk about being able to relate to women but in male-dominated cultures an countries, she still seems to very at ease and relaxed. it seems the heads of state in these male-dominated place really do treat her as an equal. >> reporter: oh, yeah, she's treated as an equal. i'm not sure everyon

we have a great translator out of calcutta, so it's a real diverse range. >> and finally, michael gordon'sthe bell cough sky affair. he's kind of forgotten today, but in 1950 he published a fantastic bestseller that created quite a frenzy called "worlds in collision" which said that the biblical disasters you've read about there the reigns of fire to the cats pick flood were the results of a comet that settled into venus. it was immediately a bestseller, but it was attacked by scientists who said it was absolute bunk, and so gordon is looking at why science reacted to vehemently to it. usually, scientists let pseudosince pass on, but it kind of talks about how this reflects on our current debates in science of how we determine what is legitimate scientific inquiry, something that's often discussed in conversations about climate change and evolution.

so, namely women and children and so, you know, we went to an event in calcutta where women who had beenng these women. she spent more than an hour there meeting with the women, meeting with the the ngo leaders. what you see is she really -- she really validates the cause. she does draw the spotlight to it, it got tremendous attention. you really saw how it affected these women. >> sounds like she is always working. >> she was always working. >> she does not go to a country and says where is the nearest four seasons and i want to get in a couple of sets in. >> she actually -- yeah that is the bizarre thing. she stays in the nicest room in town, a 13-room suite in demly, and probably spent, i don't know, four hours in it. there is no down time. >> she is unaffected by time zone changes, unaffected by jet lag. she is sleep on command. >> how is that possible? how can you be totally unaffected by it? is there any pharmaceutical help? >> oh, my. >> no pharmaceutical help, which makes it all the more extraordinary. she doesn't take any sleeping pills. she doesn't take any pharmaceuticals. she