rajat gupta lifted the stretcher into the orange flames of calcutta's electric crematorium.preying on the grain of hatred remains in the ashes. i tried to atone for my sin. he hadn't been unwashed in his status of the premature of death of one of india's unsung heroes. he he heard a tender voice of rajat gupta besieging a higher power. who will show me the way of the world? >> anita, you know if this is an incredible amount of rich detail and really it makes your hair stand on end. how difficult was it researching and reporting this book? what sort of reactions were you getting? obviously the backdrop was this whole scandal. so you know you have been a very dogged reporter but writing a book of this scale and this depth, what was the experience like? >> it was very difficult because so many members of the community who have helped me on many stories before were quite reluctant to speak about this story because in a way that caused such a -- cast such a poor light on the community and i think the diaspora didn't want to draw attention to it. so, i really had to tackle sources

roger steeled himself and walked into the anteroom of his uncle's calcutta home to say farewell. shrouded with heaps of roses, marigolds and fragrant jasmine, his father lay in a coffin. as was customary, the body was washed in purified water and dress inside a loose-fitting shirt. when he's arrived at the hospital the previous day, he was told that his father was dead, but as he stood at the entrance to his father's room, he saw a plastic bag still attached bibling with air from -- bubbling with air from his father's last gasps. for a moment he thought the doctors had made a mistake, but the years of struggle and incarceration had taken their toll. at 56, gupta was dead of kidney failure n. the months leading up to his father's death, roger spent a lot of time with his father, accompanying him on long walks and listening to his stories of time in the freedom movement. he learned that his father had been intentionally exposed to tb in prison. the ragged 2-foot-long scar on his back came from his skin being split open over and over again during one particularly brutal interrogatio

. >> we trained in calcutta for the tournament. prior to leaving, we were given english lessons, shown how to use the toilets. they taught us table manners. >> reporter: his teammate, rajkishore murmu, says their success on the pitch reinforced a message the school tries to convey. >> we've learned in this school to never think of ourselves as inferior to anybody else, and i think others respect us, too. >> rugby has taught me a lot of things, most importantly discipline, which is critical when you're learning the intricacies of the game. for example, i know now if i suddenly encounter a tiger, i'll know how to dodge it. >> reporter: for parents having children in school means fewer hands to help out with the daily struggle for survival. but hadi's father, mongola dhangda majhi, says he's happy to have secured his son's future. >> he's already got more than i got in my entire lifetime. there's no going back. there is nothing in the our village. maybe in the future my son will be able to help bring better facilities to our area-- a

calcutta was a place for rest ask relaxation for black and white soldiers. the army had built a new swimming pool for soldiers and red cross workers to use. a big grand opening celebration was planned for july 4th for white personnel and a separate one for black personnel on july 3rd. the black troops and red cross workers, led by daverne, decided to boycott the july 3rd party. she wrote to the red cross headquarters: july 4th is a day longhorned and respected by negroes as well as other americans for its significance to democracy and the principles on which our government was founded. such a day's celebration involving americans anywhere on the face of the globe becomes an insult to whatever minority group is excluded from participation. african-american entertainers and movie stars did their part for the war effort just as their white counterparts did. but they faced unique obstacles. no matter how successful they were, african-american entertainers were not immune to racism. hazel scott won acclaim as a broadway performer and a hollywood film star. she ga