Asia has never failed to deliver when it comes to surprises. Join Asia Calling this week as they attended a poetry festival for children in India, and the annual ASEAN Literary Festival in Jakarta, among other interesting places across the region. Brought to you by our friend from Kantor Berita Radio 68H.

Here are the segments of the episode:

0:38 - Asia Calling 1 - Pakistan abuses its capital punishment law

7:43 - Asia Calling 2 - Poetry festival for children in India

15:00 - Asia Calling 3 - Islamophobia in Thailand

22:39 - Asia Calling 4 - Taboo topics at Asean Literary Festival 2016

30:05 - Asia Calling 5 - An unconventional model trying her luck in South Korea

Hameer is a rare gem in the folds of Malaysia’s independent singer-songwriter scene. Once upon a time, Hameer Zawawi was the vocalist of his own band called Ask Me Again, but after pursuing a degree in games development he has come into the independent music scene and pioneered a new genre of which his peers dub, Fantasy-Folk.

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Tapping on the accessories market, sister Smita and Sonia Shah, talks about their online venture selling limited edition, custom made clutches using local fabrics.. Emma Chong Johnston, Managing Editor of ELLE Malaysia, gives the lowdown on white sneakers. 

In the final Euro Special, Ross Yusof and guests, Dez Corkhill, Nicolas Anil & Gogulan Dorairajoo relive the semi finals where Portugal put an end to Welsh dreams of reaching their 1st final. Were Wales hamstrung by suspensions? Were they too negative?

Hosts France are through to Sunday's showpiece final after knocking out the reigning world champions, Germany. What now for Joachim Low? Will he stay on? Also, transfer talk. 120m Euros for Paul Pogba? Jordan Ibe to Bournemouth, Skrtel to Fenerbache, and more.

After establishing outlets like The Good Batch Cafe and Hyde, both of which have been proved popular among the Damansara Uptown crowd – founder Caroline Lai joins us to talk about their newest venture, Nara Kitchen & Co. where they aim to go beyond the classic breakfast with a healthy twist. Then, she shares with us the recipe for their duck confit mango salad. 

Getting stuck in traffic jams is always a bummer - especially in our bustling capital city - but it proved to be a major factor in the inception of MyBump. Banking on the rage of 'crowdvertising', they combine the best of traditional outdoor media and social media to produce effective advertising, while providing drivers a passive income - for being stuck in traffic! And then, we preview the exciting events happening in July. 

Selamat Hari Raya! We have Malati Siniah, Chief Content Officer of Marketing Magazine with us to share her most memorable ad which happens to be the funny ones because the Malaysian festive ads are often quite... depressing. She then picks her top four Raya ads for this year which includes Samsung, Maxis, BSN and TNB. 

Dr George Lee returns to discuss the latest medical news. Expect deep insights delivered with generous humour. Dr Junaidi Ismail joins him to discuss the diphtheria and measles outbreak that has caused several heartbreaking deaths.

On October 5th, 2014, The Japanese Grand Prix at the Suzuka circuit bore witness to one of the worst crashes in Formula 1 history, resulting in the death of a young, talented and very much loved French motor racing driver. This is the Bar None tribute to the late Marussia F1 Team ace, Jules Bianchi.

Putra Business School, formerly the Graduate School Management at Universiti Putra Malaysia, sees the need for the principles of human governance to be taught in B-school programmes. Professor Arfah Salleh, Founding President and CEO  of Putra Business School explains why.