Britain: Hindi Kahani

Founder of Vatayan, an established literary and cultural group in the UK, Divya Mathur is a prolific writer of short stories in Hindi, including acclaimed Aakrosh, Panga, Made in India, Hindi Swarg Dot Com and Zehr Mohra. She has edited two books of fame, Desi Girls and Ek Safar Saath Saath. For a long time, Divya Mathur was associated with the Nehru Centre in London.

Mamta Gupta, former BBC broadcaster and a graduate of the National School of Drama, presents Divya's story Sandeh. Music by Chanakya Shukla.

Awarded an MBE by the Queen for his literary and cultural work, Tejendra Sharma has published more than 10 books, including his short story collections such as Seedhi Rekha Ki Partein, Sapne Marte Nahi, Deewar Mein Rasta Beghar Ankhein, Mrityu Ke Indr Dhanush, Dhibri Tight and Kala Sagar.

Tejendra Sharma is also the founder of Katha UK and Indu Sharma Samman, annual awards given to prominent Hindi writers.

He records his Hindi story 'Khidki' in his own voice.

A Ph.D in Hindi literature from the Delhi University and former Head of the BBC Hindi service in London, Achala Sharma has authored and published three collections of short stories, Bardasht Bahar, Sookha Hua Samudra, Madhyanatar, and two volumes of 10 radio plays- Jaren and Passport- that were broadcast by the BBC Hindi service.

She presents one of her latest Hindi stories "Meherchand Ki Dua' in her own voice.