🎧 Echoes

Episode summary: A simple object offers comfort and connection to a grandmother and a long line of Indian women; a wife uncovers the fingerprints her husband left on their world and with them, the microscopic details of grief; and an Urdu language lesson between a father and daughter reveals cultural loss and the father’s longing to belong. Josie Long presents short documentaries that reverberate through time. Silver Cup: A Female Grammar Written and produced by HJ Radia With thanks to Laura Barton In loving memory of J.K Dave (1956-2023) Fingerprints and Lightbulbs Written and produced by Amanda Priestley 22 Words Featuring Safwat Saleem and his daughter Produced by Safwat Saleem Produced by Andrea Rangecroft Curated by Axel Kacoutié, Eleanor McDowall and Andrea Rangecroft A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4