Ellie Grounds

2 months ago | abc.net.au | Ellie Grounds |Som Patidar

It was an innocuous thing any five-year-old would do. When Sadia Sulaiman was a child, construction work on her neighbour's house produced the perfect place to play — a mud pit. So she did. She played in it, came home and had a bath. Then, the fever hit. For 21 days, she had high temperatures. One night, a doctor gave her an injection. By the next morning, she could not walk. "My legs were not good," she recalls.

2 months ago | abc.net.au | Meghna Bali |Ellie Grounds

In the Indian state of Bihar, a black market for booze runs rampant, making millions — and killing people in the process. Deep inside the Rajauli forest in India, the air is thick with the sweet and sour punch of yeast. About a dozen policemen march in single file through the tangled undergrowth, dry leaves crunching under their boots in the blazing sun. Suddenly, two massive drums loom into view, 1,000 litres each, bubbling with an illicit brew.

Feb 18, 2025 | abc.net.au | Ellie Grounds |Som Patidar

The last time Pakistan hosted an international cricket tournament, Meher Mohammad Khalil became a hero. But it wasn't for scoring centuries or leading his country to victory. It was for saving the opposing Sri Lankan team's lives. Mr Khalil, a bus driver, was chauffeuring the Sri Lankans in 2009 from their Lahore hotel to Gaddafi Stadium when armed militants opened fire on their bus. "They were firing on us from all sides," Mr Khalil recalled. "I put on the brakes and wondered what was happening.

Jan 18, 2025 | abc.net.au | Ellie Grounds |Bhat Burhan

Kolkata's Sealdah Court found Sanjay Roy guilty of raping and murdering a 31-year-old trainee doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital. Doctors and health practitioners marched through the streets after the verdict, calling for "other" perpetrators to also be tried. A sentencing hearing has been scheduled for Monday. An Indian court has convicted a civic police volunteer of brutally raping and murdering a female doctor while she was at work in a Kolkata hospital last year.

Nov 4, 2024 | abc.net.au | Ellie Grounds

A tiny village in India's south will be watching the results of the US presidential election very closely this week. The small farming community is presidential candidate Kamala Harris' ancestral village and its residents are some of her most passionate supporters. Sabra Lane: While most of the world is watching the US presidential election this week, a small village in India will be glued to the result. The small farming community is presidential candidate Kamala Harris's ancestral village.