The Kannada people of Karnataka, their classical Dravidian language, the Hoysala temples, the empire of Vijayanagara, princely Mysore, Deccan sultanates, and the rise of Bengaluru.

From the longships that reached the Caspian to a Baltic empire, and from mass emigration to the famous welfare state, the long and surprising story of the Swedes.

Along the Caribbean coast of Central America lives a people whose very existence is a story of survival. The Garífuna are the descendants of Africans and Indigenous Caribbean peoples who

Deported from St. Vincent by the British in 1797, the Garifuna rebuilt an Afro-Indigenous culture along four countries’ Caribbean coastline.

In Paraguay, an Indigenous language became a national one. This is the story of the Guarani, from forest villages and Jesuit missions to the present day.

From the mountains of the Hindu Kush to the bazaars of the frontier, the story of the Pashtuns: their language, their code of honor, their faith, food, and endurance across a divided homeland.

Tibetan migrants who settled the highest valleys on earth, the Sherpa built a Buddhist culture of yaks and monasteries and became the indispensable guides who carried climbers to the top of Everest.

Off the coast of Panama, the Guna govern nearly 400 islands under their own laws, a self-determination won through revolution in 1925 and still fiercely protected today.

One of the oldest continuous civilizations on earth. The story of the Persians, the Iranian language, the first world empire, Zoroaster, the glory of Persian poetry, the 1979 revolution, and a proud people facing a difficult present.

The Odia people of Odisha, their classical Indo-Aryan language, the Kalinga war that changed Ashoka, the temples of Konark and Puri, the cult of Jagannath, Odissi dance, and a heritage of resilience.