by Giuseppe Mussardo; directed by Enrico Agapito; translation by Nicole Delbello. Padova: Realizzazioni Audiovisive, 2009.

Chandra: the journey of a star is a podcast hosted by by Giuseppe Mussardo; directed by Enrico Agapito; translation by Nicole Delbello. Padova: Realizzazioni Audiovisive, 2009.. It has 1 episodes, with the latest published August 2011.

On the morning of 1st August 1930 in Bombay, the wharf of the P&O -Peninsular and Oriental Lines- was fully crowded and there was the usual confusion of any departure: porters were loading luggages and big crates, officers were busy in giving the last orders and sailors were climbing up and down from the decks among ropes and shrouds. Foreigners walked around looking with open admiration at the Gateway of India, considered the quintessence of colonial India, a monument erected by England in the Twenties to be the symbol of its entry in the Raj, but that was going to become soon the sad witness of its leaving.Till a few hours before, the rain carried by the monsoon had swept the docks with strong gusts, but after a brief pause of relief, a suffocating heat had reappeared; the heavy humidity soaked the dresses that, almost transparent, stuck to the bodies. Near the pier of the steamer Pilsna, a liner of Lloyd Triestino travelling from Bombay to Venice, a small crowd was gathering: there

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