Inthisthree-partseriesforBBCOne,SuewillexplorethelivesofthepeoplelivingclosetheriverandthechallengesfacingIndiaasittransformsintoonetheworld'sgreateconomicpowers.TheGangesisthestoryofmodernIndiainonespectacularriver.SuePerkinsfollowsherjourneysuptheMekongandthroughKolkatawithanepictr*elseriesdownthelengthoftheGanges,whichisworshippedbyHindusasalivingGoddess.Suewilltr*elfromthesacredsourceoftheriver,highintheHimalayas,throughtheindustrialandagriculturalheartlandsoftheGangeticPlainandtheancientcityofVaranasi,tothevastdeltaontheBayofBengal.ShewilljoinpilgrimsseekingtowashcleanthesinsofalifetimeattheGanges'source;workalongsidefishermenandfarmersintheSunderbarns,whosharetheirforestswithman-eatingtigers;andjoinsomeofthethousandsofyoungwomenle*ingruralvillagesandmovingtothecitiestofindworkandfreedom.Suesays:「I'vetr*elledthelengthoftheGanges,fromtheoxygen-starvedpeaksoftheHimalayastothevastdeltainWestBengal,meetingahugearrayofcharactersontheway.Expectcowsonbridges,India'sMostEnergeticMonk,andme,inadress.Ican'twaitforyoutoseeit.」