BBC World will air a series of HARDtalk India specials during the course of the month.

On 25 November, show host Tim Sebastian will ask foreign affairs minister Yashwant Sinha while on 26 November, HARDtalk's guest is senior member of Kashmir's ruling coalition Mehbooba Mufti. Sebastian travelled to Srinagar to find out what the chances of peace were. He asks whether the new set up would make a lot of difference.

On 27 November Sebastian continues the Kashmir theme by talking with Umar Farooq, a Kashmiri Muslim separatist leader. On 28 November, national security adviser Brajesh Mishra takes the hot seat. Sebastian asks his opinion of whether intercommunal violence like Gujarat is a greater threat to the country than Pakistan. The series rounds off on 29 November in the company of Harmala Gupta, the founder of CanSupport, the country's first cancer support group. She speaks about the struggle to deal with the fear, ignorance and suspicion that surrounds the disease in the country.

The shows air each day at 2 pm, 5 pm and 9 pm.