A trio of documentary students traveled to India for two weeks in March 2006 as part of the spring semester’s Covering India course to produce long-form television pieces connected in one way or another with India’s economic development. The results:

“Pound of Flesh,” by Samantha Grant, travels into the desperate back alleys of Southern India for a hard look at the illegal kidney trade.

“Heart of Mumbai,” by Charlotte Buchen, takes a long look at controversial plans to redevelop Dharavi in Bombay, Asia’s largest slum.

“Captain Lakshmi,” by Singeli Agnew, profiles a 92-year-old doctor and feminist rabble rouser who is one of the most vivid living symbols of India’s fight for independence.

Rough cuts of all three pieces are available to watch here on the journalism school’s CNS TV site.