Pakistan to use Sesame Street to fight radicalism

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Mon, 28 Nov 2011 10:14p.m.

A locally developed puppet named Baji is seen performing at the launching ceremony of the Pakistani version of Sesame Street called Sim Sim Hamara at Rafi Peer Theatre Workshop in Lahore (Reuters)

A locally developed puppet named Baji is seen performing at the launching ceremony of the Pakistani version of Sesame Street called Sim Sim Hamara at Rafi Peer Theatre Workshop in Lahore (Reuters)

Sesame Street is coming to Pakistan as a means of combating radicalism.

The US government has ploughed $20 million into the Lahore based version of the show that will begin airing next month.

While Elmo will be part of the programme called Sim Sim Hamara, it mostly features local characters including a cricket obsessed girl and a boy with a love of maths and the tabla.

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29 Nov 2011 03:26a.m.

keke wrote:

nice