It was a story that didn't exist, actually.. The Karakoram Highway (KKH) is the highest paved international road in the world. It connects China and Pakistan across the Karakoram mountain range, through the Khunjerab Pass, at an elevation of 4,693 metres. It connects China's Xinjiang region with Pakistan's Gilgit–Baltistan and Khyber regions. It was told me that there was a new route for Chinese goods. A new route that would allowed it to jump all over the South China Sea and arrive directly on the Arabian Sea, to the Gwadar port. It was a story that there was no, actually. Maybe one day there will be this route. But it did not exist when I did it, in 2009. Just few trucks climbed it and an Indian trader, who was traveling with me, told me that his goods would have paid much less traveling by sea from Shenzhen, rather than overland through Xinjiang and the KKH. And it would take even less time. It was a nice trip, however. In one of the most remote places on earth. You could hear the echo of the attacks of the Taliban, we had to wait a couple of hours to release the road to a car exploded on a bridge. At press office in Islamabad they told me that it was impossible to visit Gwadar. So I went to Karachi, where I made a reportage about the secular party MQM, then published "Ventiquattro".

The Telugu film industry is the second biggest film industry (sometimes called Tollywood) based in Hyderabad. Telugu is the second largest spoken language in India. After Bollywood, more movies are produced here every year, in Telugu as in any other language. The Ramoji Film City, founded by Cherukuri Ramoji Rao, better known as Ramoji Rao, an Indian businessman and media entrepreneur, also has what is claimed to be the largest film studio in the world. The Film City, opened in 1996, spread over 2,000 acres of land studded with hills, vales and lakes, has few parallels as both a tourist attraction and major film-making facility. The city encompasses massive buildings, gardens and other sets suitable for filming movies. Inside the city are complete facilities for pre-production, production and post-production work on movies. In addition, there are theme parks, rides and other attractions, opportunities for shopping and dining. There are three hotels inside the city catering to various budgets and travelers can easily spend a weekend or more with their families and not tire of the place. The Indians of Andhra Pradesh, indeed, show an uncommon passion for the movies and theatres are rarely empty. Telugu film industry is not hit by recession. For many, films are a part of their culture. Despite the fact that ticket rates have gone up, people are still flocking theatres and often the Indians of Andhra Pradesh go to the theatre three times or more a weeks. Perhaps, as somebody said, they try to escape from reality.

Il lavoro minorile è una piaga comune in Pakistan. A Peshawar, dove ci sono più di un milione di rifugiati afgani, è una consuetudine. Le immagini sono state scattate in due fabbriche di mattoni nei dintorni di Peshawar; i bambini tutti sotto i 10 anni, sono afgani di nascita o di famiglia.