Download In the Guiness Book of World Records, the smallest person comes from Nepal.

But it’s in the Philippines where some of the smallest people have big dreams.

They want to build a “Dwarf City” – a place of their own, where they won’t be discriminated against by the rest of the world.

They also plan to make this city a Philippines tourist attraction.

They call themselves the ‘little people’ – Madonna Virola meets them in a club in Manila.

Download Last year, China’s urban population overtook rural inhabitants for the first time in history.

Massive rural-urban migration has fed rapid urbanisation.

Many rural migrants live on city outskirts in so-called ‘urban villages’ – unplanned, crowded suburbs that house countless workers.

The people are described as “semi-urbanised”, and they don’t enjoy the same social welfare as residents born in the city.

Asia Calling’s Lam Li visited one urban-village - dubbed the “Nanny Village” – on the outskirts of Beijing.

Download The Baisakhi Festival is a three-day celebration for the Sikh community around the world – it marks the religion’s founding, the Sikh New Year, and the harvest season.

Sikhism began over 500 years ago in Punjab – regarded as the Sikh homeland in South Asia.

But Punjab is now divided between India and Pakistan, and the holy shrine of Gurdawa Panja Sahib is on the Pakistani side.

Each year thousands  of devotees come to Pakistan to visit the shrine for the festival.

Pakistani authorities deploy more than 1,000 security personnel to make sure Sikhs can celebrate in peace.

Mudassar Shah joins the crowds in Northern Punjab.

Download Ask any young Asian living in Scandinavia about the Fried Rice Network and chances are they’re a member.

It’s been a social lifeline for Asians for seven years – and claims to be the largest Asian network in the region.

The big annual event is InspirAsian, showing off the latest fashion trends in Asia.

In Stockholm, Ric Wasserman went to the party.

Download Burma is celebrating Aung San Suu Kyi’s win in last weekend’s by-elections.

Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy party won 43 out of 45 seats contested.

But only around six per cent of parliamentary seats were up for grabs – leaving the military still in control.

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations marked the event  by calling for international sanctions on Burma to be lifted, to help the democratic process.

The United States has announced it will further ease sanctions against Burma, while European Union leaders had said earlier that they would consider taking similar steps.

Since the political transition began in 2010, Burma’s government has impressed observers with the pace of change – it’s released many political prisoners and relaxed media restrictions.

But the real test comes now – as Suu Kyi’s small minority tries to promote deeper reforms in Parliament.

As Nay Thwin reports, the hopes of Burma’s people are now higher than ever.

Download In 1975, the communist Khmer Rouge regime outlawed land ownership in Cambodia.

More than 30 years later, few Cambodians have land titles and disputes over land are common.

Many are losing their homes to make way for urban development or agri-business.

Some have received compensation - but Amnesty International has documented increasing cases of violent evictions and relocations to squalid sites.

Cambodians are struggling to fight this trend. But one Cambodian monk is taking their cause worldwide.

Heather Stilwell reports.

Download Ask any Filipinos about the wonders of the world and they will proudly name the Rice Terraces.

5,000 feet above sea level in the country’s north, the hand-carved terraces are locally dubbed the “eighth wonder of the world”.

They’ve been listed in UNESCO’s World Heritage Sites since 1995 – but they’ve also been on the World Heritage Endangered List for more than 10 years now.

Severe drought, flooding, erosion and neglect are ruining the terraces.

Now tourists are being invited to become ‘warriors’ in saving this world heritage site.

Madonna Virola travels up the winding mountain roads to visit.

Download In Afghanistan, people are not just killed by the war – dirty water is even more lethal.

Last year the United Nations Children’s Fund reported only half of the population had access to safe drinking water.

And according to the latest government data, almost ten per cent of the country’s children die before their 5th birthday simply because of diarrhea.  

In the capital Kabul, many people still live in unplanned settlements with poor sanitation and no safe drinking water.

The government has been trying to tackle this issue, but shows no real signs of making progress.

Ghayor Waziri has this report.