In the first part of THE ASIAN RADIO SHOW this week, our panel of mothers discuss whether there is more pressure on Asian youth to achieve academically than that of their western peers.

In the second part of THE ASIAN RADIO SHOW this week; Simon Maude reports on the local Malaysian community’s demand for free and fair elections back in Malaysia, then in the studio we talk to Zia Mandviwala who’s just set off to Canne with her short film ‘Night Shift’ which is nominated for the short Palme D’Or.