We have a great lineup this week. First, to China where we'll hear about how computer use may be causing the Chinese problems when it comes to writing characters. Then, the Estonians are coming...to Silicon Valley. What does it mean in California and back in Tallinn? Next up, wait for it, the SkySail. And we'll end with a report from Bolivia on a blogging project meant to empower the country's under-represented populations. Live long, and prosper.

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Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks with musician Senti Toy. Her latest album, "How Many Stories Do You Read on My Face," is a collection of her own material. But as a PhD candidate in ethno-musicology, she also records the traditional music of others. She's from the Indian state, Nagaland. Nagaland is the answer to today's Geo Quiz.

Postscript: a note about Armenians and cymbal-making

Ruxandra Guidi reports that indigenous groups in Bolivia are getting a crash course in blogging, courtesy of a new effort called Bolivian Voices.

Where in the world will we go today?

Correspondent Genevieve Oger has the latest on the discovery of a massive fraud hitting one of France's most important banks today. Societe Generale revealed today one of its employees engaged in fraudulent trades that have cost the bank more than 7 billion dollars.

Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks with Jasvinder Sanghera. She was born in England to immigrant parents from India. Her parents wanted her to marry a man they had selected. Sanghera refused and ran away. Her 15-year-old sister wound up as his wife. Now she runs a program in Britain that helps young people facing forced marriages.

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"Shame" by Jasvinder Sanghera

Anchor Lisa Mullins tells us why a love poem landed a Burmese writer in jail.

The World's Jason Margolis reports on the global spread of supermarkets. In recent decades, supermarkets have become much more common in some developing countries than they used to be. They went from a few in big cities to popping up pretty much anywhere. That's increased the number of people doing their shopping in such establishments, and some researchers say that's led to an increase in the amount of junk food being consumed worldwide.