20 episodes

Every week NPR contributor (and former San Franciscian) Sandip Roy brings you a little taste of the 'new India' – a letter home from his other home.

Dispatches from Kolkata Sandip Roy

    • Society & Culture

Every week NPR contributor (and former San Franciscian) Sandip Roy brings you a little taste of the 'new India' – a letter home from his other home.

    Summers of Discontent

    Summers of Discontent

    As the Indian heat descends on Kolkata, Sandip considers how our perceptions about the rituals of summer have changed.

    • 6 min
    QueerMandu

    QueerMandu

    Nepal’s constitution protects sexual minorities. Most recently after a long struggle Nepal registered its first same sex marriage, something India next door has refused to do. And now Nepal’s tourism industry is set to cash in.

    • 6 min
    vix Vacare

    vix Vacare

    The very word vacation has its roots in vacare or to be unoccupied. But in reality vacations are anything but unoccupied. Sandip recounts the woes of waking up at the crack of dawn to make your checklist items while on vacation.

    • 6 min
    Bengali Comics

    Bengali Comics

    Sandip explores a 100-year-old history of Bengali comics and what they gained and lost from their encounter with Laurel and Hardy and Tarzan and Tintin.

    Which Came First?

    Which Came First?

    A new food fight has erupted in India. And it’s about one of the most famous dishes to come out of India, one that every other Indian restaurant in the west usually must carry.

    • 6 min
    Good Holi Ramadan

    Good Holi Ramadan

    The stars are aligned this week. Its a week for Holi, Ramadan and Good Friday, which is a perfect way to showcase how many faiths in Kolkata exist shoulder to shoulder.

    • 6 min

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