Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata Podcast
1) Turkey in a Trash Bag
Thanksgiving was one of Sandip's favorite "American" holidays, now he considers what to give thanks for.
2) Bright Lights Big City
A city with lights galore is proof of how successful and important it is.Yet darkness too is an old friend. Sandip ponders the shadows.
3) Zohran Mamdani and South Asian 101
Zohran Mamdani’s candidacy to be the next mayor of New York City has had an unexpected side effect.It’s been a crash course in South Asian Studies 101 for mainstream America.
4) Kali Puja
Last week was Diwali, the Indian festival of lights. But Sandip Roy grew up with the Goddess Kali.
5) Diwali Illuminated
Sandip discovers that even a city we think we know inside out can surprise us, at night.
6) Mother Mary Come to Me
Almost every day these days someone on my social media feed shares a picture of their copy of Mother Mary Come to Me, Booker winning Indian writer Arundhati Roy’s latest book.Sandip Roy condiders the ...Show More
7) Durga Nostalgia
In a city awash with Durgas that bask in the old joys of the past, it’s a joy to meet a New Durga imagining a brighter future.
8) Sleepless in Kolkata
India is apparently the the second most sleep deprived country in the world. 60 percent of Indians routinely getting by on less than 6 hours of sleep. Is it time for National Sleep Guidlines?
9) Going Postal
Sandip considers the life and death of letters and the service that carries them.
10) Yellow Durga
The Kolkata yellow cab has been one of the icons of the city.Bright yellow and rotund, sometimes described as a bowler hat on wheels, based on the Morris Oxford, these were all Ambassador cars. But re...Show More