Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata Podcast
1) A City with Room for Everyone
The recent Kolkata Rainbow Pride Walk meant more than just a weekend party to Sandip.
2) Wine o'Clock in Shillong
A small state with hilly terrain is turning into India’s fruit wine haven. Sandip Roy samples the vintage.
3) Rubber, an Indispensable Substance.
Humans have bounced al over the globe in search of Rubber, but is there an infinite supply or do we need to cultivate a different source.Sandip seaks with Vidya Rajan, adjunct associate professor at t...Show More
4) Turkey in a Trash Bag
Thanksgiving was one of Sandip's favorite "American" holidays, now he considers what to give thanks for.
5) 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.
6) 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.
7) Kali Puja
Last week was Diwali, the Indian festival of lights. But Sandip Roy grew up with the Goddess Kali.
8) Diwali Illuminated
Sandip discovers that even a city we think we know inside out can surprise us, at night.
9) 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
10) 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.