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Rahul's Storm
From KALW | 04:30
Sandip Roy attended a recent rally for Indian National Congress Party leader Rahul Gandhi, but storm clouds were gathering.
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Rahul Gandhi has politics in his blood. His father, grandmother, great grandfather were all prime ministers of India. But the 43 year old Congress leader is having a tough time as India heads to the polls this month. His party after 10 years in power is trailing in all the polls. The opposition leader Narendra Modi has been drawing big crowds. Poor Rahul keeps making gaffes. He just can't seem to catch a break. Sandip Roy attended a recent Gandhi rallly, and it seemed that even the Gods are against him.
Giving politicians the finger!
From KALW | 04:30
Voting in India is the largest organized event in the world! Sandip Roy goes to the polls.
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Whenever India goes to the polls the world takes notice. Some of the wonder is just about the sheer mind boggling scale of it. The election going on right now from April 7th until May 12th for example will involve 930,000 polling stations across India.
Sandip Roy goes to the polls.
India's Wall of Noise
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 04:30
Sandip Roy sends us an audio postcard from the 2014 Indian election season.
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India is noisy. But at election time the noise reaches a different level. Democracy in action in India is spirited, Raucous. And not always harmonious. We’ll know the results by the end of this week. But for now our ears are still ringing with the sounds of Election 2014.
This is a soundscape from the greatest show on earth.Happy Birthday Burman
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 04:30
R.D. Burman would have turned 75 last week and Bollywood threw a great birthday bash.
Sandip Roy and Kronos Quartet violinist David Harrington remember him.
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Rahul Dev Burman was a prolific Bollywood composer, writing thousands of songs for over 300 films. Burman urbanized Indian music making it more international – borrowing from Indian folk to classical raagas to Western pop and bossa nova but all made uniquely his own.
And he's more popuar now than ever.
Football!
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 04:30
World Cup fever has infected the entire world... including Kolkata, India!
Kolkata, India is in the grip of a fever. It's infecting everyone, and it's callled Football!!
The Death of Archie
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 04:30
The Archie comic book character is as American as it gets. But in July of 2014 (Issue No. 36 of "Life With Archie") Archie dies. His death reverberates all the way around the globe to Kolkata, India.
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The Archie comic book character is as American as it gets. But in July of 2014 (Issue No. 36 of "Life With Archie") Archie dies. His death reverberates all the way around the globe to Kolkata, India.
Sandip Roy remebers Archie, and why the comic book High Schooler connected with fans in India.
Indian Tartan
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 04:29
Thousands of miles from Edinburgh in the heart of Kolkata there remains a piece of land that is indisputably Scottish. Sandip Roy takes us there.
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In light of the recent referendum, Scotland will not be independent just yet. Great Britain will be held together by Scotch tape. But thousands of miles from Edinburgh in the heart of Kolkata there remains a piece of land that is indisputably Scottish.
It’s a relic of the British Raj. But it is the SCOTTISH cemetery.
Next Year, Once Again
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 04:30
Some 60 widows in white saris from the town of Vrindavan made thier way to Kolkata for the festival of the Goddess Durga.
Something many of them have not seen in decades. Sandip Roy went with them.
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Some 60 widows in white saris from the town of Vrindavan made thier way to Kolkata for the festival of the Goddess Durga.
Something many of them have not seen in decades. Sandip Roy went with them.
Diwali Crackers
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 04:30
Sandip Roy tries to hear through the noise and get to the heart of Diwali.
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Diwali, or the Festival of Lights, in India is a raucous noisy festival filled with explosions and crackers! But is that what Diwali is really about?
Sandip Roy tries to hear through the noise and get to the heart of Diwali.
Call Your Mother
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 04:30
Sandip Roy tries to call his mother, but it proves to be more challenging than one would expect.
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Sandip Roy tries to call his mother, but it proves to be more challenging than one would expect. A rumination on technology, as devices get "smarter," do we?
Ridley Scott's Exodus
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 05:00
Ridley Scott's Film Exodus seems to be plagued by something not so Biblical.
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There are ten official plagues in Exodus: Gods and Kings. But there’s an eleventh unofficial one plaguing the Ridley Scott film. The Nile might have turned red in the Bible but the cast in the film has turned white. And that’s no visual effect.
Nighties are not for night
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 05:00
The fascination with the 'nightie' in India has taken this garment to a near national uniform.
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Nightie (plural nighties)
A woman’s nightgown or nightdress; a dress-like garment worn to bed.
Example of usage: I was too embarrassed to answer the door in my nightie.
Obviously, the entry was not written by an Indian....
Chitresh Das remembered
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
The restless boy is finally still. Khatak master Pandit Chitresh Das passed away on Jan. 4, 2015 in Northern California.
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The restless boy is finally still. Khatak master Pandit Chitresh Das passed away on Jan. 4, 2015 in Northern California.
Jaipur Lit. Fest. 2015
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
Once if you wanted to be an Indian city of any standing, you were measured by flyovers, speciality hospitals or multiplexes. These days you are measured by literary festivals.
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Once if you wanted to be an Indian city of any standing, you were measured by flyovers, speciality hospitals or multiplexes. These days you are measured by literary festivals. There are probably 70 in South Asia now says William Dalrymple, one of the founders of the Jaipur Literature Festival. He says when they started in 2004 there were none.
Call Your Mother!
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 04:30
Sandip Roy tries to call his mother, but it proves to be more challenging than one would expect.
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Sandip Roy tries to call his mother, but it proves to be more challenging than one would expect.
**EDITOR's NOTE**
Sandip Roy is on tour promoting his debut novel "Don't Let Him Know" published by Bloomsbury.
Please take note of the outo for this week!
Good News for Tigers?
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
"Did you see a tiger?"
The first question asked of anyone who comes back from Jim Corbett National Park was asked of Sandip Roy recently. Here is his answer.
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Alabama
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:04
Once there was a great hue and cry about racial profiling by law enforcement in America and it resulted in a landmark called Driving while Black. Then after 9/11 we heard about Flying while Muslim.
Now we learn about the dangers of Walking while Brown.
57 year old Sureshbhai Patel had recently arrived in the US from India to help take care of his new grandson. He went out for a walk in the suburban town in Alabama where his son lived. He ended up in hospital, partially paralysed. He was not mugged or robbed. Policemen did that to him. Patel spoke no English.
Once there was a great hue and cry about racial profiling by law enforcement in America and it resulted in a landmark called Driving while Black. Then after 9/11 we heard about Flying while Muslim.
Now we learn about the dangers of Walking while Brown.
The Tropes of Fiction
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
A funny blog on the site Publishing Perspectives came up with a checklist for the must have ingredients of a bad South Asian diasporan novel. Arranged Marriage. Multiple generations. A wise grandmother. Fabrics.
Sandip Roy discovers that it's not so easy to stay away from those tired old tropes.
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A funny blog on the site Publishing Perspectives came up with a checklist for the must have ingredients of a bad South Asian diasporan novel. Arranged Marriage. Multiple generations. A wise grandmother. Fabrics.
Sandip Roy discovers that it's not so easy to stay away from those tired old tropes.
Sandip Roy's first novel, Don't Let Him Know" is available now.
9-Man
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 05:00
If you think Asian-Amerian man, chances are you don’t think of sweaty guys pushing, shoving and shouting on a court. But that’s exactly what 9-Man is and has been since the 1930s.
A Tale of Two Cities
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
For Sandip Roy, after growing up in India America was a culture shock. After 20 years in America living in India was its own culture shock. Everything is different... or is it?
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After growing up in India, America was a culture shock. After 20 years in America living in India was its own culture shock. Everything is different... or is it?
Sandip Roy compares his two homes.
Om-less yoga
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
It's safe to do yoga in American schools, so says the 4th District Court of Appeals.
Its great that an Indian tradition has found an American home, but does that mean yoga needs to go Om-less?
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It's safe to do yoga in American schools, so says the 4th District Court of Appeals.
Its great that an Indian tradition has found an American home, but does that mean yoga needs to go Om-less?
Happy Boisakh (or just have some fried food)
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
Contrary to popular belief, Diwali or the Festival of Lights is not New Year everywhere in India. Some celebrate their New Year during Holi the festival of colors. Some with the beginning of Spring when the cows are washed and smeared with turmeric. In Kolkata we have found our own ritual.
Deep fried food.
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Contrary to popular belief, Diwali or the Festival of Lights is not New Year everywhere in India. Some celebrate their New Year during Holi the festival of colors. Some with the beginning of Spring when the cows are washed and smeared with turmeric. In Kolkata we have found our own ritual.
Deep fried food.
Bilateral Relations
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
In the last decade Bollywood has snuck into America. Bollywood aerobics. Bollywood theme parties. It even snuck into the Oscars via Slumdog Millionaire.
But nothing prepared me for the oddest couple of all - Bollywood and geopolitics.
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In the last decade Bollywood has snuck into America. Bollywood aerobics. Bollywood theme parties. It even snuck into the Oscars via Slumdog Millionaire.
But nothing prepared me for the oddest couple of all - Bollywood and geopolitics.
Remembering Sultan
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
I was reporting on India’s 2014 general election which would bring Narendra Modi to power a year ago.
Sultan, though that’s not his real name, was officially hired as my driver, much younger than me. But it was quite clear very early on who was the top dog in our relationship.
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I was reporting on India’s 2014 general election which would bring Narendra Modi to power a year ago.
Sultan, though that’s not his real name, was officially hired as my driver, much younger than me. But it was quite clear very early on who was the top dog in our relationship.
The Ballad of Maggi
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
India has tied itself in knots thanks to a noodle problem. The country has been in an uproar since tests alleged that some packets of Maggi instant noodles have been found to contain lead and MSG. Its caused an instant uproar.
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India has tied itself in knots thanks to a noodle problem. The country has been in an uproar since tests alleged that some packets of Maggi instant noodles have been found to contain lead and MSG. Its caused an instant uproar.
Somewhere Over the Rainbow
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
After the historic ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court on gay marriage, Sandip Roy reflects on... his Facebook feed.
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After the historic ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court on gay marriage, Sandip Roy reflects on... his Facebook feed.
Mango Crazy
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
What we call mango in English has a hundred different names in India. Indians don’t love their mangos. They form fanatical fan clubs of different kinds of mango.
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What we call mango in English has a hundred different names in India. Indians don’t love their mangos. They form fanatical fan clubs of different kinds of mango.
One Speech to Bind Them All
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
It’s not a kitten video or an on-air blooper or a wardrobe malfunction. Who would have thought a 15 minute debating society speech could go viral? And even more astonishing, who would have thought that in our fractious polarized political climate, there could be one speech that could bring everyone together. One speech to bind them all.
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It’s not a kitten video or an on-air blooper or a wardrobe malfunction. Who would have thought a 15 minute debating society speech could go viral? And even more astonishing, who would have thought that in our fractious polarized political climate, there could be one speech that could bring everyone together. One speech to bind them all.
That’s what Indian politician Shashi Tharoor has achieved in India perhaps even to his own surprise.
An Old Monk hangs on in India
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
A beloved Old Monk is dying in India. Not that kind of monk, it’s a rum. Not just A rum. The iconic Indian rum. A rite of passage for Indians for the last 6 decades.
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A beloved Old Monk is dying in India. Not that kind of monk, it’s a rum. Not just A rum. The iconic Indian rum. A rite of passage for Indians for the last 6 decades.
Sholay! (Hindi not needed)
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
An iconic Indian "Bollywood" film reminds Sandip Roy that a solid relationship can transcend the oceanic gap of language.
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An iconic Indian "Bollywood" film reminds Sandip Roy that a solid relationship can transcend the oceanic gap of language.
Sholay turns 40 this year.
The Bravery of Jimmy Carter
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
The secrecy around an illness can become the great taboo.
What Jimmy Carter did by going public was break that taboo and face the disease squarely. He did not do it with false optimism but with great grace.
He normalized the illness into simply a human condition. It sounds obvious but it was truly a rare and remarkable thing to do.
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The secrecy around an illness can become the great taboo.
What Jimmy Carter did by going public was break that taboo and face the disease squarely. He did not do it with false optimism but with great grace.
He normalized the illness into simply a human condition. It sounds obvious but it was truly a rare and remarkable thing to do.
The Clock Struck Prejudice
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
Mahesh Sharma, India’s Culture minister, and a high school in Irving, Texas have more in common than they realize.
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Mahesh Sharma, India’s Culture minister, and a high school in Irving, Texas have more in common than they realize.
There are far more horrendous overt forms of bias and stereotyping.
But whichever way you look at it, one thing is clear, whether in India or the US, the clock struck prejudice.
The Lonely Right to Dissent
From KALW | 06:00
As more writers return awards and honors, cynics ask if this is an outbreak of Award Returnitis
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As more writers return awards and honors, cynics ask if this is an outbreak of Award Returnitis
Nayantara Sahgal, one of the more privileged citizens of India, is standing up for the lonely right to dissent, and not caring whether it makes a tangible difference.
An Old Monk is dying in India!?
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
The Old Monk is dying!?
Not that kind of monk, it’s a rum. Not just A rum. The iconic Indian rum. A rite of passage for Indians for the last 6 decades.
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The Old Monk is dying!?
Not that kind of monk, it’s a rum. Not just A rum. The iconic Indian rum. A rite of passage for Indians for the last 6 decades.
(Sandip Roy is traveling this week. This piece is from Aug. 2015)
Diwali Bang Bang!
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
It’s like saying "I don’t like Christmas." But Sandip Roy has never been particularly fond of Diwali.
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It’s like saying I don’t like Christmas. It makes you sound like a killjoy Grinch. But I have never been particularly fond of Diwali. Like Christmas in America, Diwali in India seemed to have become an orgy of excess with the additional din of fireworks.
Dhaka Facebook Fest.?
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
Sandip Roy gets virtually stranded in Bangladesh at the Dhaka Lit. Fest.
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When I walked into my fancy hotel room in Dhaka I saw instead of a welcoming mint chocolate on my pillow, a little note in a friendly shade of peach. It warned me not to step out the hotel because a political party had called a national strike. Airport shuttles would be provided by the hotel but at your own risk. I had not quite bargained on this when I landed for the Dhaka Literary Festival.
Sanjay's Super Team
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
Sanjay’s Super Team -- the first Pixar film directed by a person of Indian heritage. The first Pixar film with a central character who is a person of colour. And the first Pixar film based on a true story.
And it’s a story Sanjay once told Sandip Roy sitting in his apartment in the East Bay.
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More than The Good Dinosaur, Pixar’s latest and greatest, what really excites me is the short that accompanies it.
Sanjay’s Super Team -- the first Pixar film directed by a person of Indian heritage. The first Pixar film with a central character who is a person of colour. And the first Pixar film based on a true story.
And it’s a story Sanjay once told me sitting in his apartment in the East Bay.
Too Late for Suzette
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 05:59
Justice has finally come for Suzette Jordan.Though she was not there to witness it.
In 2013 she became the face of rape in Kolkata, India. Her attackers were found guilty last week.
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Justice has finally come for Suzette Jordan.Though she was not there to witness it.
In 2013 she became the face of rape in Kolkata, India. Her attackers were found guilty last week.
Merry Montoos
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
It’s hardly Santaland but as Christmas approaches Montoo’s bakery, in a dingy lane in central Kolkata, is one of the city's hottest addresses.
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It’s hardly Santaland but as Christmas approaches Montoo’s bakery, in a dingy lane in central Kolkata, is one of the city's hottest addresses.
Montoos’ own cakes are legendary – fruit cakes, plain cakes, box cakes, cheap cakes sold in tea shops and the white chhena cake made of ricotta cheese like curdled milk. But come Christmas, Montoo does something the big fancy patisseries do not. He rents out his oven and his bakers for anyone who wants their own “home-baked” Christmas. Like Shireen Poddar .
Darling Darjeeling
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
There’s tea... and there’s Darjeeling tea.
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There’s tea and there’s Darjeeling tea. First flush. Second flush. Monsoon flush. Autumn flush. This is crown jewel of teas. From the eastern Himalayas. In a hill station built as a sanitarium for the British. Tea was planted by luck here.
And it found its perfect home in India.
Netaji Lives!
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
The mystery of Subhas Chandra Bose has trumped the actual history of Subhas Bose.
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The mystery of Subhas Chandra Bose has trumped the actual history of Subhas Bose.
The fact is a missing Netaji is more useful to politicians than an opinionated living Netaji with his leftist socialist ideals. By disappearing in that plane crash he became a figure whom all could claim and mold to their needs.
Just Shoot Me
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
It’s the great Western discovery of India all over again.
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Coldplay's new video for "Hymn for the Weekend" Is the great Western discovery of India all over again.
Incredible India. Timeless India. Age cannot wither her nor Coldplay stale her infinite variety.
The larger problem the entire furor reveals is how susceptible India still remains to the power of the western gaze.
Auntie
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
A heartfelt goodbye to a favorite Aunt.
Sandip Roy says aMob Justice
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
Television is not just news. It has become the lynchpin of the lynchmob.
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Television is not just news. It has become the lynchpin of the lynchmob.
The scariest aspect of what is happening today, beyond legal questions of sedition or no sedition, is that the mob is being empowered by the state. The mob is not being dispersed by the government. Instead the mob is being garlanded. In the name of patriotism. And nationalism.
Follow The Box
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
Over 25 years ago curators Alan Teller and Jerri Zbiral went to an estate sale in Illinois. Jerri says they stumbled upon a shoebox that would change their lives.
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Over 25 years ago curators Alan Teller and Jerri Zbiral went to an estate sale in Illinois. Jerri says they stumbled upon a shoebox that would change their lives.
In the box were pictures of villages in West Bengal from 1945. Taken by an unknown American soldier stationed there briefly during the War. But even as pieces of the mystery fell into place the original question remained unanswered. Who was the photographer? Jerri and Alan realized that not knowing the answer actually had added something to the process, instead of leaving just a hole in it.
Deoli Internees
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
In 1962 a group of Indians were shipped off to internment camps during a war with China.
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Recently some of the Deoli internees were back in India, they wrote to the Indian Prime Minister but never got a reply. Even if there’s no apology, they want a memorial, and they want some answers. Some from the government. Some more personal.
Wrong Place, Wrong Time
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
Kardava was doing what is her job as a journalist. The media is doing what they think is their job. The only person who has no choice in this is the one at her most vulnerable.
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Kardava was doing what is her job as a journalist possibly at risk to her own life. The media is doing what they think is their job – finding an image that drives home that tragedy. The only person who has no choice in this is the person whose image is splashed around the world, the one at her most vulnerable.
Disaster Tourism
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
A recent disaster in Kolkata brings out the lookie-loos - and much more.
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I watched on television in horror at a man trapped between two taxi cabs, his leg pinned by a fallen girder. I saw desperate hands reaching out from the rubble. Bystanders, unable to move the concrete, could only offer bottles of water. Many, stuck for hours, died waiting for rescue.
Disasters cannot be foreseen, but disaster response can be planned. This was a monumental failure of Kolkata as a city.
Purple Angel
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
India and Pakistan have much in common but, lately an angel in purple has united the prickly neighbors in gobsmacked amazement.
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India and Pakistan have much in common but, rarely agree on anything – cricket, Kashmir or mangos.
But lately an angel in purple has done what no prime minister could. It has united the prickly neighbors in gobsmacked amazement.
India Trumped
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
Indians have no reason to feel left out anymore.
The Donald has noticed them and the Donald has mocked them.
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They had to wait their turn behind Mexicans, Muslims, women, gays, the disabled, the Pope. But better late than never. Now Indians finally know that they matter.
Goodbye Mr. Universe
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
While the world was marking the passing of Muhammad Ali, another giant in the world of sports in India died in Kolkata to far less notice.
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While the world was marking the passing of Muhammad Ali, another giant in the world of sports in India died in Kolkata to far less notice. Giant is an odd word for Manohar Aich. He was 4’11 at his peak. But he was India’s first Mr Universe in 1952
The Sacrifice of Khizr Khan
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 05:59
Khizr Khan did something few have been able to do in this bitter and vulgar presidential election.
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Khizr Khan did something few have been able to do in this bitter and vulgar election.
He rescued that old shop worn faded word – sacrifice. And he gave it a moment of decency. About Seven minutes to be precise. Seven minutes without a teleprompter.
Baluji Shrivastav has an Inner Vision
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 05:59
In India in the 1960s there were few options for a blind child. Blind people often begged in trains and railway platforms singing hymns.
But Baluji Shrivastav was in the right place at the right time.
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In India in the 1960s there were few options for a blind child. Blind people often begged in trains and railway platforms singing hymns. But Baluji Shrivastav was in the right place at the right time. A chance meeting in a music store has led him a journey most of us will never see.
Happy Birthday Mother Teresa
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
Last week Kolkata was busy celebrating a birthday with flowers, candles, cards and songs.
It was Mother Teresa’s 106th birthday/ By the time the next one rolls around she will be St Teresa of Kolkata.
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Last week Kolkata was busy celebrating a birthday with flowers, candles, cards and songs.
It was Mother Teresa’s 106th birthday/ By the time the next one rolls around she will be St Teresa of Kolkata.
Suprabhatam (Auspicious Dawn)
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
Most of us around the world wake up to alarm clocks or the clock radio turning on.
For decades thousands and thousands of Indians around the world have woken to the Suprabhatam, and it's voice was M. S. Subbulakshmi
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Most of us around the world wake up to alarm clocks or the clock radio turning on.
For decades thousands and thousands of Indians around the world have woken to the Suprabhatam, and it's voice was M. S. Subbulakshmi.
The Mahisasur Mardini of Durga Puja
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 05:59
I don’t know how many shoes this old radio program sells. But it can never feel the same as hearing those voices, most of them long dead, bring a city to life, radio by radio, like a lamplighter running from house to house, touching us with the spirit of a goddess coming home.
Happy Durga Puja!
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- The Mahisasur Mardini of Durga Puja
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Mahisasur Mardini – the story of the Goddess Durga slaying the demon Mahisasur has been airing on All India Radio just once a year every year in the rich baritone of one man named Birendra Krishna Bhadra. Since 1931.
I don’t know how many shoes this old radio program sells. But it can never feel the same as hearing those voices, most of them long dead, bring a city to life, radio by radio, like a lamplighter running from house to house, touching us with the spirit of a goddess coming home.
Happy Durga Puja!
Food Fest! (Diwali 2016)
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
Durga Puja and Diwali bookend our festival season in Kolkata. But there’s an ancillary festival that’s almost as important. It needs as much planning, it’s almost as anticipated and we observe it with great ritual and ceremony.
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Durga Puja and Diwali bookend our festival season in Kolkata. But there’s an ancillary festival that’s almost as important. It needs as much planning, it’s almost as anticipated and we observe it with great ritual and ceremony.
We jokingly call it Pet-Puja or stomach-worship
The price tag of Democracy
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
We enjoy many rights and privileges as citizens of a free and democratic society, and we we're asked to do is vote. Easy, right?
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We enjoy many rights and privileges as citizens of a free and democratic society, and we we're asked to do is vote. Easy, right?
Those Were The Days
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
Sandip visits another "returnee," Nguyen Qui Duc in Vietnam.
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Sandip visits another "returnee," Nguyen Qui Duc in Vietnam.
Reflections from Kolkata Pride
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
I hope when equal rights comes, there will still be room for that ambiguity. That we don’t always need to walk in a straight line.
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It's different in India. Here there’s celebration, there’s pride, but also defiance. We want azaadi shout the marchers. We want freedom.
And I hope when equal rights comes, there will still be room for that ambiguity. That we don’t always need to walk in a straight line.
Goodbye Carrie
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
There was much more to Carrie Fisher than Princess Leia. But some things, good, bad or simply pop define us as people, and become placeholders for adolescence and childhood.
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There was much more to Carrie Fisher than Princess Leia. But some things, good, bad or simply pop define us as people, and become placeholders for adolescence and childhood.
Turkey for Dinner
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
It was admittedly a moment of sheer American holiday nostalgia. Cooking a turkey in India. I thought it could be a fun adventure. I just didn’t realize that finding a turkey was the least of it.
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It was admittedly a moment of sheer American holiday nostalgia. Cooking a turkey in India. I thought it could be a fun adventure. I just didn’t realize that finding a turkey was the least of it.
Manipuri Polo
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
Manipur’s court records talk about a game back in the 1st century AD and what’s different about polo in Manipur is that this not just a game for posh country clubs. Even ordinary villagers played it.
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Manipur’s court records talk about a game back in the 1st century AD and what’s different about polo in Manipur is that this not just a game for posh country clubs. Even ordinary villagers played it.
Remembering Bharati Mukherjee
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
Bharati Mukherjee is gone but she left the light on for many of us.
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Bharati’s rejection of the hyphen (asian-american) was not a rejection of her roots. In one of her last books Mukherjee’s heroine Tara turns on the lights in her San Francisco home at dusk because her grandmother in India once told her the spirits come out at that time. Mukherjee to me she did the same.
Bharati Mukherjee is gone but she left the light on for many of us.
English Vinglish
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
There’s good, English, bad English and in a case by itself judicial English - perfect for pontification.
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When I landed in the US I had one advantage over many other immigrants from different parts of the world. I spoke English. Other Indians are less lucky.
You can call it a legacy of British colonial rule in India. You can say English still lords it over other languages in India. But it wins Man Booker prizes. It has clout.
There’s good, English, bad English and in a case by itself judicial English - perfect for pontification.
Not in My Name
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
On a rain-drenched monsoon evening recently a bit of old American history found new life on the streets of India.
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On a rain-drenched monsoon evening recently a bit of old American history found new life on the streets of India. Once thousands of Americans had marched on their streets to protest the war in Vietnam. Not in my name, they had said. This time thousands of Indians showed up to protest their government’s actions in India. Not in MY name they said.
India at 70
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
Sandip Roy reflects on India’s journey as it turns 70.
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Sandip Roy reflects on India’s journey as it turns 70.
Partition Museum
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
This August 15th marked 70 years of India’s independence. But this also marks 70 years of one of India’s greatest human tragedies.
The partition of India into two countries – India and Pakistan.
It was the greatest human displacement of the 20th century. Over 10 million rendered homeless. Some say 2 million died. As Hindus, Sikhs, Muslims turned on each other.
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No MSG please
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
At first he was funny. A bearded man with flowing hair dressed in his garish best, his forearms curly with knots of hair. But Ram Rahim is no ordinary rockstar. He’s a God man.
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Saint sharing in Kolkata
From KALW | 06:00
The arch diocese of Kolkata was set up in 1886. The Jesuit missionary St Francis Xavier who came to India in 1542 was made its patron saint. But then along came Mother Teresa – someone with much deeper ties to Kolkata than Francis Xavier.
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The arch diocese of Kolkata was set up in 1886. The Jesuit missionary St Francis Xavier who came to India in 1542 was made its patron saint. But then along came Mother Teresa – someone with much deeper ties to Kolkata than Francis Xavier.
Durga Puja, Thai Style
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
It takes only a few hours to fly from Kolkata to Bangkok, and a weekend in Bangkok is quite common. But there’s very little of Thailand in Kolkata.
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That's Not Funny
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
70 years after Independence it sometimes feels as if Indians are still to develop a funny bone. Especially when it comes to politicians.
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70 years after Independence it sometimes feels as if Indians are still to develop a funny bone. Especially when it comes to politicians.
Kali Puja
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
Sandip Roy has a different perspective on India's version of Halloween.
Ashe Bhosle's onions
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
Once Asha effortlessly brought India to my kitchen in California. Now she transported me from a balmy night in a park in Kolkata to a foggy evening in a little house in San Francisco and the wear and tear in her voice reminded me that time had indeed not stood still.
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Once Asha effortlessly brought India to my kitchen in California. Now she transported me from a balmy night in a park in Kolkata to a foggy evening in a little house in San Francisco and the wear and tear in her voice reminded me that time had indeed not stood still.
A Transgender Day of Rage
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
In 2014 the Indian Supreme did something amazing. In a country that still criminalizes gay sex, it said transgender community deserved the right to self determination, but many claim that the Bill makes a mockery of its own name.
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In 2014 the Indian Supreme did something amazing. In a country that still criminalizes gay sex, it said transgender community deserved the right to self determination, but this year at a gay pride rally in Calcutta, activists claim that the Bill makes a mockery of its own name.
The Greatest Book Show on Earth!
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
Sandip and writers Amy Tan and Rabih Alameddine explore what makes Jaipur one of the greatest literature festivals in the world.
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Sandip Roy and writers Amy Tan and Rabih Alameddine explore what makes Jaipur one of the greatest literature festivals in the world.
A Treehouse Adventure
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
Sandip struggles with a “getting back to nature” trip.
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Sandip struggles with a “getting back to nature” trip.
Remembering Sridevi
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
Sandip Roy remembers the iconic Indian actress Sridevi.
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Sandip Roy remembers the iconic Indian actress Sridevi, who died unexpectedly at the age of 54 on February 24, 2018.
Across the Universe... again
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
For a little while, in the hills of Rishikesh, India it will be 1968 again.
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- Across the Universe... again
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The Darkest Shadow
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
The long shadow of Sir Winston Churchill.
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When Gary Oldman won the Oscar this year for his portrayal of Winston Churchill it was no surprise. But in India many of us felt a lot less inclined to salute the old war hero.
Freedom of the Spirit (goodbye Stephen Hawking)
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
The Indian Science Minister tried to capitalize on Stephen Hawking’s death, but to what end?
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The Indian Science Minister tried to capitalize on Stephen Hawking’s death, but to what end? It wasn’t even necessary according to Sandip Roy.
Starbuck Struck
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
In Kolkata Starbucks is not just coffee, it’s clearly cachet.
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In Kolkata Starbucks is not just coffee, it’s clearly cachet.
Passover in Kolkata
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
Sandip enjoys a very diverse passover meal in Kolkata
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Sandip enjoys a very diverse passover meal in Kolkata.
Chag Sameach!
WhatsApp for?
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
Need a quick booster shot of national pride? How about a “quote" of WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange praising the Indian prime minister? Need to help foment a riot in? Grab a still from a film showing a goon stripping a woman. Need to let loose a lynch mob? Start a rumor about a gang abducting children.
In India, the fake news genie is well and truly out of the bottle.
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- WhatsApp for?
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The Stray
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
Sandip Roy gets adopted by a neighborhood stray.
Sandip Roy gets adopted by a neighborhood stray.
Akkara's Mother's Day
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
This Mother’s Day Sandip remembers Nigel Akkara, who told him about his two mothers.
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This Mother’s Day Sandip remembers Nigel Akkara, who told him about his two mothers.
Hot lava salt
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
Hot lava™. This is a smoky, spicy, garlic salt. But now when I look at my Hot Lava garlic salt I feel a pang.
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- Hot lava salt
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The Alien vs E.T.
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
Did E.T. really come from Calcutta, India?
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The year was 1983. Aseem Chhabra, a graduate student, who had come from India just about a year back, needed to find a project for his journalism class at Columbia University.
Then he stumbled across an interview with Satyajit Ray, India’s most internationally renowned filmmaker. Ray was talking about the most famous film he NEVER made. It was a sci-fi film he’d planned in the 60s in Hollywood about a small boy in a Bengali village who makes friends with an alien who crash lands in the village pond and makes water lilies bloom. Arthur C Clarke even gave it his blessing...
World Cup Kolkata
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
Sandip Roy takes in the World Cup festivities and reflects on Russia’s influence on Calcutta.
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Sandip Roy takes in the World Cup festivities and reflects on Russia’s influence on Calcutta.
The Varkaris
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
The Varkaris, farmers turned piligrims, are said to be the world’s oldest and largest people’s movement as they walk for weeks from their homes to a temple in Pandharpur.
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Imagine Reality
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
The chief minister of the Indian state of Tripura reads as fact the great epics of the Ramayana and the Mahabharata. Which is like thinking that Jack and the Beanstalk is a documentary.
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- Imagine Reality
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Happy Independence Day India!
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
Happy Independence Day India!
Sandip Roy reflects on the changes that India has seen in the last 71 years.
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Happy Independence Day India!
Sandip Roy reflects on the changes that India has seen in the last 71 years.
Memories of a neem
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
Sandip remembers a bitter part of his childhood.
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Sandip remembers a bitter part of his childhood, and while the memory doesn’t hurt, it is still bitter.
No serial!
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
Sandip Roy addresses a major calamity in Kolkata.
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- No serial!
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Sandip Roy addresses a major calamity in Kolkata.
Trikone in a bottle (#GaySexNoCrime)
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
After 157 years, the Indian Supreme court ruled rules that gay sex is not a crime.
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- Trikone in a bottle (#GaySexNoCrime)
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In 1986 Trikone was like a message in a bottle floated out to sea hoping someone would find it.
Cricket and the Goddess
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
Now that the Indian Supreme Court has decriminalized homosexuality, the real battles begin. The battle over what is and isn’t “Indian."
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- Cricket and the Goddess
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Now that the Indian Supreme Court has decriminalized homosexuality, the real battles begin. The battle over what is and isn’t “Indian."
Ganesh doesn't care
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
The Fort Bend county Republican party in Texas tried to appropriate Ganesh and discovered that you can’t lasso an elephant so easily.
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The Fort Bend county Republican party in Texas tried to appropriate Ganesh and discovered that you can’t lasso an elephant so easily.
The Village Potter
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
From the ashes of the Tubbs wildfire, a Sonoma, CA community rebuilds it’s community through one man’s pottery.
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From the ashes of the Tubbs wildfire, a Sonoma, CA community rebuilds it’s community through one man’s pottery.
The Laughing Kanchenjungha
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
Sandip Roy finally… finally sees the mysterious Kanchenjungha with his own eyes! Finally!
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Sandip Roy finally… finally sees the mysterious Kanchenjungha with his own eyes! Finally!
Third I Film Festival
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
Sandip Roy misses a piece of India that can only be had in in San Francisco.
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Sandip Roy misses a piece of India that can only be had in in San Francisco.
When Size Matters
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
Sometimes when picking our monuments we focus on the wrong aspect.
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Sometimes when picking our monuments we focus on the wrong aspect.
Remembering the Great War in India
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
Sandip Roy remembers the veterans of World War 1, the Indian veterens.
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Sandip Roy remembers the veterans of World War 1, the Indian veterens.
Rosogolla
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
It looks just like a little white table tennis ball, but spongy and sweet. The Rosogolla is Bengal’s most famous sweet but Sandip is overwhelmed by the modern additions.
It looks just like a little white table tennis ball, but spongy and sweet. The Rosogolla is Bengal’s most famous sweet but Sandip is overwhelmed by the modern additions.
Jungle Crows
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
In Cricket crazy india, an obscure game played with a very strange shaped ball takes hold.
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- Jungle Crows
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In Cricket crazy india, an obscure game played with a very strange shaped ball takes hold.
"The Cut" mends a wound
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
Once outrage in distant India would barely ruffle feathers in New York. But no more. As the newsletter Broadsheet pointed out today if media is global, so are the brands who finance it.
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- "The Cut" mends a wound
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The Name Game
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
Sandip reflects on the name game.
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Chosing a name for your children can be a challenge. But when you move to a new country it poses other challenges.
Being Green
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
India is home to some of the most polluted cities in the world, but also home to some of the first champions of recycling.
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India is home to some of the most polluted cities in the world, but also home to some of the first champions of recycling.
Mackenzie's Odyssey
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
Sandip investigates the journey of a small town Scottish postmaster to his resting place in Kolkata.
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Sandip investigates the journey of a small town Scottish postmaster to his resting place in Kolkata.
Happy 90th Birthday Tintin!
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
Sandip Roy remembers his boyhood fascination with Hergé's famous comic, Tintin
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Sandip Roy remembers his boyhood fascination with Hergé's famous comic, Tintin
Art at the Pavlov
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
Sandip Roy experiences a testiment to resiliance.... at the Pavlov Mental Hospital.
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Sandip Roy experiences a testiment to resiliance.... at the Pavlov Mental Hospital.
43rd Kolkata Book Fair
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
The Kolkata Book Fair is one of the largest in the world. But it also has space for the smallest of publishers.
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The Kolkata Book Fair is one of the largest in the world. But it also has space for the smallest of publishers.
43rd Kolkata Book Fair
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
The Kolkata Book Fair is one of the largest in the world. But it also has space for the smallest of publishers.
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The Kolkata Book Fair is one of the largest in the world. But it also has space for the smallest of publishers.
Feb 21st is International Mother Language Day
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
Feb 21st is International Mother Language Day.
Learn more at http://www.un.org/en/events/motherlanguageday/
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Feb 21st is International Mother Language Day.
Learn more at http://www.un.org/en/events/motherlanguageday/
A Date With America
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
Sandip Roy has his annual date with America... at the Oscar's.
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Sandip Roy has his annual date with America... at the Oscar's.
The Smog of War
From KALW | 06:00
Sandip Roy embarks of an anti-war march in a time of hastags.
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Sandip Roy embarks of an anti-war march in a time of hastags.
The Ghosts of Satire
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
When people get spooked, even ghosts can disappear.
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When people get spooked, even ghosts can disappear.
The Great Smog
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
What does Sandip Roy miss most about San Francisco? Clean Air.
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What does Sandip Roy miss most about San Francisco? Clean Air.
Dispatch 287: the Women's March for Change
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
As this year's election season heats up in India, women are making themselves heard.
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As this year's election season heats up in India, women are making themselves heard.
Dispatch 288 - World Art New Year
From KALW | 06:00
On April 15th While Americans rush to file their taxes, Bengalis in Kolkata celebrate their new year.
But April 15 is also World Art Day. And this year a cramped Kolkata neighborhood turned into an art installation for April 15 and Bengali new year
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Dispatch 289 - Manna Dey at 100
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
Manna Dey’s birthday is May 1. He would have been 100 years old.
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Manna Dey’s birthday is May 1. He would have been 100 years old.
On his 100th birthday as I hear all the glowing tributes I am glad that in an ordinary little apartment in the San Francisco Bay Area I met the most extraordinary singer.
Goodbye Chewbacca
From KALW | 06:00
Sandip Roy says goodbye to Peter Mayhew. Also known as Chewbacca.
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Sandip Roy says goodbye to Peter Mayhew. Also known as Chewbacca.
The Greatest Experiment
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
India has a new government. But when all the sound and fury end, the real work of democracy begins in this, the greatest democratic experiment in the world.
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India has a new government. But when all the sound and fury end, the real work of democracy begins in this, the greatest democratic experiment in the world.
Game of Democracy
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
When you play the Game of Thrones, you win or you die. In elections, though, you might just live to fight another day.
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When you play the Game of Thrones, you win or you die. In elections, though, you might just live to fight another day.
Queen Harish
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
When Queen Harish came on stage you could not look away. She whirled, she twirled. Her sequined skirts billowed around her. Her arms were filled with bangles up to her elbows. Her eyes flashed. She was petite but filled the stage like a fireworks display.
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When Queen Harish came on stage you could not look away. She whirled, she twirled. Her sequined skirts billowed around her. Her arms were filled with bangles up to her elbows. Her eyes flashed. She was petite but filled the stage like a fireworks display.
And then offstage, with the makeup off, she became he. Queen Harish was just Harish, a clean cut young man from Jaisalmer in the desert state of Rajasthan.
The Desert Drag Queen.
Queen Harish
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
When Queen Harish came on stage you could not look away. She whirled, she twirled. Her sequined skirts billowed around her. Her arms were filled with bangles up to her elbows. Her eyes flashed. She was petite but filled the stage like a fireworks display.
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When Queen Harish came on stage you could not look away. She whirled, she twirled. Her sequined skirts billowed around her. Her arms were filled with bangles up to her elbows. Her eyes flashed. She was petite but filled the stage like a fireworks display.
And then offstage, with the makeup off, she became he. Queen Harish was just Harish, a clean cut young man from Jaisalmer in the desert state of Rajasthan.
The Desert Drag Queen.
Indian summer
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
Sandip Roy compares our current heat wave to a typical “Indian Summer.”
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Sandip Roy compares our current heat wave to a typical “Indian Summer.”
The accidental Indian, Ruskin Bond
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
The 85 year old Ruskin Bond is a bit of an accidental Indian, but he is also one of the most loved Indian writers. Sandip Roy met him at the Tata Steel Kolkata Literary Meet.
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The 85 year old Ruskin Bond is a bit of an accidental Indian, but he is also one of the most loved Indian writers. Sandip Roy met him at the Tata Steel Kolkata Literary Meet.
A Proboscis in Borneo
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
Sandip Roy tours Borneo and discovers more than just monkeys.
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Sandip Roy tours Borneo and discovers more than just monkeys.
The "Love Bomb" of Afghanistan
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
Sandip Roy speaks with author and Afghan born American, vegan beefcake and most lovable teddy bear, Nemat Sadat.
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Sandip Roy speaks with author and Afghan born American, vegan beefcake and most lovable teddy bear, Nemat Sadat.
International Tiger Day
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
This week marks International Tiger Day. And they certainly need one.
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This week marks International Tiger Day. And they certainly need one. According to the World Wildlife Fund there are just 3,900 tigers left in the wild. 95% of the world’s tiger population has been lost since the 20th century.
Dry Monsoon
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
As crazy weather makes headlines globally, Sandip Roy reflects on the monsoons of his past.
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As crazy weather makes headlines globally, Sandip Roy reflects on the monsoons of his past.
Thinking of Kashmir
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
Kashmir has been on Sandip’s mind lately, his boyhood memories and the current media blackout.
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Kashmir has been on Sandip’s mind lately, his boyhood memories and the current media blackout.
Zomato delivers a food born controversy
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
Zomato delivers a food born controversy
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It’s a sign of peculiar times when the standard bearer for the idea of an inclusive society is a food delivery app.
Dispatches From Kolkata #304 - Ilish, ilish, ilish
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 05:57
Sandip, who does not like fish, relishes his annual dish of Ilish, the prized fish of Bengal. But at what cost?
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Sandip, who does not like fish, relishes his annual dish of Ilish, the prized fish of Bengal. But at what cost?
Ganesha Puja
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
As the monsoons recede the time has come for Ganesh.
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As the monsoons recede the time has come for Ganesh, the remover of obstacles. And though this Elephant headed God may be well known in the west, there’s more to this symbol than meets the eye.
Dispatch #306 - Gun Island
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
Amitav Ghosh’s newest novel Gun Island is a story about both two of his great themes - migration and climate.
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In a way Gun Island a book of uncanny events, goddess and king cobras and an armada of seabirds is a wake up call in a time of terrible climate anxiety.
Because we all remember where we were when 9/11 happened. Will we be able to remember where we were when the Arctic ice shelf collapsed?
Gandhi at 150
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
Sandip considers the legacy of Mahatma Gandhi, 150 years after his birth.
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Sandip considers the legacy of Mahatma Gandhi, 150 years after his birth.
Dispatch 308 - Train Song
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
An ode to the local trains in Kolkata, moving and harboring life daily.
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An ode to the local trains in Kolkata, moving and harboring life daily.
Cat Sticks
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
Sandip speaks with filmmaker Ronny Sen about his film “Cat Sticks,” a personal and disturbing look at the ‘brown sugar’ heroin explosion at the beginning of the 21st century in Kolkata, India.
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Dispatch 311: Remembering Nabaneeta
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
Sandip Roy remembers on of India’s most beloved writers.
Nabaneeta dev Sen
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Sandip Roy remembers on of India’s most beloved writers. Nabaneeta dev Sen.
The Walls That Divide Us
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
Many things divide a country, but it’s the overlooked, personal slights, that hurt the most.
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Aatish Taseer is a British citizen by birth. But he’s also an Overseas Citizenship of India. That has been cancelled by the government of India which says he never told them his biological father was a Pakistani.
Happy Kali Puija!
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
While the rest of India celebrates Diwali with its sweets and fireworks, Kolkata gets ready for the arrival of the Goddess Kali, the one of the deep blue night.
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She comes once a year. Sometimes she is jet black, sometimes she is blue, a dark midnight blue or the powdery blue of a summer evening sky. While the rest of India celebrates Diwali with its sweets and fireworks, Kolkata gets ready for the arrival of the Goddess Kali, the one of the deep blue night.
Dispatch 314: Company Rule
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
How did just a few thousand British control the country of India?
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How did just a few thousand British control the country of India?
When you’re the East India Company, you do it with money and your own private army.
Ban NPR!
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
There are protests in many cities all over India with signs saying No NPR.
The Joy of Missing Out
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
Sandip Roy reflects on the fast paced decade that defined “Social Media.”
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Sandip Roy reflects on the fast paced decade that defined “Social Media.”
Dispatch 318: A Tale of the City
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
After watching “Tales of the City” on Netflix, Sandip reflects on his own tale of the city.
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After watching “Tales of the City” on Netflix, Sandip reflects on his own tale of the city.
Winter Sounds
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
Sandip explores the very unique sounds that make up a Kolkata winter.
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Sandip explores the very unique sounds that make up a Kolkata winter.
Dispatch 321: 44th Kolkata Book Fair
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
Sandip takes us to one of his favorite places, the Kolkata Book Fair, now in it’s 44th year!
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No one expected the Kolkata Book Fair to last as long as it has. 44 years of reflecting a vibrant and book loving community.
The Billionaire Raj
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
Sandip Roy spoke with James Crabtree about his new book "The Billionaire Raj."
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Sandip recently interviewed author James Crabtree about his new book “The Billionaire Raj,” about India’s richest families.
Trump's "Discovery of India" tour
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
Sandip Roy looks at all the ways Trump’s recent visit to India has been a benefit to all concerned.
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Sandip Roy looks at all the ways Trump’s recent visit to India has been a benefit to all concerned.
The Sad Samosa
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
I am a samosa and I was meant to play a small but key role in India US diplomacy. This is my sad sad story.
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I am a samosa and this is my sad sad story.
Samosas, you know those triangular deep fried snacks stuffed with something savory and it comes stuffed with yummy potato and spices. But not me. I was the broccoli and corn button samosa. And I was meant to play a small but key role in India US diplomacy.
Holi Corona!
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
The Indian festival ‘Holi’ is usually a riot of abandonment and color…but then Corona came to town.
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The Indian festival ‘Holi’ is usually a riot of abandonment and color…but then Corona came to town.
Holi Corona!
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
The Indian festival ‘Holi’ is usually a riot of abandonment and color…but then Corona came to town.
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The Indian festival ‘Holi’ is usually a riot of abandonment and color…but then Corona came to town.
Dispatch 326: Social Distance
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
Could the global outbreak of COVID-19 keep us apart, in more ways than just physical.
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Could the global outbreak of COVID-19 keep us apart, in more ways than just physical.
Lockdown
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
Sandip reflects on the connections between us, and the responsibility of us all to remain apart.
Indomitable Gauls
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
Sandip remembers his early childhood attraction to a group of mustacioed morons. Astrix and Obelix.
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Albert Uderzo and Rene Goscinny created the comic "Astrix," about an unruly bunch of Gauls who would pester the Romans endlessley. Uderzo has died at the age of 92. This week Sandip remembers his early childhood attraction to that group of 'mustachioed morons.'
The Earth Breathes
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
For these few weeks as humans suffer, the earth is healing itself.
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Nature marks the season whether or not our human world is out of whack, but soon it will all be back to its old noisy polluted self. But for these few weeks as humans suffer, the earth is healing itself. I just wish we didn’t need a pandemic to hear our earth breathe.
Happy Bengali New Year
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
In the year 1427, there will be no celebration. But Sandip remembers the Bengali New Year festivities from years past, the Charak Mela.
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In the year 1427, there will be no celebration. But Sandip remembers the Bengali New Year festivities from years past, the Charak Mela.
Lockdown Olympics
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
I had assumed the lockdown was a time when the frenetic world would finally slow down, But on my social media timeline no one has gotten the message. We have turned Work From Home and quarantine into Extracurricular Olympics.
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I had assumed the lockdown was a time when the frenetic world would finally slow down, But on my social media timeline no one has gotten the message. We have turned Work From Home and quarantine into Extracurricular Olympics.
Remembering Irrfan Khan
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
Actor Irrfan Khan wasn’t the biggest star in Bollywood, but he was unique.
Irrfan Khan died last week from endocrine cancer. He was 53.
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Actor Irrfan Khan wasn’t the biggest star in Bollywood, but he was unique.
Irrfan Khan died last week from endocrine cancer. He was 53.
Dispatch 333 - Going Home
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
The COVID pandemic has had a terrible effect on all of us, and opened our eyes to some of those who were invisible before.
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The COVID pandemic has had a terrible effect on all of us, and opened our eyes to some of those who were invisible before.
The New Vendors
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 04:30
The COVID-19 lockdown has forced many street vendors inside, but now the sounds of the street are returning.
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The COVID-19 lockdown has forced many street vendors inside, but now the sounds of the street are returning.
THIS VERSION IS ONLY 4:30 FOR PLEDGE.
Mangos and cyclones
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
When life gives you cyclones, make mango rice.
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When life gives you cyclones, make mango rice.
Time and Patience
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
We don’t have to win the war against Covid as much as we need to learn to make peace with its existence in our world for now.
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We don’t have to win the war against Covid as much as we need to learn to make peace with its existence in our world for now. It might help to remember what Leo Tolstoy wrote: “The strongest of all warriors are these two — Time and Patience.” The name of the book? War and Peace.
Saltwater Honey
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
The Sundarbans in Bengal, India have become a speeded up version of global climate change.
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The Sundarbans in Bengal, India have become a speeded up version of global climate change.
Dispatch 338 - Statue of Limitations
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
In the news recently, statues have been defaced and pulled down from their perches ala Saddam Hussein.
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In the news recently, statues have been defaced and pulled down from their perches ala Saddam Hussein.
Sandip imagines a solution for statues of racists, bigots and slavetraders that have long gone past their statute of limitations.
All is Fair in Love and Pharma
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
In the midst of Black Lives Matter movement in the U.S. Johnson & Johnson has announced it will stop selling skin whitening creams.
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In the midst of Black Lives Matter movement in the U.S. Johnson & Johnson has announced it will stop selling skin whitening creams.
But can that remove the desire for fairness? That comes from within us not out of a tube.
340 - Trickle Down Fear-o-nomics
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
Why is it when there is tension between two countries, the fear always seems to end up at the dining table.
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Why is it when there is tension between two countries, the fear always seems to end up at the dining table.
The recent trouble on the 'Line of control' between China and India has spilled over into the streets of Kolkata's Chinatown.
When Phobia Becomes Hate
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
When does phobia cross over into hate speech? Does a social media site need a bloodthirsty exhortation to deliver a 6-inch deep cut before it can act?
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When does phobia cross over into hate speech? Does a social media site need a bloodthirsty exhortation to deliver a 6-inch deep cut before it can act?
Dreams for a Better Future
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
How can we possibly dream of a better future in the middle of a pandemic? One way is with the help of literature.
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How can we possibly dream of a better future in the middle of a pandemic? One way is with the help of literature.
Dispatch 343 - What's That Ticking Noise?
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
The social media app TikTok has taken India by storm, but a political storm may mean that time has run out for its users.
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The social media app TikTok has taken India by storm, but a political storm may mean that time has run out for its users.
Dispatch 344 - Olivia's Rakhi Purnima
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
With the news of Olivia de Havilland’s death this week coinciding with the Indian celebration of Rakhi Purnima, Sandip reflects on how the holiday might have helped the de Havilland sisters.
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With the news of Olivia de Havilland’s death this week coinciding with the Indian celebration of Rakhi Purnima, Sandip reflects on how the holiday might have helped the de Havilland sisters.
Perhaps if there’s heaven they are tying rakhis on each other. Or maybe that’s just string theory.
Dispatch 346 - The New Normal
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
Sandip wonders if the new normal is really normal?
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Sandip wonders if the new normal is really normal?
kaMAla, Kamala
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
The furor over a Kamala seems much ado over very few syllables, but how one handles the mispronunciation can be telling.
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The furor over a Kamala seems much ado over very few syllables, but how one handles the mispronunciation can be telling.
Pariah Dog
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
The dogs that wander the streets in Kolkata are not strays, but part of an extended family, cared for and fed by many of the cities lesser known individuals.
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The dogs that wander the streets in Kolkata are not strays, but part of an extended family, cared for and fed by many of the cities lesser known individuals.
http://www.pariahdogmovie.com/
Dispatch 349 - Queeristan
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
It was just two years ago that India Supreme Court decriminalized homosexuality, but the real hope for change might not lie in politics.
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It was just two years ago that India Supreme Court decriminalized homosexuality, but the real hope for change might not lie in politics.
Keep Cool and think of Kolkata
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
As San Francisco’s heat wave hits 100º Sandip Roy recalls how to battle heat waves in his native Kolkata.
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As San Francisco’s heat wave hits 100º Sandip Roy recalls how to battle heat waves in his native Kolkata.
Dispatch #351 - Mahalaya
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
There is a pandemic demon that needs slaying, and we would do well to heed the lessons of Durga.
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There is a pandemic demon that needs slaying, one that is wreaking havoc over heaven and earth, and we would do well to heed the lessons of Durga. The gods had to come TOGETHER to create the demon killer.
Dispatch 352 - The incorrigible vice
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
…the most incorrigible vice being that of an ignorance that fancies it knows everything and therefore claims for itself the right to kill.
— From “The Plague” by Albert Camus
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…the most incorrigible vice being that of an ignorance that fancies it knows everything and therefore claims for itself the right to kill.
— From “The Plague” by Albert Camus
Dispatch #353: We Need a Gandhi
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
Oct. 2nd is the birthday of Mahatma Gandhi, and in an angry toxic world, we would do well to remember a man who fasted, intermittently, to force us to think about a better humanity.
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Oct. 2nd is the birthday of Mahatma Gandhi, and in an angry toxic world, we would do well to remember a man who fasted, intermittently, to force us to think about a better humanity.
Dispatch #354: The Shadow of Caste
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
The caste system is a long and controversial cultural norm in India, but now the Dalits may be getting a boost from America’s civil rights movements.
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The caste system is a long and controversial cultural norm in India, but now the Dalits may be getting a boost from America’s civil rights movements.
Dispatch #355 - Saint Rupert
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
Writer and actor Rupert Everett spoke recently with Sandip Roy for the Jaipur Lit. Festival about pandemics and sainthood.
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Writer and actor Rupert Everett spoke recently with Sandip Roy for the Jaipur Lit. Festival about pandemics and sainthood.
Little Durga
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
Durga Puja, the festival of the ten armed Goddess Durga, has always been a time of excess in Kolkata. But this is the story of the “Little Durga.”
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Durga Puja, the festival of the ten armed Goddess Durga, has always been a time of excess in Kolkata. But this is the story of the “Little Durga.”
For more information visit Meghdutam Foundation https://www.meghdutamfoundation.org/
Dispatch #357 - Digital Durga
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
More than anything else the pandemic has forced us to reckon with what really lies at the heart and soul of Durga Puja.
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More than anything else the pandemic has forced us to reckon with what really lies at the heart and soul of Durga Puja. And it’s not necessarily big budgets grand feasts and corporate sponsorships.
Dispatch 358 - Festival of Democracy
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
Indians now look at the 2020 American elections and understand that there’s chaos that’s colorful and then there’s chaos thats toxic.
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It’s routinely called the Festival of Democracy and every time there’s an election there’s a story about an elephant being used to carry election officials and ballot boxes to some remote corner of India. It is part of the colorful exotica of elections in a chaotic democracy.
Except now we look at American elections 2020 and understand that there’s chaos that’s colorful and then there’s chaos thats toxic.
Music from this video from the YouTube Hamilton channel: http://whenweallvote.org/hamilton
Dispatch 359 - Six Degrees of Kamala
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
Everybody wants a piece of the first female vice president of the United States; Or at least a few degrees of separation from her.
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Everybody wants a piece of the first female vice president of the United States; Or at least a few degrees of separation from her.
The irony is that in the rush to now claim kinship with Kamala Harris Indians brush their own rather checkered history when it comes to race under the carpet.
Dispatch 360 - Goodbye Soumitra
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
A fond remembrance of Indian actor Soumitra Chatterjee, who died Sunday Nov. 15th after battling the COVID-19 virus.
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Even though the pandemic put a damper on Diwali, last Sunday tens of thousands of people still poured out onto the streets. They were not protesting an election. They were not rallying around their political hero. They were saying goodbye to an 85 year old man.
Dispatch 361 - Giving Thanks
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
Thanksgiving has always been my favorite American holiday, and this has been a year where we learned to be thankful for all the things we once took for granted.
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Thanksgiving has always been my favorite American holiday, and this has been a year where we learned to be thankful for all the things we once took for granted.
The Emperor's Clothes
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
India struggles with its image in the larger world, but so should America reconsider hers.
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India struggles with its image in the larger world, but so should America reconsider hers.
The Power of a Poem
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
Never underestimate the power of a poem.
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Never underestimate the power of a poem.
Feluda
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
The new paper strip test for COVID-19 in India is called “Feluda.” Why such a name? Sandip Roy sleuths out the answer.
Word Cloud of the Year
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
In a big shift from tradition the Oxford English Dictionary said 2020 is a “year which cannot be neatly accommodated in one word,” so maybe this year we need a word cloud.
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In a big shift from tradition the Oxford English Dictionary said 2020 is a “year which cannot be neatly accommodated in one word,” so maybe this year we need a word cloud.
New NOT Normal
From Eric Wayne | 06:00
The pandemic has exhausted all of us, but just as we’re letting our guard down it will come to town, just like Santa Claus.
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The pandemic has exhausted all of us, but just as we’re letting our guard down it will come to town, just like Santa Claus.
Dispatch 367 - What Rough Beast
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
What happened in the United States might feel shocking. But we gloat at our own peril.
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What happened in the United States might feel shocking. But we gloat at our own peril.
While we point fingers, in the words of the poet, at what rough beast, its hour come round at last, slouches towards the Capitol to be born, we forget that this creature, pumped up by conspiracy theories, fake news, and nationalist resentments, isn’t unique to America at all.
Dispatch 368 - Alternate Social Universe
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
We cannot blame social media for our worst demons. But it is undeniable that social media has made it that much easier to create that alternate universe of untruth.
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Social media has become our tool for validation. And we go to further and further extremes to get that validation rush.
We cannot blame social media for our worst demons. But it is undeniable that social media has made it that much easier to create that alternate universe of untruth.
Dispatch 369 - Priya's Mask
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
Priya’s Shakti is a comic and animated film about India’s first female superhero Priya and her flying tiger Sahas. Priya has taken on issues like rape and the trafficking of women. But this time she’s taking on the pandemic and the disinformation around it.
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Priya’s Shakti is a comic and animated film about India’s first female superhero Priya and her flying tiger Sahas. Priya has taken on issues like rape and the trafficking of women. But this time she’s taking on the pandemic and the disinformation around it.
Dispatch 370 - Something Funny's Going On
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
Something funny happened on the way to the comedy club in India but no-one is laughing.
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Something funny happened on the way to the comedy club in India but no-one is laughing. Comedians in India are being arrested, and it's no joke.
Celebs and Farmer Protests
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
More and more celebrities are tweeting about the farmer protest in India, and while this is about the backbone of India but it’s not the farmers who should be worried about the state of their spines.
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More and more celebrities are tweeting about the farmer protest in India, and while this is about the backbone of India but it’s not the farmers who should be worried about the state of their spines.
Celebs and Farmer Protests
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
More and more celebrities are tweeting about the farmer protest in India, and while this is about the backbone of India but it’s not the farmers who should be worried about the state of their spines.
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More and more celebrities are tweeting about the farmer protest in India, and while this is about the backbone of India but it’s not the farmers who should be worried about the state of their spines.
Saraswati's Wisdom
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
A childhood goddess that was once asked for help with math takes on a new significance in adulthood.
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A childhood goddess that was once asked for help with math takes on a new significance in adulthood.
Dispatch #373 - India's COVID Mystery
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
India’s COVID-19 numbers of late have shown great promise, what’s going on?
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India’s COVID-19 numbers of late have shown great promise, what’s going on?
Dispatch #374 - An Ode for Lawrence Ferlinghetti
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
Over a decade ago Sandip Roy was called to service…. By Lawrence Ferlinghetti.
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Over a decade ago Sandip Roy was called to service…. By Lawrence Ferlinghetti.
Dispatch #375 - Implicitly Explicit
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
The casual racism of starchy royals was never particularly secret, but in all the debates about whether the Royals are racist or whether Harry and Meghan are whiners who want to have their cake and eat it too, one forgets that it’s possible for both to be true.
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The casual racism of starchy royals was never particularly secret, but in all the debates about whether the Royals are racist or whether Harry and Meghan are whiners who want to have their cake and eat it too, one forgets that it’s possible for both to be true.
Namaste Alabama
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
The Alabama house of representatives recently voted to let school officials decide if they want yoga to be allowed in public schools. But there’s a catch…..
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The Alabama house of representatives recently voted 73-25 they would let school officials decide if they want yoga to be allowed in public schools. But there’s a catch…..
Dispatch 378 - Happy Holi!
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
Holi is a festival of playfulness and color, lots of color.
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Holi is a festival of playfulness and color, lots of color. But how does a holiday that encourages social gatherings fare in a pandemic?
Dispatch 379 - A Song of Democracy
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
American’s are no stranger to election songs, but in India election songs are a different ballgame. Though there are plenty of songs, Bollywood and non-Bollywood to choose from Indian elections come with a score that’s entirely custom-made.
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American’s are no stranger to election songs, but in India election songs are a different ballgame. Though there are plenty of songs, Bollywood and non-Bollywood to choose from Indian elections come with a score that’s entirely custom-made.
Vax Fest India
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
Apparently Indians pay attention to nothing unless it’s turned into a festival. Sandip Roy wonders if that may help stop COVID-19.
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Apparently Indians pay attention to nothing unless it’s turned into a festival, even elections here are routinely called festivals of democracy. Sandip Roy wonders if that may help stop COVID-19.
A Stream in Search of It's Course
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
India is the new hot market for streaming providers like Netflix and Amazon Prime. But with success comes controversy.
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In 2017, India replaced the U.S. to become the second-largest smartphone market, just behind China. That’s why streaming services like Netflix have their eye on the Indian market. But not everybody is happy.
Dispatch 382 - COVID Twitter Wave
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
As India’s second wave of COVID-19 batters India, Twitter is becoming the go to for communication.
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As India’s second wave of COVID-19 batters India, Twitter is becoming the go to for communication.
Thanks to Basabi Roy Chowdhury, Bishan Samaddar, Manimanjari Sengupta, Premankur Biswas, Pulasta Dhar, Rajyasree Sen, Sayantan Ghosh for lending their voices to this dispatch.
Dispatch 383 - Happy 100th Ray
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
India’s most famous filmmaker would have turned 100 this Sunday.
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India’s most famous filmmaker would have turned 100 this Sunday. Satyajit Ray is revered, admired, beloved but the question is in the middle of a pandemic in 2021 are his films about villages in Bengal or decaying feudal aristocrats or Kolkata in the 1960s still relevant?
Dispatch 384 - The Apu Trilogy (A Month of Ray)
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
This May is the centenary of Satyajit Ray’s birth, a good excuse to revisit his films. We start with the Apu Trilogy.
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This May is the centenary of Satyajit Ray’s birth, a good excuse to revisit his films. We start with the Apu Trilogy.
Film on Paper
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
While we know all directors through their films, the remarkable Indian director Satyajit Ray left so much more… on paper.
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While we know all directors through their films, the remarkable Indian director Satyajit Ray left so much more… on paper.
The Diamond Kingdom
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
One of Satyajit Ray’s most political movies was actually a children’s movie written for his son. But it resonates with adults as well.
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One of Satyajit Ray’s most political movies was actually a children’s movie written for his son. But it resonates with adults as well.
Ginsberg's Karma
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
A new documentary explores Allen Ginsberg’s time in India.
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Allen Ginsberg’s wanderings through India in the 1960s still connects with us today, and a new film explores Ginsberg’s time there.
Ram Devineni’s film “Ginsberg’s Karma” can be found here:
https://www.rattapallax.com/ginsberg
Vaccine Trouble
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
As India tries to pick up the pieces of the pandemic, what happens In India wont stay in India since India was the pharmacy to the world.
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As India tries to pick up the pieces of the pandemic, what happens In India wont stay in India since India was the pharmacy to the world. Even as masks come off in one part of the world and stay on in another it’s a reminder that a pandemic by definition affects us all.
Chomolungma Day
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
Every May 29th is Mt. Everest Day.
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Every May 29th is Mt. Everest Day.
When it was originally named Everest in 1852, the Calcutta correspondent of The Times said the peak “had no name intelligible to civilized men,” civilized of course being a euphemism for white. But it DID already have a name.
The Flavor Equation
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
Nik Sharma's latest book is the Flavor Equation which breaks flavor down to its component parts - from mouthfeel to aroma, even sound.
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When Nik Sharma started his popular food blog A Brown Table two things were a given on the menu - his ethnicity and his sexuality. His latest book is the Flavour Equation which breaks flavour down to its component parts - from mouthfeel to aroma, even sound.
"You can listen to the full interview with Nik Sharma at https://indianexpress.com/audio/the-sandip-roy-show/nik-sharma-on-the-science-of-taste-and-why-we-like-the-things-we-do/7356482/"
Pandemic Monsoon
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
Suffering from pandemic blur Sandip takes solace in the familiar sounds of the seasons… and frogs.
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Suffering from pandemic blur Sandip takes solace in the familiar sounds of the seasons… and frogs.
Judging Enid
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
Though Americans don’t know her like they do Dr. Seuss, Enid Blyton wrote some 700 books for kids and teens. But now she, like Seuss, is coming under fire.
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Though Americans don’t know her like they do Dr. Seuss, Enid Blyton wrote some 700 books for kids and teens. But now she, like Seuss, is coming under fire.
Rush to Kinship
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
A little reflected glory is probably innocuous enough, but DNA is not sufficient evidence of belonging to a particular culture.
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A little reflected glory is probably innocuous enough, and Samir Banerjee, Nina Davuluri and Sirisha Bandla are part of the changing face of America. But while Indians might be excited about their connections to the country, their achievements are NOT Indian achievements.
Remembering Danish
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
The loss of Danish Saddiqui is a wakeup call for Indian media, even more so if you don’t know his name.
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The loss of Danish Saddiqui is a wakeup call for Indian media, even more so if you don’t know his name.
Manga Olympics
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
The opening ceremonies of the 2020 Olympics was filled with Manga touches, but Manga is not all about silly cuteness.
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The opening ceremonies of the 2020 Olympics was filled with Manga touches, but Manga is not all about silly cuteness.
Olympic Refugee Team
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
Whether they win any medals or not, the refugee hold up a mirror to a world coming apart all around us. And coming as they do from all over the world, and increasingly so in the future, they will embody the interlinked rings on the Olympics flag more than anybody else.
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Whether they win any medals or not, the refugee hold up a mirror to a world coming apart all around us. And coming as they do from all over the world, and increasingly so in the future, they will embody the interlinked rings on the Olympics flag more than anybody else.
Cancel Curry
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
While “curry” may be a lazy umbrella term for the thousands of Indian dishes that go by that name, Sandip considers the difficulty in cancelling it.
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While “curry” may be a lazy umbrella term for the thousands of Indian dishes that go by that name, Sandip considers the difficulty in cancelling it.
Kabuliwalas
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
Even though the touching stories in books and delicious kebabs in tiny restaurants are part of our enjoyment of “diversity,” they are also a reminder of the tragedy of a people who have to carry their home in a suitcase.
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Even though the touching stories in books and delicious kebabs in tiny restaurants are part of our enjoyment of “diversity,” they are also a reminder of the tragedy of a people who have to carry their home in a suitcase.
The Women of Afghanistan
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
With all the talk about the women and girls of Afghanistan, Sandip wonders if it was ever really about them at all.
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With all the talk about the women and girls of Afghanistan, Sandip wonders if it was ever really about them at all.
20 Years Falling
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
After 20 years in Afghanistan Sandip is left with the tragic ghosts of memory.
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After 20 years in Afghanistan Sandip is left with the tragic ghosts of memory.
A Plant By Any Other Name....
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
Impossible, McPlant or zingers and crispers, whatever you call them they’re all big business. Sandip Roy takes a bite of plant-based meat products.
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Impossible, McPlant or zingers and crispers, whatever you call them they’re all big business. Sandip Roy takes a bite of plant-based meat products.
An Ode for Saleem
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
Sandip Roy looks at the influence of Salem Kidwai who, in his understated way, helped the gay movement in India.
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Sandip Roy looks at the influence of Salem Kidwai who, in his understated way, helped the gay movement in India.
An Ode for Saleem
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
Sandip Roy looks at the influence of Salem Kidwai who, in his understated way, helped the gay movement in India.
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Sandip Roy looks at the influence of Salem Kidwai who, in his understated way, helped the gay movement in India.
Memories Not Yet Seen
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
Sandip yearns for the life of traveler.
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Sandip yearns for the life of traveler.
All Creatures Great and Small
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
On World Animal Day I think about Anjali Gopalan and her marvelous sanctuary All Creatures Great and Small.
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Mahatma Gandhi once said the greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated.
On World Animal Day I think about Anjali Gopalan and her marvelous sanctuary All Creatures Great and Small.
Lil Nas' Joy of Being
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
All over the world we denigrate the importance of the “pursuit of happiness.” It can be seen as selfish and we lead circumscribed lives in order to win social acceptance.
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All over the world we denigrate the importance of the “pursuit of happiness.” It can be seen as selfish and we lead circumscribed lives in order to win social acceptance. Lil Nas reminds all of us, gay or straight or anywhere in between of the joy that comes from being true to ourselves.
The Masked Puja
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
It's Durga Puja time in India and if last year the theme was the disease and the virus this year it’s more about ways to emerge from the pandemic.
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It's Durga Puja time in India and if last year the theme was the disease and the virus this year it’s more about ways to emerge from the pandemic. But we will have to reckon with what 5 days of Durga Puja last week will mean for the infection rates in the city this week.
An Old Ghost Story
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
He met a pretty girl in Dehra Dun the hill station he lived in. And asked her to tea. And to set the romantic mood he suggested they turn off the light, and then…
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He met a pretty girl in Dehra Dun the hill station he lived in. And asked her to tea. And to set the romantic mood he suggested they turn off the light, and then…
Bhoot Chaturdashi
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
First comes Halloween, and a few days later is Diwali (the Festival of Lights) and in between is Bhoot Chaturdashi! When the doors between this world and the next creak open…..
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First comes Halloween, and a few days later is Diwali (the Festival of Lights) and in between is Bhoot Chaturdashi! When the doors between this world and the next creak open…..
You can find the book “Ghosts, Monsters, and Demons in India” here: https://www.amazon.com/Ghosts-Monsters-Demons-Furcifer-Bhairav/dp/9380636474
A booster shot of vitamin ABBA
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
In a bitterly polarized world bristling with fake news, cancel culture and troll armies, Abba reminds us that being likable is not somehow a mark of shame.
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In a bitterly polarized world bristling with fake news, cancel culture and troll armies, Abba reminds us that being likable is not somehow a mark of shame.
Buzzing at the Bee
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
The New York Times “Spelling Bee” word game really took off during the pandemic lockdown. But Sandip finds the Bee to be a bit exiguous.
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The New York Times “Spelling Bee” word game really took off during the pandemic lockdown. But Sandip finds the Bee to be a bit exiguous.
Shillong Cherry Blossoms
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
A recent trip to the Shillong Literary Festival gives Sandip pause to consider just what was missing for over a year.
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A recent trip to the Shillong Literary Festival gives Sandip pause to consider just what was missing for over a year.
The Nutmeg Curse
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
Writer Amitov Ghosh’s new book explores how the past informs our future, but can we learn from it?
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Writer Amitov Ghosh’s new book explores how the past informs our future, but can we learn from it?
The full interview with Amitav Ghosh can be heard on https://indianexpress.com/audio/the-sandip-roy-show/amitav-ghosh-on-whether-a-climate-apocalypse-is-inevitable/7668597/
Celluloid Politics
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
While at first film and cinema seemed the ideal way to promote peace between all of the different Indian religious factions, now the relationship seems fractious.
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India as we know it is a young nation, formed during the era of cinema and television. While at first those forms of media seemed the ideal way to promote peace between all of the different Indian religious factions, now the relationship seems fractious.
Sorry, that's not a Sari
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
When the Sex and City reboot “Just Like That” chose to go multi-culti Indian, they decided to make it a Diwali episode and have Sarah Jessica Parker in a resplendent sari. Except it wasn’t a sari at all.
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When the Sex and City reboot “Just Like That” chose to go multi-culti Indian, they decided to make it a Diwali episode and have Sarah Jessica Parker in a resplendent sari. Except it wasn’t a sari at all. It was an entirely different Indian outfit called a lehenga. More like a skirt. Nothing like a sari.
Sandip Roy says it’s like trying to pass off a fisherman’s beret as a cowboy Stetson. Or peanut butter as hummus.
Remembering Tutu
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
If there ever was a life to celebrate rather than a death to mourn it was Archbishop Desmond Tutu’s.
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If there ever was a life to celebrate rather than a death to mourn it was Archbishop Desmond Tutu’s.
Zooming the Lit Fests
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
Sandip reflects on how literature festivals have mutated during the COVID pandemic.
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There’s nothing like a lit fest to put a newbie writer in their place. The hotel you’re put up in, the party you’re invited to, your session timing, even the size of your hotel room are all subtle ways to bookmark your place in the pecking ladder.
The pandemic changed all that.
Year of the Tiger
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
It’s Lunar New Year and it’s the year of the tiger! Sandip considers this magnificent creature through the sense of his Indian heritage.
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It’s Lunar New Year and it’s the year of the tiger! Sandip considers this magnificent creature through the sense of his Indian heritage.
Remembering Lata Mangeshkar
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
Lata Mangeshkar was the story of independent India. Most Indians had never known an India without her.
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She was the story of independent India. Most Indians had never known an India without her.
Lata Mangeshkar left with the Goddess Saraswati on Sunday February 6, 2022.
Ode to Lata
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
For Indians Lata Mangeskhar was like Edith Piaf to French or Barbara Streisand to Americans.
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Lata Mangeskhar the saintly lady in white, unmarried, devoted to her art, almost prudish is an unlikely guiding diva for queers, but in some sense she was like Edith Piaf to French or Barbara Streisand to Americans.
I Am a Disco Dancer
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
It’s been a sad 2022 for music in India. Even while India was mourning the loss of its greatest singer, Lata Mangeshkar, the empress of song, it lost its king of disco. Bappi Lahiri.
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It’s been a sad 2022 for music in India. Even while India was mourning the loss of its greatest singer, Lata Mangeshkar, the empress of song, it lost its king of disco. Bappi Lahiri.
Future Food
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
Just last year the U.N. reported that malnutrition rose to about 768 million people. Sandip Roy wonders if the time for insects as food is upon us.
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Just last year the U.N. reported that malnutrition rose to about 768 million people. Sandip Roy wonders if the time for insects as food is upon us.
Ukrainian Tales
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
While the Russian army fills the news hour, Sandip remembers his childhood exposure to the folk tales of Ukraine.
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While the Russian army fills the news hour, Sandip remembers his childhood exposure to the folk tales of Ukraine.
The Journey of Vinayakram
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
Sandip Roy shares the journey of Mahesh Vinayakram, from the verse of Carnatic music to the world stage of Cirque du Soleil.
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Sandip Roy shares the journey of Mahesh Vinayakram, from the verse of Carnatic music to the world stage of Cirque du Soleil.
The Heaven Beneath Us
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
The garden does teach you to be patient, for there are ultimately no low hanging fruits to be had.
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The garden does teach you to be patient, for there are ultimately no low hanging fruits to be had.
Normalizing the Not Normal
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
Everyone is talking about the great Slapgate incident at the Oscars ceremony, but all of that trivializes what it ultimately was.
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Everyone is talking about the great Slapgate incident at the Oscars ceremony, but all of that trivializes what it ultimately was.
Putting the 'Book' back in Book Fair
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
At the Kolkata Book Fair Sandip wonders if anyone comes to the book fair anymore for actual books, and then 4 handwritten poems proved that they do.
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At the Kolkata Book Fair Sandip wonders if anyone comes to the book fair anymore for actual books, and then 4 handwritten poems proved that they do.
Snub or Flub
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
The “In Memoriam” segment of the 2022 Grammy awards failed to remember one very important icon, Lata Mangeshkar. While many fans of Indian music and cinema feel snubbed, the loss was ultimately that of the Grammy’s.
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The “In Memoriam” segment of the 2022 Grammy awards failed to remember one very important icon, Lata Mangeshkar. While many fans of Indian music and cinema feel snubbed, the loss was ultimately that of the Grammy’s.
Malcolm is back!
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
For the last two years the Kolkata Literary Meet has been a Zoom affair, but this year the audience is back and reminds Sandip just how important that audience is.
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For the last two years the Kolkata Literary Meet has been a Zoom affair, but this year the audience is back and reminds Sandip just how important that audience is.
For more on the Kolkata Literary Meet click here.
The Golden Fortress
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
Many towns and cities are indelibly tied up with certain books and films. But few changed the fortunes of a town like a 1974 Bengali film named Sonar Kella.
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Many towns and cities are indelibly tied up with certain books and films. But few changed the fortunes of a town like a 1974 Bengali film named Sonar Kella.
In Search of Bengali Harlem
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
In Search of Bengali Harlem is a transformative journey, not just for Alaudin Ullah, but for our understanding of the complex histories of South Asian and Muslim Americans.
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In Search of Bengali Harlem is a transformative journey, not just for Alaudin Ullah, but for our understanding of the complex histories of South Asian and Muslim Americans.
The film premieres on Saturday May 14 at the Great Star Theatre in San Francisco as part of CAAMFest.
Remembering Urvashi Vaid
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
The South-Asian Queer activist Urvashi Vaid passed away on May 14th, but her influence remains.
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The South-Asian Queer activist Urvashi Vaid passed away on May 14th, but her influence remains.
Parisian Fairytale
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
This Spring, the Paris Book Fair was finally back in person! But even amidst this Parisian fairytale, reality reared its ugly head.
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This Spring, the Paris Book Fair was finally back in person! But even amidst this Parisian fairytale, reality reared its ugly head.
The Necessary Truth
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
While everyone wants to move on from COVID-19, but professor of epidemiology at Michigan University Bhramar Mukherjee says that the future depends on what we learn from the past.
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While everyone wants to move on from COVID-19, but professor of epidemiology at Michigan University Bhramar Mukherjee says that the future depends on what we learn from the past.
Tram Along With Me
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
On world Environmental Day, Sandip rediscovers an old transit system that has potential for all of us.
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On world Environmental Day, Sandip rediscovers an old transit system that has potential for all of us.
America is a gun
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
While Americans and their politicians argue over gun control, the world view of America is not getting any better.
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While Americans and their politicians argue over gun control, the world view of America is not getting any better.
(All music set to the poem by Brian Bilston. https://unbound.com/books/brian-bilston)
India Pride 2022
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
Pride in India has come out of the closet and the film world has followed suit.
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Pride in India has come out of the closet and the film world has followed suit.
Not even a Sandesh
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
Sandip considers the underwhelming response to Queen Elizabeth’s Platinum Jubilee in India.
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Sandip considers the underwhelming response to Queen Elizabeth’s Platinum Jubilee in India.
Soundtrack of Normalcy
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
As the world continues to limp back to a pre-COVID lifestyle, Sandip ponders the markers of “normalcy” in his life in Kolkata.
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As the world continues to limp back to a pre-COVID lifestyle, Sandip ponders the markers of “normalcy” in his life in Kolkata.
The Chettiars
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
The great mansions in the villages of Chettinad in South India still carry the imprints of the worlds their owners once traversed using Birmingham steel, Italian marble, Spanish tiles.
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The great mansions in the villages of Chettinad in South India still carry the imprints of the worlds their owners once traversed using Birmingham steel, Italian marble, Spanish tiles.
The Monsoon Lady
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
Dr Sulochana Gadgil started studying the Indian monsoon when she was at Harvard in the 1960s. She's been tracking it back in India since 1971. And she talked to Sandip about how the monsoon is changing (or not).
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Dr Sulochana Gadgil started studying the Indian monsoon when she was at Harvard in the 1960s. She's been tracking it back in India since 1971. And she talked to Sandip about how the monsoon is changing (or not).
More Than Just Adivasi
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
India refers to its original tribal inhabitants as “Adivasi’s.” Now one, Droupadi Murmu, has ascended to the office of President.
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India refers to its original tribal inhabitants as “Adivasi’s.” Now one, Droupadi Murmu, has ascended to the office of President.
The Last Straw
From KALW | 06:00
A ban on single use plastic went into effect in India last month. But food and beverage companies like Coca Cola and Pepsico are saying they cannot ditch the plastic straws just yet.
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A ban on single use plastic went into effect in India last month. But food and beverage companies like Coca Cola and Pepsico are saying they cannot ditch the plastic straws just yet. They say it could hit sales by over $300 million!
Symbols of Freedom
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
India celebrates 75 years of Independence from Britain in a new exhibit called March to Freedom.
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India celebrates 75 years of Independence from Britain in a new exhibit called March to Freedom and tries to tell that story with some unusual objects.
Rushdie's fatwa
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
After the recent attack on Salman Rushdie, Sandip Roy reflects on how the fatwa put freedom of expression on the cultural map for so many of us.
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After the recent attack on Salman Rushdie, Sandip Roy reflects on how the fatwa put freedom of expression on the cultural map for so many of us.
The Monkeys of Ramayan
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
The Bay Area Indian American theatre group Naatak became famous as "techies doing theatre."
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The Bay Area Indian American theatre group Naatak became famous as "techies doing theatre".. Now it is embarking on its 100th production and taking on the great Indian epic the Ramayan.
Uncoupled
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
Netflix’s new series Uncovered might be referred to as the gay “Sex in the City,” but Sandip Roy finds a reason why everyone can relate to it.
It's Complicated
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
Kolkata was once the capital of British India. And it has a sentimental connection with royalty like the late Queen Elizabeth II. But the history of colonialism makes the relationship rather complicated.
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Kolkata was once the capital of British India. And it has a sentimental connection with royalty like the late Queen Elizabeth II. But the history of colonialism makes the relationship rather complicated.
The East-West Tango
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
Watching The funeral of Queen Elizabeth II has been a surreal lesson in post colonial history.
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Watching The funeral of Queen Elizabeth II has been a surreal lesson in post colonial history.
It’s fashionable to decry any interest in the death of Queen Elizabeth as colonial nostalgia that India needs to shrug off. But it’s actually a moment instead to examine at how India has looked at the West, both as a problem and as a solution.
Cheetahs on a Plane
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
Cheetahs were declared extinct in India in 1952. Now they are being brought back from Africa.
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Cheetahs were declared extinct in India in 1952. Now they are being brought back from Africa. But this intercontinental big cat transfer has left the conservationist community divided.
Intangible Durga
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
Durga Puja is Kolkata's biggest festival. But this year its art is more in focus because it's just got the Unesco Intangible Cultural Heritage tag.
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Durga Puja is Kolkata's biggest festival. But this year its art is more in focus because it's just got the Unesco Intangible Cultural Heritage tag.
Plastic Puja
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
The drums of Durga Puja, the biggest festival of the Kolkata calendar finally stopped beating last week.
But some are asking about such a big celebration, so much public art, but what about its green footprint?
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The drums of Durga Puja, the biggest festival of the Kolkata calendar finally stopped beating last week.
This year was especially big because Durga Puja made the UNESCO intangible cultural heritage list, and because of that the celebration is over, some are asking... Such a big celebration, so much public art, but what about its green footprint?
The Ballad of Jaswant Singh Rawat
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
October marks the 60th anniversary of the Indo-China war fought in the upper reaches of the Himalaya in 1962. It's not a war that ended in glory for India but in the steep mountain slopes of north eastern India, the men who died for their country have become part of local lore.
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October marks the 60th anniversary of the Indo-China war fought in the upper reaches of the Himalaya in 1962. It's not a war that ended in glory for India but in the steep mountain slopes of north eastern India, the men who died for their country have become part of local lore.
Sunrise, sunset... Son rise!
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
Some in India are over the moon that Rishi Sunak has become the new Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
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Rishi Sunak has become the new Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. And some in India are over the moon that a person of Indian origin is now Prime Minister of the country Britain ruled for 200 years.
India's Land of the Lamas
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
While Buddhism as a religion was founded in India, only 0.7% of Indians describe themselves as Buddhist.
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While Buddhism as a religion was founded in India, only 0.7% of Indians describe themselves as Buddhist. But in the town of Tawang, 10,000 feet above sea level, the connections to Tibet are centuries old and still very much alive. It's called the Land of the Lamas.
Spinning out of control
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
Why are there so many prequel spinoffs in the theaters and on streaming services right now?
Sure, capitalizing on a franchise is one reason, but perhaps there’s a more existential reason.
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Why are there so many prequel spinoffs in the theaters and on streaming services right now?
Sure, capitalizing on a franchise is one reason, but perhaps there’s a more existential reason.
Kolkata's Football Fever
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
India does not have a spot in World Cup football. But Kolkata, as usual, has two teams in the game.
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India does not have a spot in World Cup football. But Kolkata, as usual, has two teams in the game. With all the food and parties that comes with such an event.
For Lease
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
Returning for the first time since COVID, Sandip Roy finds a different San Francisco, one seemingly for lease.
For Lease
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
Returning for the first time since COVID, Sandip Roy finds a different San Francisco, one seemingly for lease.
Bringing the World to the World Cup
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
Even though FIFA is a huge multi-national corporation, one fan in India is reminding everyone about the joys of fandom.
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Even though FIFA is a huge multi-national corporation, one fan in India is reminding everyone about the joys of fandom.
Pride and Celebration
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
From the World Cup to Pride Parades, Kolkata is a city that loves to turn everything into a festival.
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From the World Cup to Pride Parades, Kolkata is a city that loves to turn everything into a festival. And after two years of the pandemic no one is complaining.
Happy (Indian) Christmas
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
In Bethlehem there was no room at the inn for baby Jesus. But in India there’s always room at the Christmas party.
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In Bethlehem there was no room at the inn for baby Jesus. But in India there’s always room at the Christmas party.
Un-Word of the Year
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
It’s that time of the year again when dictionaries around the world try to sum up the year in a word or two.
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It’s that time of the year again when dictionaries around the world try to sum up the year in a word or two.
But instead of adding yet another “Word of the Year” to our already verbose lives what we need is a way to eliminate words that we would rather never see anymore.
Call it the Un-word of the Year.
The Chicken from Glasgow
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
Unlike many of the people we lost in 2022 - Queen Elizabeth II, Lata Mangeshkar, Pele - Ahmed Ali Aslam might not have been a household name.
But his cultural footprint was huge.
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On the River
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
The longest river cruise in the world is underway on it’s maiden voyage in India.
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The longest river cruise in the world is underway on it’s maiden voyage in India. 2000 miles, 51 days, 50 tourist spots, 17 stopovers and 2 countries.
City of Joy
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
The French author Dominique LaPierre died recently and that made Sandip Roy think of the author's legacy on his hometown of Kolkata.
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The French author Dominique LaPierre died recently and that made Sandip Roy think of the authors legacy on his hometown of Kolkata.
The Fest in Festival
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
Literary festivals have returned to the ground in full form for the first time since the pandemic. Sandip Roy sends an audio postcard from a litfest in Kolkata
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Literary festivals have returned to the ground in full form for the first time since the pandemic. Sandip Roy sends an audio postcard from a litfest in Kolkata
Pathaan
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
Pathaan, the biggest Bollywood hit of recent times is being hailed as the return of its star Shah Rukh Khan. But a lot more is being read into its success by Indian media than just an action film that clicked with its audience.
Mishti Mukh
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
Kolkata is famous for its love of books. And its love for sweets. And Sandip Roy just went to Jugal's Literature Festival - the first ever literature festival about sweets.
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Kolkata is famous for its love of books. And its love for sweets. And Sandip Roy just went to Jugal's Literature Festival - the first ever literature festival about sweets.
More of Less in Kolkata
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
San Francisco's Andrew Sean Greer was in Kolkata recently to talk about Less is Lost, his sequel to his Pulitzer-winning novel Less. Sandip Roy sent this dispatch about Less in Kolkata.
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San Francisco's Andrew Sean Greer was in Kolkata recently to talk about Less is Lost, his sequel to his Pulitzer-winning novel Less. Sandip Roy sent this dispatch about Less in Kolkata.
Limeric Lovers Are Like No Others
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
If you think limericks just means Edward Lear, think again. The Limeric Lovers Publishers of Kolkata are devoted fans of limericks in Bengali, a love affair that stretches from Kolkata to the USA.
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If you think limericks just means Edward Lear, think again. The Limeric Lovers Publishers of Kolkata are devoted fans of limericks in Bengali, a love affair that stretches from Kolkata to the USA.
For more information visit http://limericklovers.com/
Fistfull of Joy
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
It’s time to play Holi in India and Sandip Roy grabs a fistful of joy!
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It’s time to play Holi in India and Sandip Roy grabs a fistful of joy!
Fistfull of Joy
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
It’s time to play Holi in India and Sandip Roy grabs a fistful of joy!
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It’s time to play Holi in India and Sandip Roy grabs a fistful of joy!
The Songs We Carry
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
Sandip Roy is getting nostalgic after Naatu Naatu wins an Oscar for best song in a film, and a real Indian production at that!
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Naatu Naatu marked the first time a song from an Indian production had won an Oscar. Although songs have been the DNA of Indian films from the very first talkies.
The Elephant Whisperers
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
The short documentary Oscar win for The Elephant Whisperers is being widely celebrated in India because it's a first for India. But what will it mean for India's elephants, both the ones in the wild and the ones in captivity?
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The short documentary Oscar win for The Elephant Whisperers is being widely celebrated in India because it's a first for India. But what will it mean for India's elephants, both the ones in the wild and the ones in captivity?
The Fontwala
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
Responsible for typefaces of all slants and bolds, Rajeev Prakash is India’s Fontwala!
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Responsible for typefaces of all slants and bolds, Rajeev Prakash is India’s Fontwala!
Streetcars of Desire
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
Kolkata was the first city in India to have streetcars and the only city to still have them. And they carry within them a rich history of the city which is quickly fading away.
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Kolkata was the first city in India to have streetcars and the only city to still have them. And they carry within them a rich history of the city which is quickly fading away.
Fading Beauties: Streetcars of Desire Pt. 2
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
Kolkata’s streets continue to clog with cars. The fate of an already established, cleaner transit option, teeters in the balance.
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Kolkata’s streets continue to clog with cars. The fate of an already established, cleaner transit option, teeters in the balance.
Dalit History Month
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
April was Dalit History Month in India. But even though caste-ism is officially outlawed in India, some of the old biases remain.
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April was Dalit History Month in India. But even though caste-ism is officially outlawed in India, some of the old biases remain.
Remembering Harry
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
Harry Belafonte's death provoked an outpouring of mourning in India though many learned about his civil rights activism only through his obituaries.
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Harry Belafonte's death provoked an outpouring of mourning in India though many learned about his civil rights activism only through his obituaries.
The River of Jabalpur
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
River towns in India are often temple towns and come with their own rituals.
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River towns in India are often temple towns and come with their own rituals. But Sandip Roy visits Jabalpur which comes with boatmen who talk in rhyme. Here is an audio postcard.
Simply the Best
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
Sandip Roy remembers Tina Turner as the only rockstar whose poster he put up in his bedroom as a boy in Kolkata.
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Sandip Roy remembers Tina Turner as the only rockstar whose poster he put up in his bedroom as a boy in Kolkata.
An Indian Train Story
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
In the wake of the terrible train accident in eastern India Sandip remembers a gentler kind of train travel in India.
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In the wake of the terrible train accident in eastern India Sandip remembers a gentler kind of train travel in India, one of the best ways to experience the country.
Pride Then and Now
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
At a time when June is celebrated as Pride month both in Kolkata and San Francisco, Sandip reflects on a what it took to reconcile both parts of one's identity - queer and South Asian and all those who helped make it happen.
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At a time when June is celebrated as Pride month both in Kolkata and San Francisco, Sandip reflects on a what it took to reconcile both parts of one's identity - queer and South Asian and all those who helped make it happen.
Millets!
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
The White House state dinner for Indian prime minister Narendra Modi included for the first time millets as the main grain. And that caused quite a stir on social media. Sandip Roy says its part of a project to make millets cool again.
Threadbare
From KALW | 06:00
The creators of social media apps claim they are trying to create community. But what they really want is keep us trapped in their community rooms endlessly scrolling, looking for the next fix.
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The creators of social media apps claim they are trying to create community. But what they really want is keep us trapped in their community rooms endlessly scrolling, looking for the next fix.
Interested in Will Jay’s “Anti-Social Media” song? Go to: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czHMx_y7VXU1
Barbie Land
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
The release of Barbie the movie seems the perfect excuse to look for the origins of patriarchy with science writer Angela D Saini.
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The release of Barbie the movie seems the perfect excuse to look for the origins of patriarchy with science writer Angela D Saini, author of The Patriarchs.
Oppenheimer
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
One of the most memorable lines from Oppenheimer the film comes from the Hindu sacred text the Bhagavad Gita. Sandip explains our abiding cultural fascination with that line.
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One of the most memorable lines from Oppenheimer the film comes from the Hindu sacred text the Bhagavad Gita. Sandip explains our abiding cultural fascination with that line.
Independence
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
India celebrated its 77th Independence Day this week. Sandip talks to novelist Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni about the turbulent and traumatic years of Independence.
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India celebrated its 77th Independence Day this week. Sandip talks to novelist Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni about her novel Independence set in the turbulent and traumatic years of Independence. And the lessons from those years that we still have not learned today.
Ragging
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
The death of a Kolkata teen allegedly because of ragging, or hazing, has re focused attention on bullying in schools and colleges.
(Not So) Happy Teacher's Day
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
This week they celebrated “Teacher’s Day” in India, but this year a teacher is in the news for all the wrong reasons.
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This week they celebrated “Teacher’s Day” in India, but this year a teacher is in the news for all the wrong reasons. Sandip Roy reflects on his primary education.
(Not So) Happy Teacher's Day
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
This week they celebrated “Teacher’s Day” in India, but this year a teacher is in the news for all the wrong reasons.
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This week they celebrated “Teacher’s Day” in India, but this year a teacher is in the news for all the wrong reasons. Sandip Roy reflects on his primary education.
Delhi Goes G20
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
Joe Biden and other world leaders landed in Delhi to a grand multicolored G-20 welcome. But the beautification of the city left some of its residents seeing red.
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Joe Biden and other world leaders landed in Delhi to a grand multicolored G-20 welcome. But the beautification of the city left some of its residents seeing red.
The Toilet Man
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
India’s famous “toilet man,” Dr. Bindeswar Pathak, died last month at the age of 80. But he was far more than just an inventor and business man. Sandip Roy explains.
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India’s famous “toilet man,” Dr. Bindeswar Pathak, died last month at the age of 80. But he was far more than just an inventor and business man. Sandip Roy explains.
Khalistan Returns
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
Khalistan - a word that used to be on the front pages of Indian newspapers in the 1980s has resurfaced in headlines thanks to the diplomatic row between India and Canada.
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Khalistan - a word that used to be on the front pages of Indian newspapers in the 1980s has resurfaced in headlines thanks to the diplomatic row between India and Canada. As Indian and Canadian relations go into free fall over a killing in Canada, Sandip explains why how the two countries find themselves butting heads over the idea of Khalistan, the dream homeland for Sikh separatists.
Americans in Gandhi's India
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
Mahatma Gandhi's birth anniversary was celebrated on October 2. While he is revered in India, his charisma drew some Americans to him, Americans who gave up their lives in the West to follow his ideals.
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Mahatma Gandhi's birth anniversary was celebrated on October 2. While he is revered in India, his charisma drew some Americans to him, Americans who gave up their lives in the West to follow his ideals.
Sugar and Poison
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
Wes Anderson's new adaptations of Roald Dahl short stories have won a lot of critical praise. Sandip notices that two of them neatly sum up two colonial attitudes towards India - one sugary and one more poisonous.
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Wes Anderson's new adaptations of Roald Dahl short stories have won a lot of critical praise. Sandip notices that two of them neatly sum up two colonial attitudes towards India - one sugary and one more poisonous.
Durga Puja Cashes In
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
Like all big festivals, Kolkata's biggest festival Durga Puja is big big business. Now a Durga Puja organizer wants the actual art installation to reflect the economy of DUrga Puja so visitors understand it's more than a carnival.
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Like all big festivals, Kolkata's biggest festival Durga Puja is big big business. Now a Durga Puja organizer wants the actual art installation to reflect the economy of DUrga Puja so visitors understand it's more than a carnival.
I'll Be There for You
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
The TV show "Friends" might have been about a group of close-knit white New Yorkers but somehow it resonated in many corners of the world including India.
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Friends might have been about a group of close-knit white New Yorkers but somehow it resonated in many corners of the world including India. Sandip talks about why many in India are mourning the death of Matthew Perry who played the wisecracking Chandler Bing on the series.
The Art of Durga Puja
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
Kolkata's biggest festival Durga Puja has earned a UNESCO tag for intangible cultural heritage. This has led to a lot of interest among art fans in what is a religious and cultural festival in Kolkata.
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Kolkata's biggest festival Durga Puja has earned a UNESCO tag for intangible cultural heritage. This has led to a lot of interest among art fans in what is a religious and cultural festival in Kolkata. This year a group of Vassar students and alumni and faculty got a preview of the festival thanks to a tour organized by Vassar Club South Asia. Sandip tagged along to find out what they made of it.
Kali and Diwali
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
While the festival of Diwali is well known across the world as the festival of light another festival at the same time, the festival of the Goddess Kali will probably never be celebrated in the White House. Sandip explains why
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While the festival of Diwali is well known across the world as the festival of light another festival at the same time, the festival of the Goddess Kali will probably never be celebrated in the White House. Sandip explains why
Just Looking Like a Wow!
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
“Looking like a wow" is the hot new viral craze in India. Sandip brings us the story and what it means for a boutique owner from New Delhi to suddenly become a star.
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“Looking like a wow" is the hot new viral craze in India. Sandip brings us the story and what it means for a boutique owner from New Delhi to suddenly become a star.
Ain't No Mountain High Enough (A Marriage in Nepal)
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
For 16 years Maya Gurung and Surendra Pandey could not get married, but now they have the most important piece of paper in Nepal.
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For 16 years Maya Gurung and Surendra Pandey could not get married, but now they have the most important piece of paper in Nepal.
A Kolkata Christmas Story
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
Sandip Roy’s search for the Christmas experience has taken him from old markets in Kolkata to resorts in the Russian River wine country in California…. and back home again.
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Sandip Roy’s search for the Christmas experience has taken him from old markets in Kolkata to resorts in the Russian River wine country in California…. and back home again.
A New Life for an Old Sari
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
When artist Benigna Chilla got a frayed sari, more than six decades old, from Sandip's mother it set the stage for an artistic conversation that spanned generations and continents.
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When artist Benigna Chilla got a frayed sari, more than six decades old, from Sandip's mother it set the stage for an artistic conversation that spanned generations and continents. Last month Sandip got to see his mother's sari's new avatar.
The show Absolutist Approaches runs through January 14 2024 at Nature Morte Gallery, New Delhi (https://naturemorte.com/exhibitions/absolutistapproaches/)
There's More Than One Color in the Rainbow
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
Though the plea to recognize same-sex marriage was quashed by the Indian Supreme Court, queer life continues to bloom in India in many different colors making December a veritable Pride Month.
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Though the plea to recognize same-sex marriage was quashed by the Indian Supreme Court, queer life continues to bloom in India in many different colors making December a veritable Pride Month.
Maldives in Hot Water
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's images of the Indian islands of Lakshadweep triggered a social media spat with the Maldives.
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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's images of the Indian islands of Lakshadweep triggered a social media spat with the Maldives.
100 Years of Nonsense
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
Sukumar Ray is sometimes called the Edward Lear of Bengal. Abol Tabol his book of nonsense rhymes was part of my growing up. And I dare say every Bengalis. That book turned 100 this year. Now we understand why his nonsense still makes so much sense.
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Sukumar Ray is sometimes called the Edward Lear of Bengal. Abol Tabol his book of nonsense rhymes was part of my growing up. And I dare say every Bengalis. That book turned 100 this year. Now we understand why his nonsense still makes so much sense.
The Winter of Content
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
As lit fest’s, lit meets, literary carnivals pop up all over India, 3 in Kolkata alone in a month, some wonder whether whether this is about books or just being seen around books.
Kolkata has a reputation as a city that loves books. One evening, at least, it came through, making for our winter of content.
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As lit fest’s, lit meets, literary carnivals pop up all over India, 3 in Kolkata alone in a month, some wonder whether whether this is about books or just being seen around books.
Kolkata has a reputation as a city that loves books. One evening, at least, it came through, making for our winter of content.
Found in Translation
From KALW | 06:00
Lit fests in India have historically been rather Anglophone affairs but now translated works of Indian literature are finding a much bigger place in them.
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Lit fests in India have historically been rather Anglophone affairs but now translated works of Indian literature are finding a much bigger place in them.
Year of the Dragon
From KALW | 06:00
Kolkata has India's only Chinatown. The Chinese community is dwindling but they still put up a good show for the Chinese New Year. Sandip got a taste.
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Kolkata has India's only Chinatown. The Chinese community is dwindling but they still put up a good show for the Chinese New Year. Sandip got a taste.
Kathak's Return Journey
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
Pandit Chitresh Das is credited with bringing the Indian classical dance of kathak to America. Now the Chitresh Das Institute takes it back on tour in India but this time with live piano in accompaniment.
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Pandit Chitresh Das is credited with bringing the Indian classical dance of kathak to America. Now the Chitresh Das Institute takes it back on tour in India but this time with live piano in accompaniment.
Goodnight sisters and Brothers
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
Sandip Roy remembers his childhood radio guru. Amen Sayani died last week at the age of 91.
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Sandip Roy remembers his childhood radio guru. Amen Sayani died last week at the age of 91.
Painting the Town Safe
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
Kolkata is often regarded as a city that has slipped behind other metropolises in India when it comes to money and industry. But the country's crime bureau says it's one of the safest cities in India.
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Kolkata is often regarded as a city that has slipped behind other metropolises in India when it comes to money and industry. But the country's crime bureau says it's one of the safest cities in India. And some activists are hoping to keep it that way by encouraging more street life instead of complaining about crowds and dirt.
Self Help Me!
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
Self-help books promise a secret formula to individual success and Jay Shetty is just the latest Dale Carnegie to do so. But, even after the Guardian’s expose on Shetty, Sandip wonders if the problem lies elsewhere.
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Self-help books promise a secret formula to individual success and Jay Shetty is just the latest Dale Carnegie to do so. But, even after the Guardian’s expose on Shetty, Sandip wonders if the problem lies elsewhere.
Journal of Discovery
From KALW | 06:00
Sandip began his Dispatches from Kolkata thinking he would tell listeners in the Bay Area stories from India to show that we were ultimately all connected in this global local world. But as we cross 500 episodes of Dispatches, he discovers something more.
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Sandip began his Dispatches from Kolkata thinking he would tell listeners in the Bay Area stories from India to show that we were ultimately all connected in this global local world. But as we cross 500 episodes of Dispatches, he discovers something more.
Good Holi Ramadan
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
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.
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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.
Which Came First?
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
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.
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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.
Bengali Comics
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
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.
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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.
Bengali Comics
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
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.
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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.
vix Vacare
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
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.
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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.
QueerMandu
From KALW | Part of the Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata series | 06:00
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.
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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.