Happy New Year! April 15th was the Bengali New Year, but the LAST day of the year means the Charak... more

A group trying to save Kolkatas historic trams makes a case that the old streetcars actually benefit the mangroves of... more

Freedom fries, the Gulf of America and Cafe Canadiano. Sandip Roy explains.

A new approach at the Indian Museum in Kolkata is blending up some interesting pairings. Sandip Roy goes for a... more

Social media was meant to bear witness to our daily lives. Now it might well become a witness for the... more

We all love chocolate. And Sandip used to bring home little samples of the confection to share with his family... more

March 3rd was World Wildlife Day and Sandip remembers his very first literary autograph, from Gerald Durrell.

A lot of people think of Indians as the “model minority.” Hard working, paying taxes and fitting in. But Trump’s... more

The Cadbury company wants to kill Valentine’s Day, and they have released a powerful foe to do it. The Indian... more

This year marks the 48th Kolkata Book Fair, a fair Sandip Roy has been going to his whole life. This... more