Every week NPR contributor (and former San Franciscian) Sandip Roy brings you a little taste of the 'new India' – a letter... more
The 2024 Presidential Election has marked an irreversible cultural change in the U.S. Sandip Roy sees the connection in an... more
Royal past meets the tourist future at India’s Palace Hotels. Sandip had a nostalgic visit to Dhenkanal in the Eastern... more
Durga Puja, Kolkata's biggest festival comes face to face with the biggest protests the city has seen in recent years.
In a city chaotic with light and noise, the Goddess has come home and is calling out to us. Now... more
Mahatma Gandhi is revered as the Father of the Nation in India. But how was he as Father of his... more
This summer I went to Istanbul looking for melancholy. Or as they call it there hüzün.
Food is the way we often break down barriers between people AND food is also the way we “other” the... more
Durga Puja is a season of homecoming, but this year artists turned protesters in Kolkata cannot shake off the image... more
We are trained from the beginning on how to win but no one teaches us how to lose even though... more
Sandip Roy attends a raucous protest about the recent rape and murder of a junior doctor at the R.G. Kar... more