20 episodes
Dispatches from Kolkata Sandip Roy
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- Society & Culture
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4.6 • 21 Ratings
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Every week NPR contributor (and former San Franciscian) Sandip Roy brings you a little taste of the 'new India' – a letter home from his other home.
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Summers of Discontent
As the Indian heat descends on Kolkata, Sandip considers how our perceptions about the rituals of summer have changed.
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QueerMandu
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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vix Vacare
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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Bengali Comics
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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Which Came First?
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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Good Holi Ramadan
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.
Customer Reviews
Namaste Alabama
I used to hear Sandip on my local radio station in San Francisco KALW and luckily he still has a 6 minute segment that I can hear on the radio or here by podcast. I appreciate his endless curiosity and clear eyed empathy tempered by a wonderfully sly sense of humor. The sound production is wonderful, the voices and ambient sounds takes one right there. Bravo !
Love it!
One of my favorite podcasts!
Orange Hat
I enjoy listening to this podcast! Sandip Ray is succinct in his expression and keen in his observation...