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The COVID-19 lockdown has forced many street vendors inside, but now the sounds of the street are returning.
Bought by KGUA
- Added: May 19, 2020
- Length: 04:30
- Purchases: 1
The COVID pandemic has had a terrible effect on all of us, and opened our eyes to some of those who were invisible before.
- Added: May 11, 2020
- Length: 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.
- Added: May 04, 2020
- Length: 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 messag...
- Added: Apr 20, 2020
- Length: 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.
- Added: Apr 14, 2020
- Length: 06:00
For these few weeks as humans suffer, the earth is healing itself.
- Added: Apr 09, 2020
- Length: 06:00
Sandip remembers his early childhood attraction to a group of mustacioed morons. Astrix and Obelix.
- Added: Mar 31, 2020
- Length: 06:00
Sandip reflects on the connections between us, and the responsibility of us all to remain apart.
- Added: Mar 23, 2020
- Length: 06:00
Could the global outbreak of COVID-19 keep us apart, in more ways than just physical.
Bought by KFCF FM, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio
- Added: Mar 17, 2020
- Length: 06:00
- Purchases: 3
The Indian festival ‘Holi’ is usually a riot of abandonment and color…but then Corona came to town.
Bought by KFAI Minneapolis and KUFM - Montana Public Radio
- Added: Mar 09, 2020
- Length: 06:00
- Purchases: 2
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.
- Added: Mar 02, 2020
- Length: 06:00
Sandip Roy looks at all the ways Trump’s recent visit to India has been a benefit to all concerned.
- Added: Feb 24, 2020
- Length: 06:00
Sandip Roy spoke with James Crabtree about his new book "The Billionaire Raj."
- Added: Feb 17, 2020
- Length: 06:00
Someone has to hold their hands very carefully underneath, to catch a tear inside a message in a bottle. Plus, a look at the sound triangles make.
- Added: Feb 11, 2020
- Length: 10:28
Sandip takes us to one of his favorite places, the Kolkata Book Fair, now in it’s 44th year!
- Added: Feb 11, 2020
- Length: 06:00
Katherine Eban's book "Bottle of Lies" exposes the criminal dealings of some of India pharma's drug producers
- Added: Feb 03, 2020
- Length: 06:00
Sandip explores the very unique sounds that make up a Kolkata winter.
- Added: Jan 27, 2020
- Length: 06:00
After watching “Tales of the City” on Netflix, Sandip reflects on his own tale of the city.
- Added: Jan 21, 2020
- Length: 06:00
Sandip Roy reflects on the fast paced decade that defined “Social Media.”
- Added: Jan 13, 2020
- Length: 06:00
There are protests in many cities all over India with signs saying No NPR.
- Added: Jan 06, 2020
- Length: 06:00
How did just a few thousand British control the country of India?
- Added: Dec 02, 2019
- Length: 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 dee...
- Added: Nov 23, 2019
- Length: 06:00
Many things divide a country, but it’s the overlooked, personal slights, that hurt the most.
- Added: Nov 18, 2019
- Length: 06:00
Sandip Roy remembers on of India’s most beloved writers.
Nabaneeta dev Sen
Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio
- Added: Nov 11, 2019
- Length: 06:00
- Purchases: 1
Sandip speaks with filmmaker Ronny Sen about his film “Cat Sticks,” a personal and disturbing look at the ‘brown sugar’ heroin explosion at the beg...
- Added: Nov 04, 2019
- Length: 06:00
