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Sandip reflects on how literature festivals have mutated during the COVID pandemic.
- Added: Jan 24, 2022
- Length: 06:00
- Added: Dec 13, 2021
- Length: 02:00
- Purchases: 1
Apparently Indians pay attention to nothing unless it’s turned into a festival. Sandip Roy wonders if that may help stop COVID-19.
- Added: Apr 13, 2021
- Length: 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...
- Added: Apr 05, 2021
- Length: 06:00
The furor over a Kamala seems much ado over very few syllables, but how one handles the mispronunciation can be telling.
Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and PRX Remix
- Added: Aug 18, 2020
- Length: 06:00
- Purchases: 2
At Bakra Mania, a goat dealership in Mumbai Fahad Zariwala runs the youtube channel FSA Entertainment which showcases many goat gems and “India’s C...
- Added: Aug 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
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
Sometimes when picking our monuments we focus on the wrong aspect.
- Added: Nov 05, 2018
- Length: 06:00
In a world where consumer choice is deified, multi-cuisine’s stock keeps going up, no matter its quality.
Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio
- Added: Sep 13, 2016
- Length: 05:59
- Purchases: 1
Sandip Roy gets virtually stranded in Bangladesh at the Dhaka Lit. Fest.
- Added: Nov 23, 2015
- Length: 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? ...
Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.
- Added: Jul 28, 2015
- Length: 06:00
- Purchases: 1
What do immigrants carry with them to America?
The obvious reminders of home -- Spices. Pressure cookers. Pickles.
What’s far more unpredictable i...
Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.
- Added: Jul 20, 2015
- Length: 05:58
- Purchases: 1
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 instan...
Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.
- Added: Jun 09, 2015
- Length: 06:00
- Purchases: 1
World Cup fever has infected the entire world... including Kolkata, India!
- Added: Jul 08, 2014
- Length: 04:30
An Indian election campaign is not entirely unlike a Bollywood film. The heroes and villains might flip flop depending on your party preference. B...
- Added: Apr 21, 2014
- Length: 04:30
- Added: Feb 10, 2014
- Length: 04:30
- Purchases: 1
Ghana has long been a special place for the African American diaspora. For many, "roots tourism" is a rite of passage. But in the early 90s, the We...
Bought by XRAY.fm
- Added: Dec 14, 2013
- Length: 11:13
- Purchases: 1
The telegram was 163 years old in India, and only recently has the reliable old machine been put away.
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Jul 16, 2013
- Length: 04:30
- Purchases: 1
Signs. They’re everywhere, but do we ever stop to examine them? Probably not, unless there’s something about them that one finds funny. Or weird. O...
- Added: Aug 15, 2010
- Length: 04:56
As many prepare for our Summer vacations, commentator Andrew Hiller explains why buying cheap gas is a really bad idea.
- Added: Jun 28, 2010
- Length: 03:44
