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Caption: The Nigiri Mountain train, Credit: Sandip Roy
Sandip takes a ride back in time on the Nilgiri Mountain Railway, one of the oldest mountain railways in India and part of the UNESCO World Heritag...

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  • Added: Jul 12, 2023
  • Length: 06:00
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On this episode of the Polley Music Library show, we discussed the book "Who Cares Anyway: Post-Punk San Francisco and the End of the Analog Age" b...

  • Added: Jul 08, 2023
  • Length: 28:23
Caption: The International Year of Millets shared the White House state dinner menu.
The White House state dinner for Indian prime minister Narendra Modi included for the first time millets as the main grain. And that caused quite a...

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  • Added: Jul 03, 2023
  • Length: 06:00
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On this episode of the Polley Music Library show, we talked about "Beautiful Dreamer," the first biography of guitarist and composer Bill Frisell, ...

  • Added: Jul 01, 2023
  • Length: 28:30
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On this episode of the Polley Music Library Show, we talked about "The Mandorla Letters," the new book by flautist and composer Nicole Mitchell Gan...

  • Added: Jun 24, 2023
  • Length: 27:30
Caption: A classic Tupperware Party ad
One of America’s iconic plastic storage devices is still coveted in India. Sandip Roy warmly remembers Tupperware!

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  • Added: Jun 23, 2023
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On this episode of the Polley Music Library Show, we looked at the new book "Music for Prime Time," which documents the rich history of music writt...

  • Added: Jun 21, 2023
  • Length: 28:30
Caption: The South Asian contingent at the San Francisco Pride Parade in 2016 and also the last time I was there during Pride. , Credit: Sandip Roy
At a time when June is celebrated as Pride month both in Kolkata and San Francisco, Sandip reflects on a what it took to reconcile both parts of on...

  • Added: Jun 21, 2023
  • Length: 06:00
Caption: Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni with Sandip at the Kolkata Literary Meet in 2023., Credit: Sandip Roy
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni is a beloved author now but when she started writing about her South Asian community in America in the 90s not everyone ...

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  • Added: Jun 13, 2023
  • Length: 06:00
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On this episode of the Polley Music Library Show, we responded to a listener request about trees by looking at environmental soundscape recordings,...

  • Added: Jun 10, 2023
  • Length: 28:35
Caption: Approaching train at sunset in India. , Credit: Sandip Roy
In the wake of the terrible train accident in eastern India Sandip remembers a gentler kind of train travel in India.

  • Added: Jun 06, 2023
  • Length: 06:00
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There are no visitor facilities. Roads are mostly washed-out jeep tracks. There is no water. And there's no way out, unless you come back the way y...

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  • Added: Jun 03, 2023
  • Length: 28:00
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On this episode of the Polley Music Library Show, we talked about our songwriting/composing club, an upcoming songwriting workshop about "four chor...

  • Added: Jun 03, 2023
  • Length: 27:29
Caption: The cover of Tina Turner’s album “Simply the Best”, Credit: Parlophone Records
Sandip Roy remembers Tina Turner as the only rockstar whose poster he put up in his bedroom as a boy in Kolkata.

  • Added: May 31, 2023
  • Length: 06:00
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On this episode of the Polley Music Library show, we talked about International Drum Month, and discussed just a few of the many books we have at t...

  • Added: May 27, 2023
  • Length: 28:30
Caption: Worshipping the river has become a new choreographed sound and light ritual for tourists. , Credit: Sandip Roy
River towns in India are often temple towns and come with their own rituals.

  • Added: May 22, 2023
  • Length: 06:00
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On this episode, we discussed the new book "Dance-Punk," part of a new series of "Genre" books from 33 1/3. We discussed the history of dance-punk ...

  • Added: May 20, 2023
  • Length: 28:29
Caption: An old Harry Belafonte album cover in Kolkata., Credit: Photo by Bishan Samaddar
Harry Belafonte's death provoked an outpouring of mourning in India though many learned about his civil rights activism only through his obituaries.

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  • Added: May 16, 2023
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On this episode of the Polley Music Library Show, we talked about the book "Songs of Earth," which is an updated version of song collector/folklori...

  • Added: May 13, 2023
  • Length: 27:30
Caption: Sandip Roy has made a Coronation Chicken salad but has no plans to make a Coronation Quiche, Credit: Sandip Roy
The coronation of King Charles came with its own special dish - a coronation quiche. But Sandip Roy says that does not have quite the glamour of hi...

  • Added: May 09, 2023
  • Length: 06:00
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On this episode of the Polley Music Library Show, we talked about the new book "Overtone Singing," a comprehensive tome that addresses the physics ...

  • Added: May 06, 2023
  • Length: 28:29

  • Added: May 03, 2023
  • Length: 04:52
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I could be over thinking the feeling I got when I saw that lone coati from the now named coati mundi bluff, but it was wonderful. The other flora a...

  • Added: May 03, 2023
  • Length: 04:17
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On this episode of the Polley Music Library show, we talked about a new book in the "Decades" series that documents the band Faith No More and thei...

  • Added: May 02, 2023
  • Length: 27:59
Caption: A poster supporting California proposition SB403, outlawing caste-based discrimination. , Credit: Sandip Roy
April was Dalit History Month in India. But even though caste-ism is officially outlawed in India, some of the old biases remain.

  • Added: May 02, 2023
  • Length: 06:00