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The caste system is a long and controversial cultural norm in India, but now the Dalits may be getting a boost from America’s civil rights movements.
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- Added: Oct 06, 2020
- Length: 06:00
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Oct. 2nd is the birthday of Mahatma Gandhi, and in an angry toxic world, we would do well to remember a man who fasted, intermittently, to force us...
- Added: Sep 28, 2020
- Length: 06:00
…the most incorrigible vice being that of an ignorance that fancies it knows everything and therefore claims for itself the right to kill.
— From ...
- Added: Sep 21, 2020
- Length: 06:00
It was 27 years ago this month—at the Ariel School in Ruwa, Zimbabwe—that 62 students witnessed a miracle. Of the biblical variety. Several strange...
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- Added: Sep 11, 2020
- Length: 28:00
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As San Francisco’s heat wave hits 100º Sandip Roy recalls how to battle heat waves in his native Kolkata.
- Added: Sep 07, 2020
- Length: 06:00
Paris Slim and his Blues
- Added: Sep 01, 2020
- Length: 58:59
It was just two years ago that India Supreme Court decriminalized homosexuality, but the real hope for change might not lie in politics.
- Added: Aug 31, 2020
- Length: 06:00
In today’s Untold Story of Central Minnesota, Arts & Cultural Heritage Producer Jeff Carmack heads over to the Promise Neighborhood in St. Cloud on...
- Added: Aug 29, 2020
- Length: 29:09
A piece by Anette Aguilar. In this audio story, you will hear about my mental and emotional changes due to me transfering schools. You’ll hear abou...
- Added: Aug 18, 2020
- Length: 06:09
A Piece by Aniya Jones. With racism being a huge issue for people of color for many years, the youngest generation makes it known that they’re tire...
- Added: Aug 18, 2020
- Length: 07:21
The furor over a Kamala seems much ado over very few syllables, but how one handles the mispronunciation can be telling.
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- Added: Aug 18, 2020
- Length: 06:00
- Purchases: 2
Sandip wonders if the new normal is really normal?
- Added: Aug 10, 2020
- Length: 06:00
With the news of Olivia de Havilland’s death this week coinciding with the Indian celebration of Rakhi Purnima, Sandip reflects on how the holiday ...
- Added: Jul 27, 2020
- Length: 06:00
The social media app TikTok has taken India by storm, but a political storm may mean that time has run out for its users.
- Added: Jul 20, 2020
- Length: 06:00
How can we possibly dream of a better future in the middle of a pandemic? One way is with the help of literature.
- Added: Jul 13, 2020
- Length: 06:00
When does phobia cross over into hate speech? Does a social media site need a bloodthirsty exhortation to deliver a 6-inch deep cut before it can act?
- Added: Jul 07, 2020
- Length: 06:00
Why is it when there is tension between two countries, the fear always seems to end up at the dining table.
- Added: Jun 30, 2020
- Length: 06:00
In the midst of Black Lives Matter movement in the U.S. Johnson & Johnson has announced it will stop selling skin whitening creams.
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- Added: Jun 22, 2020
- Length: 06:00
- Purchases: 1
We bring you stories of "Living and Grieving in a Time of Covid 19." Each story crosses a line ... from before pandemic ... to after. The stories e...
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- Added: Jun 18, 2020
- Length: 54:52
- Purchases: 11
In the news recently, statues have been defaced and pulled down from their perches ala Saddam Hussein.
- Added: Jun 15, 2020
- Length: 06:00
The Sundarbans in Bengal, India have become a speeded up version of global climate change.
- Added: Jun 09, 2020
- Length: 06:00
When life gives you cyclones, make mango rice.
- Added: May 26, 2020
- Length: 06:00
The COVID-19 lockdown has forced many street vendors inside, but now the sounds of the street are returning.
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- Added: May 19, 2020
- Length: 04:30
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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
Are they trying to ram a space-alien story down your throat again? Yeah they are, it happens sometimes. Every couple years, for reasons even they c...
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- Added: May 08, 2020
- Length: 28:00
- Purchases: 1
