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Painting the Town Safe

From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata

Caption: City activists are painting sidewalks hoping to encourage more street life in Kolkata., Credit: Sandip Roy

Kolkata is often regarded as a city that has slipped behind other metropolises in India when it comes to money and industry. But the country's crim...

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From: Emma Lehman

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The Toilet Man

From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata

Caption: Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak tours Kolkata's Durga Puja with the widows of Vrindavan. , Credit: Sandip Roy

India’s famous “toilet man,” Dr. Bindeswar Pathak, died last month at the age of 80. But he was far more than just an inventor and business man. Sa...

Barbie Land

From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata

The release of Barbie the movie seems the perfect excuse to look for the origins of patriarchy with science writer Angela D Saini.

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Independent Chitra

From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata

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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The Women of Afghanistan

From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata

Caption: "Nightmare" by Shamsia Hassani, Credit: Shamsia Hassani

With all the talk about the women and girls of Afghanistan, Sandip wonders if it was ever really about them at all.

Playing Friday

From: Black Mountain Radio

Sam Forbes is a writer, photographer, and actor. For many years, a significant part of her creative practice took place inside what she calls a hid...

Dispatch 369 - Priya's Mask

From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata

Caption: India's Priya and Pakistan's Burka Avenger battle Baba Kaboom in the Priya's Mask comic book.

Priya’s Shakti is a comic and animated film about India’s first female superhero Priya and her flying tiger Sahas. Priya has taken on issues like r...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio

Dispatch #354: The Shadow of Caste

From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata

Caption: Headlines from the Telegraph, Credit: Sandip Roy

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.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio

kaMAla, Kamala

From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata

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

All is Fair in Love and Pharma

From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata

Caption: Johnson & Johnson Fairness skin creams

In the midst of Black Lives Matter movement in the U.S. Johnson & Johnson has announced it will stop selling skin whitening creams.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio

Building Community One (Dance) Step at a Time

From: David Condos

Joann Jones co-founded a community dance class that helps senior citizens fight inactivity and isolation. But as she gets older, Joann has to fight...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and PRX Remix

Dispatch 311: Remembering Nabaneeta

From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata

Caption: Nabaneeta Dev Sen with her daughter at Antara at the Kolkata Literary Meet, Credit: Sandip Roy

Sandip Roy remembers on of India’s most beloved writers. Nabaneeta dev Sen

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Dispatch 287: the Women's March for Change

From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata

As this year's election season heats up in India, women are making themselves heard.

Remembering Sridevi

From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata

Sandip Roy remembers the iconic Indian actress Sridevi.

Suprabhatam (Auspicious Dawn)

From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata

Most of us around the world wake up to alarm clocks or the clock radio turning on. For decades thousands and thousands of Indians around the world...

A Lifetime of Caregiving: Mom and Uncle Harold

From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact

Caption: Mom and Uncle Harodl, Credit: Stephanie Guyer-Stevens

Most often family members are the ones that step up and provide care when a parent or loved one needs it. According to the Family Caregiver Allianc...

Trauma Glossolalia: Synesthesia and Sound

From: Sheila Cowley
Series: Sound and Violence - Work by NYU Students

Award-winning composer Jenny Olivia Johnson explores synesthesia, where sound is perceived as color or touch. Her feature is a work of sound art as...

Radio Retrospective: The Woman Behind "Let's Pretend"

From: Katy Sewall
Series: Radio Retrospective

There weren’t a lot of female directors during the Golden Age of Radio. Nila Mack was one of the few who earned herself an office on the 14th floo...

Bought by WMMT, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, WABE, and PRX Remix

Staying in the Gray

From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents

Caption: Hannah Young giving her boifriend Clem Breslin a smooch.

Many spaces are designated for either men or women: bathrooms, clothing stores, hair salons. But some people don’t subscribe to being a man or a wo...

Bought by XRAY.fm and PRX Remix

Next Year, Once Again

From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata

Some 60 widows in white saris from the town of Vrindavan made thier way to Kolkata for the festival of the Goddess Durga. Something many of them ha...

Centerstage Minnesota: Snöbarn and an essay from Sasha Mercedes

From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Centerstage Minnesota

Caption: Gaelynn Lea and Ariane Norrgard of Snöbarn

On this week's show Northern Community Radio Producer Amy Clark presents a new feature on the new Duluth band featuring Gaelynn Lea and Ariane Norr...

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