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Caption: Tamil writer Perumal Murugan (center) conversed with his moderator at the Kolkata Literary Meet via an interpreter, Credit: Sandip Roy
Lit fests in India have historically been rather Anglophone affairs but now translated works of Indian literature are finding a much bigger place i...

  • Added: Feb 05, 2024
  • Length: 06:00
Caption: A queue on a rainy evening for author autographs and books at the Kolkata Literary Meet. , Credit: Sandip Roy
As lit fest’s, lit meets, literary carnivals pop up all over India, 3 in Kolkata alone in a month, some wonder whether whether this is about books ...

  • Added: Jan 30, 2024
  • Length: 06:00
Caption: A building in the Hatibagan neighborhood in North Kolkata, Credit: Sandip Roy
Sukumar Ray is sometimes called the Edward Lear of Bengal. Abol Tabol his book of nonsense rhymes was part of my growing up. And I dare say every B...

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  • Added: Jan 23, 2024
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: The Limeric Lovers Publishers stall at the Kolkata Book Fair, Credit: Sandip Roy
If you think limericks just means Edward Lear, think again. The Limeric Lovers Publishers of Kolkata are devoted fans of limericks in Bengali, a lo...

  • Added: Feb 28, 2023
  • Length: 06:00
Caption: The Apeejay Kolkata Literary Festival, Credit: Sandip Roy
Literary festivals have returned to the ground in full form for the first time since the pandemic. Sandip Roy sends an audio postcard from a litfes...

  • Added: Jan 30, 2023
  • Length: 06:00
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In search of inefficiency in an overly efficient digital world, Jakob Lewis entered the ‘typosphere,’ an online community of typewriter enthusiasts...

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Aug 17, 2022
  • Length: 27:43
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Sandip in the Paris Metro
This Spring, the Paris Book Fair was finally back in person! But even amidst this Parisian fairytale, reality reared its ugly head.

  • Added: May 24, 2022
  • Length: 06:00
Caption: Kolkata Lit. Fest. audience, Credit: Sandip Roy
For the last two years the Kolkata Literary Meet has been a Zoom affair, but this year the audience is back and reminds Sandip just how important t...

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  • Added: Apr 19, 2022
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Runu Mullick, the poetry seller, Credit: Sandip Roy
At the Kolkata Book Fair Sandip wonders if anyone comes to the book fair anymore for actual books, and then 4 handwritten poems proved that they do.

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  • Added: Apr 04, 2022
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 1
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While the Russian army fills the news hour, Sandip remembers his childhood exposure to the folk tales of Ukraine.

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  • Added: Mar 07, 2022
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Sandip reflects on how literature festivals have mutated during the COVID pandemic.

  • Added: Jan 24, 2022
  • Length: 06:00
Caption: A map of the Banda Islands from the book “the Nutmeg’s Curse.”, Credit: Photo by Sandip Roy, courtesy of the author
Writer Amitov Ghosh’s new book explores how the past informs our future, but can we learn from it?

  • Added: Dec 17, 2021
  • Length: 06:00
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A postcard from Tongue, Scotland

Bought by KTNA


  • Added: Dec 12, 2021
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 1
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A postcard from Montevideo, Uruguay

Bought by KTNA


  • Added: Dec 12, 2021
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Cherry Blossoms in bloom at the venue, Credit: Sandip Roy
A recent trip to the Shillong Literary Festival gives Sandip pause to consider just what was missing for over a year.

  • Added: Nov 30, 2021
  • Length: 06:00
Caption: A sampling of books by Enid Blyton, Credit: Sandip Roy
Though Americans don’t know her like they do Dr. Seuss, Enid Blyton wrote some 700 books for kids and teens. But now she, like Seuss, is coming und...

  • Added: Jul 06, 2021
  • Length: 06:00
Caption: A photo of Lawrence Ferlinghetti at City Lights Bookstore in San Francisco, Credit: Sandip Roy
Over a decade ago Sandip Roy was called to service…. By Lawrence Ferlinghetti.

  • Added: Mar 02, 2021
  • Length: 06:00
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In this episode, two young Black artists revisit memories to grapple with how they are seen by others, and how they see themselves.

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  • Added: Nov 17, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 37
Caption: A splash screen for Rupert Everett's talk at the Jaipur Lit. Fest., Credit: Sandip Roy and Jaipur Lit. Fest.
Writer and actor Rupert Everett spoke recently with Sandip Roy for the Jaipur Lit. Festival about pandemics and sainthood.

  • Added: Oct 13, 2020
  • Length: 06:00
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If you’ve ever tried to work creatively, this one is for you – in this episode of the FEHLER podcast, our producer Bilal Qureshi sits down with fou...

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  • Added: Sep 10, 2020
  • Length: 25:09
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Yann Martel at the Tata Steel Kolkata Literary Meet in pre-COVID times, Credit: Tata Steel Kolkata Literary Meet
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
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Sandip remembers his early childhood attraction to a group of mustacioed morons. Astrix and Obelix.

  • Added: Mar 31, 2020
  • Length: 06:00
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Sandip Roy spoke with James Crabtree about his new book "The Billionaire Raj."

  • Added: Feb 17, 2020
  • Length: 06:00
Caption: The police patrolling the Kolkata Book Fair, Credit: Sandip Roy
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
Caption: Ruskin Bond signing a book for a fan, Credit: Sandip Roy
The 85 year old Ruskin Bond is a bit of an accidental Indian, but he is also one of the most loved Indian writers. Sandip Roy met him at the Tata S...

  • Added: Jun 18, 2019
  • Length: 06:00