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Self-help books promise a secret formula to individual success and Jay Shetty is just the latest Dale Carnegie to do so. But, even after the Guardi...

  • Added: Mar 12, 2024
  • Length: 06:00
Caption: Dancers at the Rainbow Literature Festival in New Delhi
Though the plea to recognize same-sex marriage was quashed by the Indian Supreme Court, queer life continues to bloom in India in many different co...

  • Added: Jan 08, 2024
  • Length: 06:00
Caption: An Indian advertisement mourns Matthew Perry., Credit: Courtesy Amul.
The TV show "Friends" might have been about a group of close-knit white New Yorkers but somehow it resonated in many corners of the world including...

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  • Added: Oct 30, 2023
  • Length: 06:00
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Caption: The breakdown of Indian-Canadian relations is front page news in India., Credit: Sandip Roy
Khalistan - a word that used to be on the front pages of Indian newspapers in the 1980s has resurfaced in headlines thanks to the diplomatic row be...

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  • Added: Sep 25, 2023
  • Length: 06:00
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Caption: The path retraced by the Chandrayaan-3 Rover on Aug. 27, 2023 as viewed by the Navigation Camera onboard the rover., Credit: Image from the ‘X’ account of @isro (Indian Space Research Organisation)
India became the first nation in the world to pull off a soft landing on the moon's south pole.

  • Added: Aug 29, 2023
  • Length: 06:00
Caption: The Indian newspaper The Telegraph covers the death of a teenaged student allegedly because of "ragging" by older students. , Credit: Sandip Roy
The death of a Kolkata teen allegedly because of ragging, or hazing, has re focused attention on bullying in schools and colleges.

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  • Added: Aug 22, 2023
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 1
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One of the most memorable lines from Oppenheimer the film comes from the Hindu sacred text the Bhagavad Gita. Sandip explains our abiding cultural ...

  • Added: Jul 31, 2023
  • Length: 06:00
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
  • Length: 06:00
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Caption: Merchandise of two famous characters from well known spinoffs, Credit: Sandip Roy
Why are there so many prequel spinoffs in the theaters and on streaming services right now? Sure, capitalizing on a franchise is one reason, but p...

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  • Added: Nov 15, 2022
  • Length: 06:00
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Caption: Gilded Buddha statue at Tawang Monastery in Arunachal Pradesh in India., Credit: Sandip Roy
While Buddhism as a religion was founded in India, only 0.7% of Indians describe themselves as Buddhist.

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  • Added: Nov 07, 2022
  • Length: 06:00
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Caption: A billboard for Amul butter in India celebrating Rishi Sunak as the new British prime minister., Credit: @Amul_Coop on Twitter.
Some in India are over the moon that Rishi Sunak has become the new Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.

  • Added: Nov 01, 2022
  • Length: 06:00
Caption: A coin of the realm, Credit: Sandip Roy
Watching The funeral of Queen Elizabeth II has been a surreal lesson in post colonial history.

  • Added: Sep 21, 2022
  • Length: 06:00
Caption: Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip at the Trooping of Colour in 2017, Credit: Niladri Chatterjee
Kolkata was once the capital of British India. And it has a sentimental connection with royalty like the late Queen Elizabeth II. But the history o...

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  • Added: Sep 13, 2022
  • Length: 06:00
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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
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David France talks crimes against sensibility, pulling back the curtain, and invisible contortions.

  • Added: Mar 30, 2022
  • Length: 19:30
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Jesse Moss talks authenticity, homophobia, and healthy conversations about politics.

  • Added: Nov 15, 2021
  • Length: 15:32
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John Hoffman and Peter Staley talk science, politics, and telling the truth.

  • Added: Sep 18, 2021
  • Length: 27:55
Caption: Poster for "From Kabul to Kolkata" photography exhibition
Even though the touching stories in books and delicious kebabs in tiny restaurants are part of our enjoyment of “diversity,” they are also a remind...

  • Added: Aug 17, 2021
  • Length: 06:00
Caption: A screen shot of the opening video about the refugee Olympic team, Credit: International Olympic Committee
Whether they win any medals or not, the refugee hold up a mirror to a world coming apart all around us. And coming as they do from all over the wor...

  • Added: Aug 03, 2021
  • Length: 06:00
Caption: A Still from the video "RiRi" by Diljit Dosanjh, Credit: Sandip Roy
More and more celebrities are tweeting about the farmer protest in India, and while this is about the backbone of India but it’s not the farmers wh...

  • Added: Feb 08, 2021
  • Length: 06:00
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What happened in the United States might feel shocking. But we gloat at our own peril.

  • Added: Jan 11, 2021
  • Length: 06:00
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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
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
Caption: Feras Fayyad, San Francisco, CA 10/10/2019, Credit: Andrea Chase
Feras Fayyad talks talks shaping character, invisible moments, and being extraordinary.

  • Added: Jan 07, 2020
  • Length: 26:11
Caption: Daniel J. Jones and Scott Z. Burns, San Francisco, CA 10/10/19, Credit: Andrea Chase
Scott Z. Burns and Daniel J. Jones talk blueprints, editing, and the crisis of accountability.

  • Added: Nov 16, 2019
  • Length: 18:19