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Durga Puja, the festival of the ten armed Goddess Durga, has always been a time of excess in Kolkata. But this is the story of the “Little Durga.”
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Oct 19, 2020
- Length: 06:00
- Purchases: 1
- Added: Sep 15, 2020
- Length: 01:01
- Purchases: 1
In the year 1427, there will be no celebration. But Sandip remembers the Bengali New Year festivities from years past, the Charak Mela.
- Added: Apr 14, 2020
- Length: 06:00
The Indian festival ‘Holi’ is usually a riot of abandonment and color…but then Corona came to town.
Bought by KFAI Minneapolis and KUFM - Montana Public Radio
- Added: Mar 09, 2020
- Length: 06:00
- Purchases: 2
While the rest of India celebrates Diwali with its sweets and fireworks, Kolkata gets ready for the arrival of the Goddess Kali, the one of the dee...
- Added: Nov 23, 2019
- Length: 06:00
On April 15th While Americans rush to file their taxes, Bengalis in Kolkata celebrate their new year.
But April 15 is also World Art Day. And this...
- Added: Apr 16, 2019
- Length: 06:00
Feb 21st is International Mother Language Day.
Learn more at http://www.un.org/en/events/motherlanguageday/
- Added: Feb 18, 2019
- Length: 06:00
Happy Independence Day India!
Sandip Roy reflects on the changes that India has seen in the last 71 years.
- Added: Aug 14, 2018
- Length: 06:00
This Mother’s Day Sandip remembers Nigel Akkara, who told him about his two mothers.
- Added: May 15, 2018
- Length: 06:00
Sandip enjoys a very diverse passover meal in Kolkata
- Added: Apr 02, 2018
- Length: 06:00
Sandip Roy has a different perspective on India's version of Halloween.
- Added: Oct 17, 2017
- Length: 06:00
It takes only a few hours to fly from Kolkata to Bangkok, and a weekend in Bangkok is quite common. But there’s very little of Thailand in Kolkata.
- Added: Sep 25, 2017
- Length: 06:00
Weekly logic, word, letter, or math puzzle. This is #201, for air the week of March 13th. This week's theme is word play, St Patrick's Day, Irish s...
- Added: Mar 13, 2017
- Length: 02:00
Durga Puja and Diwali bookend our festival season in Kolkata. But there’s an ancillary festival that’s almost as important. It needs as much plann...
- Added: Oct 25, 2016
- Length: 06:00
I don’t know how many shoes this old radio program sells. But it can never feel the same as hearing those voices, most of them long dead, bring a c...
- Added: Oct 04, 2016
- Length: 05:59
Weekly, 90-second, humorous, radio interstitial drop-ins featuring Cherry Capri talking about retro inspired topics. This week is about making up a...
Bought by Enchantment Radio
- Added: Mar 23, 2016
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
It’s like saying "I don’t like Christmas." But Sandip Roy has never been particularly fond of Diwali.
- Added: Nov 11, 2015
- Length: 06:00
Sandip Roy never learned how to fly a kite, and he regrets it every September.
Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.
- Added: Sep 15, 2015
- Length: 06:00
- Purchases: 1
- Added: Oct 21, 2014
- Length: 04:30
- Purchases: 1
"Ghosts" in India are different in more than just their name.
Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and PRX Remix
- Added: Oct 28, 2013
- Length: 04:30
- Purchases: 2
National holidays encourage learning and living up to American ideals.
Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio
- Added: Jun 29, 2005
- Length: 02:00
- Purchases: 1
