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Caption: The faces behind the QueerMandu gay tour group in Nepal., Credit: Sandip Roy
Nepal’s constitution protects sexual minorities. Most recently after a long struggle Nepal registered its first same sex marriage, something India ...

  • Added: Apr 22, 2024
  • Length: 06:00
Caption: The Nigiri Mountain train, Credit: Sandip Roy
Sandip takes a ride back in time on the Nilgiri Mountain Railway, one of the oldest mountain railways in India and part of the UNESCO World Heritag...

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  • Added: Jul 12, 2023
  • Length: 06:00
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Caption: Approaching train at sunset in India. , Credit: Sandip Roy
In the wake of the terrible train accident in eastern India Sandip remembers a gentler kind of train travel in India.

  • Added: Jun 06, 2023
  • Length: 06:00
Caption: Worshipping the river has become a new choreographed sound and light ritual for tourists. , Credit: Sandip Roy
River towns in India are often temple towns and come with their own rituals.

  • Added: May 22, 2023
  • Length: 06:00
Caption: The Ganga Voyager, a boat on a river cruise down the Ganga in India, Credit: Sandip Roy
The longest river cruise in the world is underway on it’s maiden voyage in India.

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  • Added: Jan 17, 2023
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: The Christmas tree in San Francisco's Union Square, Credit: Sandip Roy
Returning for the first time since COVID, Sandip Roy finds a different San Francisco, one seemingly for lease.

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  • Added: Dec 05, 2022
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: A grand hall in Chettinad, Credit: Sandip Roy
The great mansions in the  villages of Chettinad in South India still carry the imprints of the worlds their owners once traversed using Birmingham...

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  • Added: Jul 12, 2022
  • Length: 06:00
  • 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
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A postcard from Cuzco, Peru.

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  • Added: Dec 13, 2021
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: A view from the Jhandi mountains, Credit: Sandip Roy
Sandip yearns for the life of traveler.

  • Added: Sep 27, 2021
  • Length: 06:00
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A new documentary explores Allen Ginsberg’s time in India.

  • Added: Jun 01, 2021
  • Length: 06:00
Caption: A crocodile in the Sundarbans, Credit: Sandip Roy
The Sundarbans in Bengal, India have become a speeded up version of global climate change.

  • Added: Jun 09, 2020
  • Length: 06:00
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Sandip explores the very unique sounds that make up a Kolkata winter.

  • Added: Jan 27, 2020
  • Length: 06:00
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World Pieces host Jason Kladiva learns about nomads in the Sahara from Ali Fakiri in M'hamid el Ghizlane, Morocco.

  • Added: Jul 11, 2019
  • Length: 05:10
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Isabel Goddard shares her upbringing in England, Spain and Colombia to host Jason Kladiva.

  • Added: Jul 10, 2019
  • Length: 06:29
Caption: No Kanchenjungha :-(, Credit: Sandip Roy
Sandip Roy finally… finally sees the mysterious Kanchenjungha with his own eyes! Finally!

  • Added: Oct 08, 2018
  • Length: 06:00
Caption: Sandip Roy in Hawai'i
Hot lava™. This is a smoky, spicy, garlic salt. But now when I look at my Hot Lava garlic salt I feel a pang.

  • Added: May 22, 2018
  • Length: 06:00
Caption: A jungle cat (aka not a Tiger), Credit: Sandip Roy
What's in a tiger sighting? For some it's more important than anything else.

  • Added: Jan 15, 2018
  • Length: 06:00
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Sandip forgets to feed his social media stream, and reconnects with the world.

  • Added: Jan 08, 2018
  • Length: 06:00
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Sandip visits another "returnee," Nguyen Qui Duc in Vietnam.

  • Added: Nov 15, 2016
  • Length: 06:00
Caption: Mewat, India, Credit: Sandip Roy
A small unknown town in India has a history that makes it worth stopping in to have a look.

  • Added: May 19, 2014
  • Length: 04:30
Caption: Anirvan & Barnali during a tour, Credit: Sandip Roy
It turns out that a community best known for winning spelling bees also has some radical skeletons in its closet.

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  • Added: Aug 19, 2013
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 1