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As the Indian heat descends on Kolkata, Sandip considers how our perceptions about the rituals of summer have changed.
- Added: Apr 30, 2024
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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
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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
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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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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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India became the first nation in the world to pull off a soft landing on the moon's south pole.
- Added: Aug 29, 2023
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Some in India are over the moon that Rishi Sunak has become the new Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
- Added: Nov 01, 2022
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Watching The funeral of Queen Elizabeth II has been a surreal lesson in post colonial history.
- Added: Sep 21, 2022
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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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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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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
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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
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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
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What happened in the United States might feel shocking. But we gloat at our own peril.
- Added: Jan 11, 2021
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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
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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
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We don’t have to win the war against Covid as much as we need to learn to make peace with its existence in our world for now.
- Added: Jun 02, 2020
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Sandip reflects on the connections between us, and the responsibility of us all to remain apart.
- Added: Mar 23, 2020
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Amitav Ghosh’s newest novel Gun Island is a story about both two of his great themes - migration and climate.
- Added: Sep 10, 2019
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Zomato delivers a food born controversy
- Added: Aug 19, 2019
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