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A New Life for an Old Sari
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Benigna Chilla and Sandip with her artwork Birds and Flowers for Reba at Nature Morte Gallery, New Delhi , Credit: Bishan Samaddar
When artist Benigna Chilla got a frayed sari, more than six decades old, from Sandip's mother it set the stage for an artistic conversation that sp...

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  • Added: Jan 02, 2024
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 1
Simply the Best
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: The cover of Tina Turner’s album “Simply the Best”, Credit: Parlophone Records
Sandip Roy remembers Tina Turner as the only rockstar whose poster he put up in his bedroom as a boy in Kolkata.

  • Added: May 31, 2023
  • Length: 06:00
Soundtrack of Normalcy
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
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As the world continues to limp back to a pre-COVID lifestyle, Sandip ponders the markers of “normalcy” in his life in Kolkata.

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  • Added: Jul 05, 2022
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 1
Akkara's Mother's Day
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Nigel Akkara
This Mother’s Day Sandip remembers Nigel Akkara, who told him about his two mothers.

  • Added: May 15, 2018
  • Length: 06:00
The Stray
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
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Sandip Roy gets adopted by a neighborhood stray.

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  • Added: May 07, 2018
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 1
A License to Drive
From: KXCI
Series: Mn Huna: Finding Refuge in Friendship
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Episode 26: It’s celebration time! Houda got her driver’s license! Last September, Melanie started teaching Houda how to drive–the first woman in h...

  • Added: May 02, 2018
  • Length: 05:15
Mother Leila
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
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This mother’s Day I was thinking about a very particular mother. Not mine but a woman named Leila Seth. Leila Seth was the first woman to top th...

  • Added: May 17, 2017
  • Length: 06:00
Let's Go Fly a Kite
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
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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
Sholay! (Hindi not needed)
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
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An iconic Indian "Bollywood" film reminds Sandip Roy that a solid relationship can transcend the oceanic gap of language.

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: Aug 18, 2015
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 1
Architect Jack Liebenberg's theatrical legacy
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
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Many of the historic Art Deco movie theaters you see throughout Minnesota can be attributed to one man, Jack Liebenberg. KFAI's Ryan Dawes speaks w...

  • Added: Feb 24, 2015
  • Length: 04:33
Remembering the Notorius Debika Ghosh
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Debika and Ronu
The end of year issues all over magazine stands in India all carry photo spreads of the icons we lost. Famous people from the world of politics and...

  • Added: Jan 13, 2015
  • Length: 06:00
Pass the lefse, please
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
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Ask someone from out of state to describe Minnesota and you’ll probably hear a lot of “Minnesota Nice,” "uff dah’s" and "you betcha’s." Scandinavia...

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  • Added: Nov 06, 2014
  • Length: 05:04
  • Purchases: 1