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The very word vacation has its roots in vacare or to be unoccupied. But in reality vacations are anything but unoccupied. Sandip recounts the woes ...

  • Added: Apr 15, 2024
  • Length: 06:00
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It’s that time of the year again when dictionaries around the world try to sum up the year in a word or two.

  • Added: Jan 03, 2023
  • Length: 06:00
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The New York Times “Spelling Bee” word game really took off during the pandemic lockdown. But Sandip finds the Bee to be a bit exiguous.

  • Added: Nov 16, 2021
  • Length: 06:00
Caption: Cauliflower samosas for Sandip's lunch, Credit: Sandip Roy
I am a samosa and I was meant to play a small but key role in India US diplomacy. This is my sad sad story.

  • Added: Mar 02, 2020
  • Length: 06:00
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Sandip Roy addresses a major calamity in Kolkata.

  • Added: Sep 04, 2018
  • Length: 06:00
Caption: Comics on the panel about comedy and politics, Credit: Sandip Roy
70 years after Independence it sometimes feels as if Indians are still to develop a funny bone. Especially when it comes to politicians.

  • Added: Oct 10, 2017
  • Length: 06:00
From: Don Hill
Series: Xpressions
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XPRESSIONS is a series of short, light-hearted features about the origin of popular phrases & sayings of every sort.

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  • Added: Apr 19, 2015
  • Length: 01:44
  • Purchases: 1
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Sandip Roy tries to call his mother, but it proves to be more challenging than one would expect.

  • Added: Feb 02, 2015
  • Length: 04:30
Caption: Rahul Richard Verma
Rahul Richard Verma would be the first Indian American to be Ambassador to India. Sandip Roy channels the thoughts of ohh about a billion Indians.

  • Added: Nov 11, 2014
  • Length: 04:30
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Take a ride on the A train - the subway's longest line

  • Added: Sep 24, 2004
  • Length: 04:27