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…the most incorrigible vice being that of an ignorance that fancies it knows everything and therefore claims for itself the right to kill.
— From ...
- Added: Sep 21, 2020
- Length: 06:00
There is a pandemic demon that needs slaying, and we would do well to heed the lessons of Durga.
- Added: Sep 14, 2020
- Length: 06:00
As San Francisco’s heat wave hits 100º Sandip Roy recalls how to battle heat waves in his native Kolkata.
- Added: Sep 07, 2020
- Length: 06:00
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
- Length: 06:00
The dogs that wander the streets in Kolkata are not strays, but part of an extended family, cared for and fed by many of the cities lesser known in...
- Added: Aug 24, 2020
- Length: 06:00
The furor over a Kamala seems much ado over very few syllables, but how one handles the mispronunciation can be telling.
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- Added: Aug 18, 2020
- Length: 06:00
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Sandip wonders if the new normal is really normal?
- Added: Aug 10, 2020
- Length: 06:00
At Bakra Mania, a goat dealership in Mumbai Fahad Zariwala runs the youtube channel FSA Entertainment which showcases many goat gems and “India’s C...
- Added: Aug 04, 2020
- Length: 06:00
With the news of Olivia de Havilland’s death this week coinciding with the Indian celebration of Rakhi Purnima, Sandip reflects on how the holiday ...
- Added: Jul 27, 2020
- Length: 06:00
The social media app TikTok has taken India by storm, but a political storm may mean that time has run out for its users.
- Added: Jul 20, 2020
- Length: 06:00
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
- Length: 06:00
When does phobia cross over into hate speech? Does a social media site need a bloodthirsty exhortation to deliver a 6-inch deep cut before it can act?
- Added: Jul 07, 2020
- Length: 06:00
Why is it when there is tension between two countries, the fear always seems to end up at the dining table.
- Added: Jun 30, 2020
- Length: 06:00
In the midst of Black Lives Matter movement in the U.S. Johnson & Johnson has announced it will stop selling skin whitening creams.
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- Added: Jun 22, 2020
- Length: 06:00
- Purchases: 1
We bring you stories of "Living and Grieving in a Time of Covid 19." Each story crosses a line ... from before pandemic ... to after. The stories e...
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- Added: Jun 18, 2020
- Length: 54:52
- Purchases: 11
In the news recently, statues have been defaced and pulled down from their perches ala Saddam Hussein.
- Added: Jun 15, 2020
- Length: 06:00
The Sundarbans in Bengal, India have become a speeded up version of global climate change.
- Added: Jun 09, 2020
- Length: 06:00
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
- Length: 06:00
When life gives you cyclones, make mango rice.
- Added: May 26, 2020
- Length: 06:00
The COVID-19 lockdown has forced many street vendors inside, but now the sounds of the street are returning.
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- Added: May 19, 2020
- Length: 04:30
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Actor Irrfan Khan wasn’t the biggest star in Bollywood, but he was unique.
Irrfan Khan died last week from endocrine cancer. He was 53.
- Added: May 04, 2020
- Length: 06:00
I had assumed the lockdown was a time when the frenetic world would finally slow down, But on my social media timeline no one has gotten the messag...
- Added: Apr 20, 2020
- Length: 06:00
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 F-Word is features timely commentaries by Laura Flanders and guests.
The latest:
"It is the essence of American liberalism to trash radical ...
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- Added: Apr 10, 2020
- Length: 03:00
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For these few weeks as humans suffer, the earth is healing itself.
- Added: Apr 09, 2020
- Length: 06:00
