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On April 15th While Americans rush to file their taxes, Bengalis in Kolkata celebrate their new year.
But April 15 is also World Art Day. And this...
- Added: Apr 16, 2019
- Length: 06:00
Sandip Roy misses a piece of India that can only be had in in San Francisco.
- Added: Oct 30, 2018
- Length: 06:00
After 157 years, the Indian Supreme court ruled rules that gay sex is not a crime.
- Added: Sep 10, 2018
- Length: 06:00
Sandip Roy addresses a major calamity in Kolkata.
- Added: Sep 04, 2018
- Length: 06:00
Sandip remembers a bitter part of his childhood.
- Added: Aug 27, 2018
- Length: 06:00
The Indian Supreme Court began hearings on July 10 to decide whether Section 377 (which criminalizes homosexuality) of India's constitution violate...
Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio
- Added: Jul 31, 2018
- Length: 06:00
- Purchases: 1
Sandip Roy takes in the World Cup festivities and reflects on Russia’s influence on Calcutta.
- Added: Jul 09, 2018
- Length: 06:00
Writer Sandip Roy experiences a deeper meaning to the 'Lit fest’ circuit.
- Added: Jan 23, 2018
- Length: 06:00
Sandip forgets to feed his social media stream, and reconnects with the world.
- Added: Jan 08, 2018
- Length: 06:00
Once Asha effortlessly brought India to my kitchen in California. Now she transported me from a balmy night in a park in Kolkata to a foggy evening...
- Added: Oct 26, 2017
- Length: 06:00
Alex Tizon recently wrote about his family’s slave, Lola. Some praise Alex TIzon for his courage in confronting a dark chapter in his family’s hist...
Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and WAMC Northeast Public Radio
- Added: May 30, 2017
- Length: 06:00
- Purchases: 2
Air India’s reputation is of a sort of futzy dowager, very uncool. Even its mascot a Maharajah in a red coat and turban with a pointy mustache see...
- Added: Apr 19, 2017
- Length: 06:00
Bharati Mukherjee is gone but she left the light on for many of us.
Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio
- Added: Feb 06, 2017
- Length: 06:00
- Purchases: 1
It was admittedly a moment of sheer American holiday nostalgia. Cooking a turkey in India. I thought it could be a fun adventure. I just didn’t rea...
- Added: Jan 09, 2017
- Length: 06:00
I hope when equal rights comes, there will still be room for that ambiguity. That we don’t always need to walk in a straight line.
Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio
- Added: Dec 12, 2016
- Length: 06:00
- Purchases: 1
Sandip visits another "returnee," Nguyen Qui Duc in Vietnam.
- Added: Nov 15, 2016
- Length: 06:00
We enjoy many rights and privileges as citizens of a free and democratic society, and we we're asked to do is vote. Easy, right?
- Added: Nov 08, 2016
- Length: 06:00
Durga Puja and Diwali bookend our festival season in Kolkata. But there’s an ancillary festival that’s almost as important. It needs as much plann...
- Added: Oct 25, 2016
- Length: 06:00
I don’t know how many shoes this old radio program sells. But it can never feel the same as hearing those voices, most of them long dead, bring a c...
- Added: Oct 04, 2016
- Length: 05:59
On Sunday night, much of India was watching television with bated breath. All for one young woman at the Rio Olympics. Her name is Dipa Karmakar an...
Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, and New Hampshire Public Radio
- Added: Aug 15, 2016
- Length: 06:00
- Purchases: 3
That most basic of human gestures of intimacy, a kiss, can still be deadly.
Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio
- Added: Jun 14, 2016
- Length: 05:59
- Purchases: 1
Low paid workers tell the story of the “Fight for 15,” the exploding nationwide movement for fair wages.
Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and WRIR
- Added: Mar 16, 2016
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 2
Over 25 years ago curators Alan Teller and Jerri Zbiral went to an estate sale in Illinois. Jerri says they stumbled upon a shoebox that would cha...
- Added: Mar 08, 2016
- Length: 06:00
A heartfelt goodbye to a favorite Aunt.
- Added: Feb 16, 2016
- Length: 06:00
Indian officials in Bangalore play 'racism dodge ball' over the attack of a Tanzanian student.
- Added: Feb 09, 2016
- Length: 06:00