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Deoli Internees
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Deoli Internees in Kolkata, Credit: Sandip Roy
In 1962 a group of Indians were shipped off to internment camps during a war with China.

  • Added: Mar 15, 2016
  • Length: 06:00
Follow The Box
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: a photo from the box
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
Netaji Lives!
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, Credit: nataji.org
The mystery of Subhas Chandra Bose has trumped the actual history of Subhas Bose.

  • Added: Jan 26, 2016
  • Length: 06:00
Darling Darjeeling
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
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There’s tea... and there’s Darjeeling tea.

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 11, 2016
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 1
Too Late for Suzette
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Suzette Jordan
Justice has finally come for Suzette Jordan.Though she was not there to witness it. In 2013 she became the face of rape in Kolkata, India. Her att...

  • Added: Dec 14, 2015
  • Length: 05:59
Diwali Bang Bang!
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Diwali Sweets
It’s like saying "I don’t like Christmas." But Sandip Roy has never been particularly fond of Diwali.

  • Added: Nov 11, 2015
  • Length: 06:00
Food Fight!
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
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In an India bristling with news about beef raids, vegetarian only housing societies and animal slaughter bans, being vegetarian has started soundin...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Nov 03, 2015
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 1
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
An Old Monk hangs on in India
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
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A beloved Old Monk is dying in India. Not that kind of monk, it’s a rum. Not just A rum. The iconic Indian rum. A rite of passage for Indians for t...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: Aug 04, 2015
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 1
One Speech to Bind Them All
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Shashi Tharoor
It’s not a kitten video or an on-air blooper or a wardrobe malfunction. Who would have thought a 15 minute debating society speech could go viral? ...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: Jul 28, 2015
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 1
Mango Crazy
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Rare Mangoes at a festival, Credit: Sandip Roy
What we call mango in English has a hundred different names in India. Indians don’t love their mangos. They form fanatical fan clubs of different k...

Bought by WDBM, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 07, 2015
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 3
Partition Museum
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
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The Partition of India uprooted 10 -15 million people, the largest mass displacement of the 20th century. 250,000 – two million died. Yet no museu...

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Mar 03, 2015
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 1
Sandip Roy's Dispatch: The Gurkha's Daughter
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
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Nepalese/Indian-American author Prahjwal Parajuly is not your usual "trope."

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: Jul 28, 2014
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 1
A Modi storm comes to Sunnyvale, California
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Shubha Mudgal
Unexpected reverberations of Narendra Modi's victory come to Sunnyvale California.

  • Added: Jun 17, 2014
  • Length: 04:30
Chinese Memoirist and Novelist Anchee Min
From: New Letters on the Air
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For Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month, we revisit best-selling memoirist and fiction writer, Anchee Min. 2014 marks the 20th anniversary of the...

Bought by XRAY.fm


  • Added: May 22, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 1: From India with Love
From: Mother
Series: MOTHER: A PODCAST
Caption: MOTHER: A PODCAST, Credit: Logo created by Justin Schnarr (justinschnarr.com/).
My Indian mother-in-law and I didn't have an exact recipe to follow as we forged our relationship. At times it seemed like we might never understan...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: May 14, 2014
  • Length: 04:23
  • Purchases: 1
The Musical Hits of Indian Elections - 2014 edition
From: KALW
Caption: Drummers for the Congress Party, Credit: Sandip Roy
An Indian election campaign is not entirely unlike a Bollywood film. The heroes and villains might flip flop depending on your party preference. B...

  • Added: Apr 21, 2014
  • Length: 04:30
Catch 311
From: Stanford Storytelling Project
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On March 11th, 2011 Justine Beed was sitting in an English classroom outside of Tokyo, when the 9.0 Earthquake hit near Fukushima.

Bought by MPR News Stations


  • Added: Mar 06, 2014
  • Length: 02:42
  • Purchases: 1
I smell onions!
From: KALW
Caption: Onion Ad, Credit: Sandip Roy
Election season in New Dehli with a flavorful twist!

  • Added: Dec 03, 2013
  • Length: 04:30
Radical Skeletons
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Anirvan & Barnali during a tour, Credit: Sandip Roy
It turns out that a community best known for winning spelling bees also has some radical skeletons in its closet.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 19, 2013
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 1
The World and Traffic Lights
From: Terrascope Radio
Series: People and their Places
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You hear about it all the time, but how many people truly know what diversity is all about? Can a traffic light teach us?

  • Added: Mar 14, 2013
  • Length: 02:30
Voice of a Young Voter: Ross Rothpanhar On Appreciating Government Services
From: KQED
Series: From the West Coast: Voices of Young Voters
Caption: Ross Rothpanhar, Credit: Ian Hill/KQED
Ross Rothpanhar is a public health major at University of California, Berkeley. He says growing up poor made him appreciate government services.

  • Added: Nov 02, 2012
  • Length: 01:06
Reflections on China's Bureaucracy: Standing in my Underwear in a Shanghai Supermarket
From: STephen ASma
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Humorous and philosophical essay about a brush with Chinese Security Guards in Shanghai

  • Added: Jun 24, 2012
  • Length: 04:30
Losing Face and Saving Face: Understanding Chinese Culture
From: STephen ASma
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Humorous and Philosophical essay about "Face Culture" in everyday China

  • Added: Jun 24, 2012
  • Length: 08:10
Remembrance: On Time And Distance
From: Dmae Lo Roberts
Caption: Chu-Yin Lo Roberts
Dmae Roberts produced a special half-hour radio memorial on the 10th anniversary of her mom’s death. Remembrance: On Time And Distance is part memo...

Bought by KVSC, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, Prairie Public, KVSC, and WBEZ


  • Added: Apr 30, 2012
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 5