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The Nigiri Mountain Railway
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: The Nigiri Mountain train, Credit: Sandip Roy
Sandip takes a ride back in time on the Nilgiri Mountain Railway, one of the oldest mountain railways in India and part of the UNESCO World Heritag...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 12, 2023
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 1
India's Land of the Lamas
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Gilded Buddha statue at Tawang Monastery in Arunachal Pradesh in India., Credit: Sandip Roy
While Buddhism as a religion was founded in India, only 0.7% of Indians describe themselves as Buddhist.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 07, 2022
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 1
Women fought trafficking and created a refuge in this Chinatown building
From: KSFP
Series: Civic
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We look at the history of the Cameron House in San Francisco's Chinatown. The women who founded the organization worked to rescue Chinese women and...

  • Added: Jan 03, 2022
  • Length: 29:30
The Varkaris
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Varkaris in Maharastra, Credit: Sandip Roy
The Varkaris, farmers turned piligrims, are said to be the world’s oldest and largest people’s movement as they walk for weeks from their homes to ...

  • Added: Jul 17, 2018
  • Length: 06:00
Partition Museum
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Amar Kapoor's Diary, Credit: Partition Museum
This August 15th marked 70 years of India’s independence. But this also marks 70 years of one of India’s greatest human tragedies. The partition ...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Aug 21, 2017
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 1
Manipuri Polo
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
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Manipur’s court records talk about a game back in the 1st century AD and what’s different about polo in Manipur is that this not just a game for po...

  • Added: Jan 17, 2017
  • Length: 06:00
EP 7 No Industrial Revolution in China ??
From: Sarwar Kashmeri
Series: Orient Espresso
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Conventional Wisdom says the Industrial Revolution passed China by. But is this a true interpretation of history?

  • Added: Nov 28, 2016
  • Length: 04:47
Monica's Story
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Monica Liu
Most people who come to her restaurant and wash down golden fried prawn with cold beer have no inkling about her back story.

  • Added: Mar 21, 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
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
DON'T THINK I'VE FORGOTTEN: CAMBODIA'S LOST ROCK & ROLL -- John Pirozzi Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: John Pirozzi, San Francisco, CA 4/15/15, Credit: Andrea Chase
John Pirozzi talks baby steps, insatiable thirst, and the miracle of vinyl.

  • Added: May 07, 2015
  • Length: 25:37
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
Walk like a Radical: A tour through a century of progressive South Asians in the Bay Area
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
Caption: A recreation of protests by South Asian Berkeley students against emergency in India., Credit: Berkeley South Asian Radical Walking Tour
In 2012, Barnali Ghosh began the Berkeley South Asian Radical History Walking Tour with her husband, Anirvan Chatterjee.

  • Added: Feb 03, 2015
  • Length: 08:08
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 Meskhetians
From: Julia Barton
Caption: Faramus Ibrahimov., Credit: Joshua Sarantitis
Many refugees in the United States have complicated stories to tell. The plight of the Meskhetian Turks spans six decades and four countries. Now s...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 15, 2011
  • Length: 04:43
  • Purchases: 1
Bridging the Shores: The Hmong-American Experience
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
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Sound-rich documentary about Hmong-Americans living in the U.S.

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WESM 91.3 FM, KWIT, KHEN-LP, KUNM and more


  • Added: Sep 10, 2008
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 10
Spy Princess: Noor Inayat Khan
From: Kamla Bhatt
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Intriguing story of an India-American woman spy from World War-II

Bought by XRAY.fm


  • Added: May 04, 2008
  • Length: 18:36
  • Purchases: 1
Music in the Killing Fields: Daran Kravanh
From: Dmae Lo Roberts
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Cambodian Musician Daran Kravanh says music saved his life during the Kiling Fields.

Bought by The Story, KGLT, and KZSC


  • Added: Jul 21, 2005
  • Length: 08:55
  • Purchases: 3
The Story of Ing (Doc) Hay-Frontier Herbalist-feature
From: Dmae Lo Roberts
Series: Crossing East - Asian American History series
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The Story of Ing (Doc) Hay is about a frontier herbalist and acupuncturist in John Day, Oregon.

Bought by KZYX, KREV-LP, and 90.1 WFYI Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 23, 2005
  • Length: 09:10
  • Purchases: 3