PRX - Pieces for Topic: Environment
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India’s famous “toilet man,” Dr. Bindeswar Pathak, died last month at the age of 80. But he was far more than just an inventor and business man. Sa...
- Added: Sep 19, 2023
- Length: 06:00
The White House state dinner for Indian prime minister Narendra Modi included for the first time millets as the main grain. And that caused quite a...
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- Added: Jul 03, 2023
- Length: 06:00
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Kolkata’s streets continue to clog with cars. The fate of an already established, cleaner transit option, teeters in the balance.
- Added: Apr 18, 2023
- Length: 06:00
Kolkata was the first city in India to have streetcars and the only city to still have them. And they carry within them a rich history of the city ...
- Added: Apr 11, 2023
- Length: 06:00
The short documentary Oscar win for The Elephant Whisperers is being widely celebrated in India because it's a first for India. But what will it me...
- Added: Mar 21, 2023
- Length: 06:00
The drums of Durga Puja, the biggest festival of the Kolkata calendar finally stopped beating last week.
But some are asking about such a big celeb...
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- Added: Oct 11, 2022
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A ban on single use plastic went into effect in India last month. But food and beverage companies like Coca Cola and Pepsico are saying they cannot...
- Added: Aug 08, 2022
- Length: 06:00
Dr Sulochana Gadgil started studying the Indian monsoon when she was at Harvard in the 1960s. She's been tracking it back in India since 1971. And ...
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- Added: Jul 19, 2022
- Length: 06:00
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On world Environmental Day, Sandip rediscovers an old transit system that has potential for all of us.
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- Added: Jun 06, 2022
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Every May 29th is Mt. Everest Day.
- Added: Jun 15, 2021
- 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
The Sundarbans in Bengal, India have become a speeded up version of global climate change.
- Added: Jun 09, 2020
- Length: 06:00
As crazy weather makes headlines globally, Sandip Roy reflects on the monsoons of his past.
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- Added: Aug 05, 2019
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This week marks International Tiger Day. And they certainly need one.
- Added: Jul 29, 2019
- Length: 06:00
Sandip Roy compares our current heat wave to a typical “Indian Summer.”
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- Added: Jun 10, 2019
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What does Sandip Roy miss most about San Francisco? Clean Air.
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- Added: Apr 01, 2019
- Length: 06:00
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India is home to some of the most polluted cities in the world, but also home to some of the first champions of recycling.
- Added: Jan 07, 2019
- Length: 06:00
Bollywood superstar Salman Khan was convicted of killing a protected deer, but with the rich and the powerful it’s hard to tell where the buck real...
- Added: Apr 10, 2018
- Length: 06:00
What's in a tiger sighting? For some it's more important than anything else.
- Added: Jan 15, 2018
- Length: 06:00
Climate change, failing infrastructure and growing inequality add up to a perfect storm that is poised to hit the nation's poor, says Megan Mullin....
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- Added: May 05, 2016
- Length: 01:51
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"Did you see a tiger?"
The first question asked of anyone who comes back from Jim Corbett National Park was asked of Sandip Roy recently. Here is ...
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- Added: Feb 09, 2015
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