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Caption: An example of the classic 'butter chicken', Credit: Photo by Joe mon bkk, courtesy of Wikimedia Commons
A new food fight has erupted in India. And it’s about one of the most famous dishes to come out of India, one that every other Indian restaurant in...

  • Added: Apr 02, 2024
  • Length: 06:00
Caption: Hindu gods and goddesses get kiddie avatars thanks to Sanjay Patel’s series of 20 episodes aimed at preschoolers which premiered last month on his YouTube channel GheeHappyStudio.” , Credit: Sandy Patel's ghee Happy Studio
Sanjay Patel was the first South Asian to make a Pixar film, Sanjay’s Super Team, but after 20 years with the studio he was ready for a new adventure.

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  • Added: Dec 19, 2023
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Jasmeen Kaur “Just looking like a wow”, Credit: Instagram/@designmachinesuitslive
“Looking like a wow" is the hot new viral craze in India. Sandip brings us the story and what it means for a boutique owner from New Delhi to sudde...

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  • Added: Nov 27, 2023
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Sandip Roy has made a Coronation Chicken salad but has no plans to make a Coronation Quiche, Credit: Sandip Roy
The coronation of King Charles came with its own special dish - a coronation quiche. But Sandip Roy says that does not have quite the glamour of hi...

  • Added: May 09, 2023
  • Length: 06:00
Caption: A Kolkata Christmas scene, Credit: Sandip Roy
In Bethlehem there was no room at the inn for baby Jesus. But in India there’s always room at the Christmas party.

  • Added: Dec 22, 2022
  • Length: 06:00
Caption: A rainbow cape at 2022 Kolkata Pride March., Credit: Sandip Roy
From the World Cup to Pride Parades, Kolkata is a city that loves to turn everything into a festival.

  • Added: Dec 20, 2022
  • Length: 06:00
Caption: An array of Diwali sweets., Credit: Sandip Roy
Diwali is not just the Indian festival of lights. It's also a festival of sweets!

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  • Added: Oct 18, 2022
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Runu Mullick, the poetry seller, Credit: Sandip Roy
At the Kolkata Book Fair Sandip wonders if anyone comes to the book fair anymore for actual books, and then 4 handwritten poems proved that they do.

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  • Added: Apr 04, 2022
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 1
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The New York Times “Spelling Bee” word game really took off during the pandemic lockdown. But Sandip finds the Bee to be a bit exiguous.

  • Added: Nov 16, 2021
  • Length: 06:00
Caption: the McDonald's P.L.T.
Impossible, McPlant or zingers and crispers, whatever you call them they’re all big business. Sandip Roy takes a bite of plant-based meat products.

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  • Added: Sep 13, 2021
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: A Bengali sign that asks visitors to wear masks during the Durga Puja festival in Kolkata, Credit: Sandip Roy
In a big shift from tradition the Oxford English Dictionary said 2020 is a “year which cannot be neatly accommodated in one word,” so maybe this ye...

  • Added: Dec 28, 2020
  • Length: 06:00
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In the news recently, statues have been defaced and pulled down from their perches ala Saddam Hussein.

  • Added: Jun 15, 2020
  • Length: 06:00
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Sandip explores the very unique sounds that make up a Kolkata winter.

  • Added: Jan 27, 2020
  • Length: 06:00
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Sandip investigates the journey of a small town Scottish postmaster to his resting place in Kolkata.

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  • Added: Jan 14, 2019
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 1
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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
Caption: The God Ganesh at a temple in Kolkata, Credit: Sandip Roy
The Fort Bend county Republican party in Texas tried to appropriate Ganesh and discovered that you can’t lasso an elephant so easily.

  • Added: Sep 24, 2018
  • Length: 06:00
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For a little while, in the hills of Rishikesh, India it will be 1968 again.

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  • Added: Mar 06, 2018
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Montoo at the oven, Credit: Sandip Roy
It’s hardly Santaland but as Christmas approaches Montoo’s bakery, in a dingy lane in central Kolkata, is one of the city's hottest addresses.

  • Added: Dec 16, 2015
  • Length: 06:00
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
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...

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  • Added: Jul 07, 2015
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 3