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Year of the Dragon
From: KALW
Caption: Scenes from Year of the Dragon celebrations in Kolkata
Kolkata has India's only Chinatown. The Chinese community is dwindling but they still put up a good show for the Chinese New Year. Sandip got  a ta...

  • Added: Feb 12, 2024
  • Length: 06:00
Fistfull of Joy
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Stalls set up to sell Holi colors in Kolkata. , Credit: Sandip Roy
It’s time to play Holi in India and Sandip Roy grabs a fistful of joy!

  • Added: Mar 07, 2023
  • Length: 06:00
Sweet Diwali
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
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!

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 18, 2022
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 1
Bhoot Chaturdashi
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Bugarik, a serpent with a human head part of "Ghosts, Monsters and Demons of India.", Credit: Courtesy of the artist, Samita.
First comes Halloween, and a few days later is Diwali (the Festival of Lights) and in between is Bhoot Chaturdashi! When the doors between this wor...

  • Added: Nov 02, 2021
  • Length: 06:00
The Masked Puja
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: A guard keeps visitors out of a Pandal during Durga Puja in Kolkata, India., Credit: Sandip Roy
It's Durga Puja time in India and if last year the theme was the disease and the virus this year it’s more about ways to emerge from the pandemic.

  • Added: Oct 19, 2021
  • Length: 06:00
Dispatch #357 - Digital Durga
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Durga Puja in a pandemic
More than anything else the pandemic has forced us to reckon with what really lies at the heart and soul of Durga Puja.

  • Added: Oct 26, 2020
  • Length: 06:00
Little Durga
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Kids of Bhandarkhali and their Durga, Credit: Meghdutam Foundation
Durga Puja, the festival of the ten armed Goddess Durga, has always been a time of excess in Kolkata. But this is the story of the “Little Durga.”

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 19, 2020
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 1
Happy Bengali New Year
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Wooden toys at a past Charak Mela festival, Credit: Sandip Roy
In the year 1427, there will be no celebration. But Sandip remembers the Bengali New Year festivities from years past, the Charak Mela.

  • Added: Apr 14, 2020
  • Length: 06:00
Kali Puja
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Chinna Masta Kali, Credit: Sandip Roy
Sandip Roy has a different perspective on India's version of Halloween.

  • Added: Oct 17, 2017
  • Length: 06:00
Merry Montoos
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
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
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
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
Happy Boisakh (or just have some fried food)
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Calcutta food festival, Credit: Sandip Roy
Contrary to popular belief, Diwali or the Festival of Lights is not New Year everywhere in India. Some celebrate their New Year during Holi the fes...

  • Added: Apr 13, 2015
  • Length: 06:00