Sandip Roy

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6:45am

Wed April 17, 2013
Dispatches from Kolkata for 4/17

Imminent hive collapse

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The website Quartz reported that the Scripps National Spelling Bee might have just undercut its best competitors – Indian Americans.

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6:45am

Wed April 10, 2013
Dispatches from Kolkata for 4/10

The intriguing story of Shaikh Musa.

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Fatima Shaikh has yet to find a family like hers - African American Catholics with a Muslim name - all thanks to a man she had never met, her grandfather Shaikh Muhammad Musa. A Bengali peddler from India who married an African American woman from New Orleans in 1896. He left behind three children but few clues about himself.

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6:45am

Wed April 3, 2013
Dispatches from Kolkata for 4/3

Good Karma for same sex couples in India

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India’s Supreme Court is yet to rule on the repeal of its anti homosexuality law. But just because marriage equality isn’t on the table yet does not mean a country like India doesn’t have its own way of thinking about all these issues.

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6:45am

Wed March 27, 2013
Dispatches from Kolkata for 3/27

Can good laws come from popular outrage?

   

 

The December gang rape in Delhi spurred such huge protests in India, a surprised government had to act quickly.

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6:32am

Wed March 20, 2013
Dispatches from Kolkata for 3/20

No family for this politician

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In India, having a close family leads to suspicion.

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