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6:45am

Wed May 8, 2013
Dispatches from Kolkata for 5/8

Revisit: All You Can Eat India

Credit Sandip Roy

Today we revisit a previous dispatch so Sandip can recover from the flu. 

In America, Sandip discovered coma-inducing lunches of all you can eat chicken tikka masala and saag paneer and naan for just 9.99. Well, what goes around comes around. The great Indian buffet has come to India - with a vengeance.

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6:45am

Wed April 24, 2013
Dispatches from Kolkata for 4/24

Defining the "worst" ever downward

India it seems is no country  for its children. The national crime records bureau shows child rape cases went up 336 percent between 2001 and 2011. And that, the report by the Asian Center for Human Rights says is just the tip of the iceberg.

 

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6:45am

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

Good Karma for same sex couples in India

Credit samesexmarriagesindelaware.com

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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