Sandip Roy

When artist Benigna Chilla got a frayed sari, more than six decades old, from Sandip's mother it set the stage for an artistic conversation that spanned generations and continents.

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.You can visit Sanjay Patel’s colorful world of Gods and Goddesses on the Ghee Happy YouTube channel.(https://www.youtube.com/@gheehappystudio)

For 16 years Maya Gurung and Surendra Pandey could not get married, but now they have the most important piece of paper in Nepal.

“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 suddenly become a star.

It was admittedly a moment of sheer American holiday nostalgia. Cooking a turkey in India. I thought it could be a fun adventure. I just didn’t realize that finding a turkey was the least of it.

While the festival of Diwali is well known across the world as the festival of light another festival at the same time, the festival of the Goddess Kali will probably never be celebrated in the White House. Sandip explains why.

Kolkata's biggest festival Durga Puja has earned a UNESCO tag for intangible cultural heritage. This has led to a lot of interest among art fans in what is a religious and cultural festival in Kolkata. This year a group of Vassar students and alumni and faculty got a preview of the festival thanks to a tour organized by Vassar Club South Asia. Sandip tagged along to find out what they made of it.

Friends might have been about a group of close-knit white New Yorkers but somehow it resonated in many corners of the world including India. Sandip talks about why many in India are mourning the death of Matthew Perry who played the wisecracking Chandler Bing on the series.

Wes Anderson's new adaptations of Roald Dahl short stories have won a lot of critical praise. Sandip notices that two of them neatly sum up two colonial attitudes towards India - one sugary and one more poisonous.

Mahatma Gandhi's birth anniversary was celebrated on October 2. While he is revered in India, his charisma drew some Americans to him, Americans who gave up their lives in the West to follow his ideals.