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Dispatches from Kolkata
Wednesdays at 7:35am and 4:45pm

Every week NPR contributor (and former San Franciscian) Sandip Roy brings you a little taste of the 'new India' – a letter home from his other home.

Latest Episodes
  • Amazon’s Great India Festival is coming soon, but with all those deals delivered to you without a care in the world, Sandip condisers the gig-economy behind making your cheap indulgences possible.
  • It's Ganesh Puja in India. Lord Ganesh is a God who seems like an animator’s dream come true, but a God who removes obstacles should be much in demand right now and the last thing we should be doing is treating him like a cuddly toy.
  • India just celebrated its 79th Independence Day with the usual fanfare on August 15th. But Sandip asks us to remember those that fought without being recognized.
  • Swayam, a feminist prganization in India, is hoping to make everyone think about "domestic" violence differently.
  • Civilazation is always in the eye of the beholder, as Sandip was reminded of after Texas Congressman Brandon Gill's recent comment about proper dining etiquette.
  • The news that there might be a Disneyland spread over 500 acres of Manesar in Gurugram near New Delhi has set social media afire in India.
  • Sandip journeys to Thrichy in south India where he understands of what's being said around him. And finds it oddly calming.
  • The Indian community in America is often seen as uncles and aunties who are just interested in Diwali parties and temples and acting as cheerleaders for the government back home.But in 1975 they did step up for democracy.
  • As another Pride month comes to a close Sandip asks the question is being visible enough?
  • Language is a loaded thing around the world these days. In the USA Spanish as a language has become a hot button political issue in some parts. But no one has it as bad as India.