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It’s election season in India and time for two months of marching bands and rallies, but not much talk about economic and healthcare rights. In fact, in India economic rights became known as “directive principles of state policy.” Sandip Roy questions what that actually means.
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If Brahman is all and all is Brahman, is there still room for stuff like tables, chairs, and wombats?
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There is a pandemic demon that needs slaying...one that is wreaking havoc over heaven and earth, and we would do well to heed the lessons of Durga. The…
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It was just two years ago that India Supreme Court decriminalized homosexuality, but the real hope for change might not lie in politics.
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Why is it when there is tension between two countries, the fear always seems to end up at the dining table.The recent trouble on the 'Line of control'…
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The Sundarbans in Bengal, India have become a speeded up version of global climate change.
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Your CallOn this edition of Your Call’s media roundtable, we're discussing India’s COVID-19 lockdown and the plight of millions of poor, low paid internal migrant…
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The Indian festival ‘Holi’ is usually a riot of abandonment and color…but then Corona came to town.
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I am a samosa and this is my sad sad story.Samosas, you know those triangular deep fried snacks stuffed with something savory and it comes stuffed with…
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The wealth gap in india is made clear by just a few families' extravgent wealth. Sandip recently interviewed author James Crabtree about his new book “The…
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Sandip takes us to one of his favorite places, the Kolkata Book Fair, now in it’s 44th year!
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Sandip explores the very unique sounds that make up a Kolkata winter.