What makes people tick? What are the stories they carry with them? In a world of shouting heads, veteran journalist, radio commentator and novelist Sandip Roy sits down to have real conversations about the fascinating world around us and the people who shape it. Catch these engaging interviews every other Sunday
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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.
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The promise and peril of AI ft Madhumita Murgia
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Schools and colleges are increasingly concerned that the widespread use of AI tools like ChatGPT could weaken critical thinking and research skills among students. There's also growing unease about academic integrity, with fears that students may turn to AI for assignments or to bypass plagiarism checks. But even beyond education, AI has raised eth…
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Food is the way we often break down barriers between people AND food is also the way we “other” the other, as the recent presidential debate shows.By Sandip Roy
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Durga Puja is a season of homecoming, but this year artists turned protesters in Kolkata cannot shake off the image of the Durga who did not get to go home.By Sandip Roy
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We are trained from the beginning on how to win but no one teaches us how to lose even though life often comes with more losses than wins. To lose with grace is also the mark of true champions.By Sandip Roy
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What RG Kar tells us about women’s safety ft Jhuma Sen and Amrita Dasgupta
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The RG case has once again drawn public attention, highlighting the need for thorough investigations and justice. This incident underscores ongoing concerns about women's safety and the urgent need for stronger protections. There have been renewed calls for the death penalty, though experts question its effectiveness and stress the need for legal r…
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Sandip Roy attends a raucous protest about the recent rape and murder of a junior doctor at the R.G. Kar Medical College that brought out thousands of women who are tired of excuses.By Sandip Roy
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As India celebrates it’s 77th Independence Day people are telling the stories of the freedom fighters who didn’t make the history books.By Sandip Roy
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Can the BJP rewrite the Freedom Movement? ft Aditya Mukherjee
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With Indian Independence around the corner, host Sandip Roy speaks to Professor Aditya Mukherjee about the politicization of the freedom struggle and the attempts to rewrite by the current establishment. Mukherjee retired as Professor of Contemporary Indian History, Centre for Historical Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. He has autho…
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What used to be a wondrous event every year in India, has this year taken on a darker hue. Sandip Roy looks to the skies and considers this seasons monsoons.By Sandip Roy
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The US presidential election is playing out in India as a big fight between the two southern states of Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh.By Sandip Roy
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What actually sets Bengaluru apart ft Malini Goyal
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Once known as the back office of the world, Bengaluru is now seen as India's startup capital and tech hub. However, the city’s rapid growth has brought significant challenges, with traffic congestion and water issues becoming as notorious as its startup culture. In this episode, Malini Goyal, the author of Unboxing Bengaluru, joins Sandip to discus…
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In an age where everyone can be a social media influencer, the recent attempt on former President Trump’s life shows that experience still matters.By Sandip Roy
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A five-month countdown to India's most expensive wedding ever ended last week with the big bash that saw celebrities from all over the world descend on Mumbai. Sandip did not have an invite but sends us a postcard nonetheless.By Sandip Roy
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Is it Modi model or Gujarat model? ft Christophe Jaffrelot
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When Narendra Modi first appeared on the national stage, his supporters touted the Gujarat model as crucial for national success, while opponents feared it might weaken India's foundational pillars. Now, after 20 years, how has the Gujarat model scaled up at the national level? In this episode, political scientist and historian Christophe Jaffrelot…
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Almost 100 years after Gandhi, the British Prime Minister seems to calling for a ‘British’ Swadeshi movement. But as Sandip Roy points out, Sunak’s call for a nationalist rebellion has only ignited a meme war.By Sandip Roy
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Grace Banu on how transgender lives have changed 10 years after NALSA
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In 2014, the Supreme Court ruled on a writ filed by the National Legal Services Authority (NALSA), stating that the government, both at the state and Centre, must grant full legal recognition to transgender individuals. That judgment, in many ways, helped pave the way for the landmark Section 377 verdict. But ten years on, how much of the promise o…
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June has become Pride Month all over the world. In Kolkata this month groups are celebrating 25 years of Sappho for Equality, the city's oldest support group for lesbian. bisexual women and transman rights as well as 25 years of the first Pride Walk in India.By Sandip Roy
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Polar ice caps are melting. Huge swathes of the world are sweltering under record high temperatures. But how do you talk about climate change to children, the ones who will inherit this changing world of ours?
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India's cola wars have gotten more interesting with the entry of a new cola which is actually an old cola. Campa Cola was once a Coca Cola substitute in India. Now it wants to be a competitor.By Sandip Roy
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The puzzling questions of the Bhima Koregaon Case ft Alpa Shah
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Alpa Shah’s latest book, The Incarcerations, a finalist for the Orwell Prize for Political Writing, unravels and uncovers the chilling story of the Bhima Koregaon case and how sixteen human rights defenders—including academics, poets, trade unionists, and Dalit organizers—were labeled urban Naxalites, charged with inciting violence, and accused of …
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Fountain pens might seem part of a vanishing world but a group of pen enthusiasts seen signs of hope in India. Sandip visits a Fountain Pen festival in Kolkata.By Sandip Roy
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Some hailed it as a brave new financial revolution. But where there’s big money to be made, and made fast, there will also be people playing fast and loose. Just as crypto grew by leaps and bounds in India, so did crypto crime.By Sandip Roy
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