Dispatches from Kolkata

The release of Barbie the movie seems the perfect excuse to look for the origins of patriarchy with science writer Angel... Read more

With social media app Threads trying to trip up Twitter, Sandip Roy wonders about why we have the itch to be on these pl... Read more

Sandip takes a ride back in time on the Nilgiri Mountain Railway, an UNESCO World Heritage train.

The inclusion of Millets as the main grain of the White House dinner with Narendra Modi signals a sea change in the perc... Read more

The iconic Tupperware made a huge impression in India and still does.

At a time when June is celebrated as Pride month both in Kolkata and San Francisco, Sandip reflects on a what it took to... Read more

Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni has always featured women in her writing and her new book Independence is no different.

In the wake of the terrible train accident in eastern India Sandip remembers a gentler kind of train travel in India.

Sandip Roy remembers Tina Turner as the only rockstar whose poster he put up in his bedroom as a boy in Kolkata.

River towns in India are often temple towns and come with their own rituals. But Sandip Roy visits Jabalpur which comes ... Read more