Dispatches from Kolkata

In a city chaotic with light and noise, the Goddess has come home and is calling out to us. Now if we could just cut through the static and be on the same wavelength.

Mahatma Gandhi is revered as the Father of the Nation in India. But how was he as Father of his own family? His grandson Gopal talks about the legacy of the Mahatma with Sandip.

This summer I went to Istanbul looking for melancholy. Or as they call it there hüzün.

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.

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.

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.

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.

As India celebrates it’s 77th Independence Day people are telling the stories of the freedom fighters who didn’t make the history books.

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.

The US presidential election is playing out in India as a big fight between the two southern states of Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh.