Dispatches from Kolkata

Even as corporates and multinationals move away from DEI policies that once made June an explosion of rainbow, LGBT lives are not going back into the closet. Sandip Roy visits and old tattered building in Mumbai to explain.

As the Whitehouse lawn showcases one very specific version of America, Sandip speaks with someone who has another version.

It's the "controvery over public art" game show again, this time in Kolkata. Sandip Roy kicks it around for us.

Sandip talks with author Anuradha Roy about her home in the Himalayas and how they've witnessed firsthand the effects of climate change.

They say you cannot ever go home again but as long as there is a paash baalish you can come pretty close. what IS a Paash Baalish? Sandip Roy explains.

As David Attenborough turns 100, Sandip remembers his mother and all the things left to be done.

West Bengal just went to the polls with several million voters struck off the electoral rolls, banished to some kind of limbo land. The Special Intensive Revision or (SIR) process was meant to clean up the voter list. But we will be no nearer a consensus on how to determine what citizenship really means.

It's election time in India and that means noise and songs and speeches. But this year both parties are using fish to prove their local credentials.

Sandip bids farewell to an icon of Inidan cinema and song.

Bengali New Year celebrations are filled with street fairs, noise, colors and.... food. The more deep fried, the better. Sandip partakes in the festivities.