Dispatches from Kolkata

We have become a country of food pop-ups and one where everyone’s food sticks in someone else’s craw. As the political row over the Chittaranjan Park fish market shows when someone is ready to fish in troubled waters even a red herring will do.

Happy New Year! April 15th was the Bengali New Year, but the LAST day of the year means the Charak Mela!

A group trying to save Kolkatas historic trams makes a case that the old streetcars actually benefit the mangroves of the Sundarbans.

Freedom fries, the Gulf of America and Cafe Canadiano. Sandip Roy explains.

A new approach at the Indian Museum in Kolkata is blending up some interesting pairings. Sandip Roy goes for a visit.

Social media was meant to bear witness to our daily lives. Now it might well become a witness for the prosecution.Sandip Roy explains.

We all love chocolate. And Sandip used to bring home little samples of the confection to share with his family and friends in India. But perhaps he didn’t need to travel so far.

March 3rd was World Wildlife Day and Sandip remembers his very first literary autograph, from Gerald Durrell.

A lot of people think of Indians as the “model minority.” Hard working, paying taxes and fitting in. But Trump’s focus on Indian immigrants has added another layer to their ‘American’ story.

The Cadbury company wants to kill Valentine’s Day, and they have released a powerful foe to do it. The Indian Uncle. Of which group Sandip Roy belongs to.