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The Sandip Roy Show
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...
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Is the Hindi heartland becoming India’s Hindu heartland? ft Ghazala Wahab
Every election season, attention turns to India’s Hindi heartland, a region central to the country’s politics and identity. It has produced most of I...
Indulge: Is India the next cheese frontier? ft Namrata Sundaresan and Mansi Jasani
When we think of cheese, names like Brie, Gouda, or Cheddar usually come to mind — but nothing much from India. Yet India, home to the world’s largest...
Kunzang Choden on Bhutan beyond the tourist trail
Many of us grew up with only a patchy knowledge of Bhutan. And these days, most stories about the country in India tend to focus on tourism. But what...
Why India needs to take sleep seriously ft Dr GC Khilnani
In this episode, host Sandip Roy discusses India’s national sleep crisis, a problem that affects all ages, from anxious teenagers to overworked profes...
The underbelly of the gig economy ft Vandana Vasudevan
In recent years, online retail has transformed how we shop—bringing everything from food to taxis to our doorstep. The convenience is undeniable, but...
How we love the mango but know very little about it ft Sopan Joshi
Summer in India brings with it the irresistible charm of mangoes, and the predictable flood of mango themed stories. These usually blend nostalgia, ta...
Lal Bahadur Shastri, India's forgotten PM ft Sanjeev Chopra
Long relegated to the footnotes of history, Lal Bahadur Shastri is often overshadowed by the towering legacies of Jawaharlal Nehru and Indira Gandhi....
How Indians in America took on Indira Gandhi’s Emergency ft Prof Anand Kumar and Sugata Srinivasaraju
On June 25, 1975, Prime Minister Indira Gandhi declared a state of Emergency in India—an era marked by censorship, arrests, and a suspension of civil...
Ruchir Joshi on the Calcutta you don’t know
In this episode, host Sandip Roy Show is joined by author Ruchir Joshi who takes us back to Calcutta in the early 1940s, an era charged with political...
Pride Month Special: How has gayness evolved in popular culture?
To what extent has gay representation in Indian popular culture evolved? Is it now simply trendy to include gay characters, or are these portrayals al...
Forget Hindi or English, what about the other 777 languages? ft Ganesh Devy and Anvita Abbi
India recently saw heated debates around the three-language formula — a policy suggesting students learn a modern Indian language like Hindi, and Engl...
The Mystery of the Awadh 'Royals' of Delhi's Malcha Mahal ft Aletta André and Abhimanyu Kumar
In 1975, Begum Wilayat Mahal and her children, Princess Sakina and Prince Ali Raza, moved into New Delhi Railway Station, claiming to be descendants o...
The Urdu newspaper that dared to speak truth to power ft Chander Mohan and Jyotsna Mohan
Long before press freedom indexes were even conceived, the Urdu newspaper Pratap was speaking truth to power in undivided India — and paying a heavy p...
Manu Pillai on how Hinduism and Christianity transformed each other
In this episode, we discuss how early Christian missionaries encountered Hinduism during colonial rule depending on where they landed and whom they me...
How caste influences food—from cookbooks to public health ft Sylvia Karpagam and Sucharita Kanjilal
Social media has revolutionised the world of home chefs, bringing everyday cooks into the spotlight. From a woman in the Northeast showcasing her dail...
The holy cow and the dairy dilemma ft Yamini Narayanan
For millions in India, the cow is sacred, and many states have laws prohibiting its slaughter. But this raises a question—what do we do with all these...
Indulge: How is India's speciality coffee scene brewing?
While India has long been known as a tea-drinking nation, the specialtiy coffee scene is rapidly growing, with consumption on the rise and the industr...
Lee Durrell on 100 years of Gerald Durrell
A renowned conservationist and writer, Gerald Durrell, was known for his unique ability to describe even the most mundane creatures, like slugs, with...
Northeast India wants tourists. But is it ready?
Once overshadowed by destinations like Rajasthan, Kerala, and Goa, the Northeast is gaining recognition as a hub for unique travel experiences. Beyond...
Mapping the story of new India through its working class ft Neha Dixit
Award-winning journalist Neha Dixit, in her latest book, The Many Lives of Syeda X, tells the story of a young, working-class Muslim woman, spanning f...
Indulge: The brave new world of Indian craft chocolate
Over the past few years, Indian craft chocolatiers have been earning accolades at some of the world's most prestigious international competitions, inc...
Devdutt Pattanaik on how Harappa changed India’s sense of self
The transformative discovery made in 1924 by John Marshall, Director General of the Archaeological Survey of India, revealed the existence of the Indu...
Ramachandra Guha on what India's forgotten environmentalists can teach us
At a time when the news about the environment seems to be worsening by the day, historian Ramachandra Guha's latest book, Speaking with Nature, sheds...
Nusrat Jafri on caste, conversion, and why India can't talk about it
In her memoir, This Land We Call Home, Nusrat F. Jafri reflects on the history of her nomadic ancestors, members of the Bhantu tribe from Rajasthan, w...
Indulge: Is India neglecting its indigenous spirits? ft Aniruddha Mookerjee and Hansel Vaz
While whiskey, wine, and gin have witnessed a kind of renaissance in India over the past few years, the same hasn't been true for indigenous liquors l...
Breaking the glass ceiling in geology ft Dr Sudipta Sengupta
Dr. Sudipta Sengupta, one of the first Indian women to set foot on Antarctica, has not only ventured to the frozen south but also explored the Arctic...
How attainable is equality in India? ft Saurabh Kirpal
Article 14 of the Indian Constitution states: “The State shall not deny to any person equality before the law or the equal protection of the laws with...
The promise and peril of AI ft Madhumita Murgia
Schools and colleges are increasingly concerned that the widespread use of AI tools like ChatGPT could weaken critical thinking and research skills am...
What RG Kar tells us about women’s safety ft Jhuma Sen and Amrita Dasgupta
The RG case has once again drawn public attention, highlighting the need for thorough investigations and justice. This incident underscores ongoing co...
Can the BJP rewrite the Freedom Movement? ft Aditya Mukherjee
With Indian Independence around the corner, host Sandip Roy speaks to Professor Aditya Mukherjee about the politicization of the freedom struggle and...
What actually sets Bengaluru apart ft Malini Goyal
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 brough...
Is it Modi model or Gujarat model? ft Christophe Jaffrelot
When Narendra Modi first appeared on the national stage, his supporters touted the Gujarat model as crucial for national success, while opponents fear...
Grace Banu on how transgender lives have changed 10 years after NALSA
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...
The puzzling questions of the Bhima Koregaon Case ft Alpa Shah
Alpa Shah’s latest book, The Incarcerations, a finalist for the Orwell Prize for Political Writing, unravels and uncovers the chilling story of the Bh...
Is AAP a game changer or has the game changed it? ft Ashutosh and Neelanjan Sircar
The Aam Aadmi Party, led by Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, is one of the most formidable political parties in the country and has often been de...
Why India is a magnet for crypto scams ft Mitali Mukherjee
This week on the show, Sandip Roy speaks with journalist Mitali Mukherjee, whose book "Crypto Crimes" gives us a window into the underbelly of the cry...
Mridula Koshy and Rituparna Neog on India's missing libraries
Despite the frequent buzz around new book releases and the increasing popularity of literary festivals, one glaring absence in the country remains: fr...
Why India lags behind its neighbours in human development ft Swati Narayan
During a time when India's economy is on the rise, a new book called Unequal: Why India Lags Behind Its Neighbours by Swati Narayan argues that this g...
Getting kids to care about climate change ft Bijal Vachharajani and Rohan Chakravarty
As summer sweeps in, we find ourselves once again inundated with reports of record-breaking temperatures, unprecedented heat waves, and other climate...
How Congress PMs fueled the rise of Hindu nationalism
Veteran journalist and contributing editor of The Indian Express, Neerja Chowdhury, in her book 'How Prime Ministers Decide,' recounts the stories of...