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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 other Sunday
The Sandip Roy ShowWhat 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 other Sunday
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January 26, 2020
What Ranbaxy and Indian Pharma don’t want you to know, with Katherine EbanSubscriber Only
Investigative journalist, Katherine Eban, on her book Bottle of Lies that documents global fraud, large-scale data fabrication and unsafe practices inside Indian drug plants.
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January 12, 2020
‘Oh, but you don’t look like a Muslim!’ with Rakhshanda JalilSubscriber Only
Writer, translator and literary historian, Rakhshanda Jalil, on her collection of essays titled 'But You Don't Look Like A Muslim'.
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December 29, 2019
The Best of Sandip Roy Show 2019Subscriber Only
The best conversations Sandip had with this year's guests, including Amitav Ghosh, Prannoy Roy, Harsh Mander, Paro Anand, Anjali Gopalan and more.
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December 15, 2019
Trucking through India – A Hitchhiking Adventure with Rajat UbhaykarSubscriber Only
What a hitchhiker learned from riding across India in trucks and the insight it gave him about how corruption works.
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December 1, 2019
The politics of India’s relationship with technology, with Arun SukumarSubscriber Only
Over the decades, India's political leadership has had a complicated relationship with scientific innovations. Arun Sukumar, the head of the technology initiative at the Observer Research Foundation of New Delhi joins Sandip to discuss pivotal...
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November 17, 2019
Our plastic addiction and what we can do about it, with Bharati ChaturvediSubscriber Only
The myriad ways in which plastic affects our lives and how we can realistically fight it.
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November 3, 2019
William Dalrymple on how a private company came to rule IndiaSubscriber Only
In this episode, Sandip talks to historian William Dalrymple about how the East India Company came to rule India and why many know so little about it.
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October 20, 2019
Why the sedition law still exists, with Chitranshul SinhaSubscriber Only
In this episode Sandip talks to the Supreme Court lawyer about the history of the sedition law in India and why it still exists in the 21st century.
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October 6, 2019
On being Gandhi and why he still matters, with Paro AnandSubscriber Only
Sandip talks to writer Paro Anand about her latest book, Being Gandhi and what we can still learn from the father of the nation.
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September 22, 2019
Sex and other pleasures, a chat with Paromita VohraSubscriber Only
Sandip talks to the founder of Agents of Ishq about how ideas of sex and love are evolving and why sex education is important for a good sex life.
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September 8, 2019
How much corporate India changed a year after 377, with Parmesh ShahaniSubscriber Only
Sandip talks to Parmesh Shahani about what corporate India looks like one year after the 377 verdict.
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August 25, 2019
Understanding depression, the invisible illness, with Amrita TripathiSubscriber Only
Sandip talks to Amrita Tripathi, the founder-editor of the Health Collective, about her latest book that tries to open up conversations about depression and tell us that we are not alone in dealing with it.
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August 11, 2019
What we get wrong about Yoga, with Devdutt PattanaikSubscriber Only
Devdutt Pattanaik on what we get wrong about Yoga, how much is it really get connected to faith and why the ancient Indians practiced it.
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July 28, 2019
What they cooked in Shah Jahan’s Kitchen, with Salma Yusuf HusainSubscriber Only
Food Historian Salma Yusuf Husain takes us through the wondrous kitchen of the Mughal emperor and talks about the surprising dishes that the Mughal's gave us.
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July 14, 2019
On migration, climate change and The Gun Island, with Amitav GhoshSubscriber Only
Amitav Ghosh talks about migration, cosmopolitanism, the lack of climate change in literature and his latest novel - The Gun Island.
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June 30, 2019
Afghanistan’s first openly gay person, Nemat SadatSubscriber Only
Sandip talks to Sadat about what made him finally come out, why people around him saw it as an act of cowardice and his skepticism of 'liberal' Islam.
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June 16, 2019
A sanctuary for all creatures great and small, with Anjali GopalanSubscriber Only
LGBTQ rights activist and the founder of Naz foundation, Anjali Gopalan, on the way we treat our animals and what that says about us as a society.
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June 2, 2019
Close to the Bone, with Lisa RaySubscriber Only
In this episode, Lisa Ray talks about being boxed into the category of a "sex symbol", the problem of hypersexuality in Bollywood, her struggles with eating disorders and more.
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May 19, 2019
What it means to be secular in India today, with Harsh ManderSubscriber Only
Writer and human rights activist Harsh Mander on the threat that we face as a nation and the need for fraternity in our society.
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May 5, 2019
People with mental illnesses and their right to vote, with Ratnaboli RaySubscriber Only
Ratnaboli Ray, the founder of Anjali, a mental health rights organization in Kolkata, talks to Sandip about the challenges and her efforts of getting people with mental illnesses to cast their votes.
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April 21, 2019
Understanding the Indian Constitution, with Gautam BhatiaSubscriber Only
In this episode, Sandip speak to lawyer and legal scholar Gautam Bhatia about his new book 'The Transformative Constitution: A Radical Biography in Nine Acts'.
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April 7, 2019
Decoding Indian Elections, with Prannoy RoySubscriber Only
In this episode, Sandip talks to the man who, in many ways, brought elections to our living rooms.
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March 24, 2019
The BDSM scene in India, with the Kinky CollectiveSubscriber Only
Journeys into the world of kink and the learnings that we can all take from the BDSM community.
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March 10, 2019
Ruskin Bond, The Man with the Golden PenSubscriber Only
In this episode, Sandip talks to the beloved author, Ruskin Bond, about his journey as a writer so far.
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February 24, 2019
Coming Out as Dalit, with Yashica DuttSubscriber Only
Journalist Yashica Dutt talks about how she passed as being upper caste and what made her finally come out as Dalit.