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Author of Don't Let Him Know. Columnist with Mint Lounge and The Hindu. Hosts The Sandip Roy Show for Indian Express and KALW 91.7 FM .

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Sandip Roy
3 days
For all aam aadmis.
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Mint Lounge
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At one time, for generations of South Asian immigrants, the mango was a symbol of loss and somehow all the sweeter for it, writes @sandipr .
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"Washing dirty linen in public." How Indira Gandhi's government tried to squash the "amateur activists" in the diaspora protesting the #Emergency1975 in India. With Prof Anand Kumar and @sugataraju on @IndianExpress
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Sandip Roy
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Of mixtapes as love. A mixtape is a private conversation. And it allowed each of us, even those without a musical bone in them, to become music makers.
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RT @sugataraju: I speak about my book #TheConscienceNetwork on the @sandipr show on @IndianExpress I am with @_ProfAnand, one of the princi….
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Sandip Roy
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RT @HarperCollinsIN: Listen to author #RuchirJoshi in conversation with @sandipr on #TheSandipRoyShow by @IndianExpress as they discuss his….
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Sandip Roy
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RT @Mint_Lounge: The mixtape was the most personal body of music we could construct where each song carried meaning even the singer never i….
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Sandip Roy
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RT @LifestyleWithTH: Column | LGBTQIA+ characters may be all over OTT, but there is a difference between being visible and being seen, writ….
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RT @drcbjee: @sandipr what a beautiful account of your mother; in many ways almost all Bengali mothers. I saw in so….
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Sandip Roy
1 month
Thank you for reading.
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Aditi Hazra Ganju
1 month
I’ve come to cherish slow Sunday mornings reading ⁦Sandip Roy’s piece in Mint lounge, this one was particularly heartwarming, totally relatable and gave me goosebumps! Thank you ⁦@sandipr⁩ ❤️❤️
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RT @RainbowLitFest: In 1999, Hoshang Merchant gave India its first anthology of gay male writing—Yaarana. He fought silence, fear, and eras….
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RT @iFaqeer: So much to discuss. But also, so wonderfully written, as always, by @sandipr .
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Sandip Roy
1 month
Thank you.
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🇮🇳Deepak Tiwari
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Excellent piece. @sandipr
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Sandip Roy
1 month
When pak gets a shree.
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The Indian Express
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#ExpressOpinion | “Calling Mysore pak Mysore shree might be intended as a tyohaar of patriotism. But sadly it just shows some of us do not know our own heritage -- linguistic or culinary”. @sandipr on India’s “Freedom fries” moment.
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Sandip Roy
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From Mysore pak to Mysore Shree - India's "Freedom fries" moment? @IndianExpress #MysorePak.
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Sandip Roy
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RT @soutikBBC: Such a beautiful piece by ⁦@sandipr⁩ on our abandoned terraces.
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RT @HarperCollinsIN: #Kolkata readers, join us for an engaging evening with acclaimed author #RuchirJoshi, as he discusses his latest novel….
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Sandip Roy
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RT @LifestyleWithTH: Column: #Kolkata’s recent rooftop crackdown is a reminder of how terraces once cultivated imagination and community |….
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Sandip Roy
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RT @Mint_Lounge: In his column this week, @sandipr looks at the explosion of paid ‘authentic’ reviews online for a books, restaurants or pl….
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Sandip Roy
2 months
Thank you for sharing. NOT a paid endorsement. Lol.
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Sakshi Denis
2 months
.@sandipr Thank you for saying this finally! The self-proclaimed best selling authors’ books have been disappointing me. I have stopped buying books basis ‘authentic reviews’. And yes, notice the reviewers too…almost everybody these days has a list of books to recommend.
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RT @Mint_Lounge: Many shared vacation photos from Pahalgam after the terror attack—it wasn’t just tone-deaf but also proved that social med….
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