Sandip Roy

Sunrise is no longer a moment of beauty, strange aloneness and experiencing magic. Thanks to Instagram influencers, people are crisscrossing the map looking for the most reel-worthy sunrise

Sandip takes a detour through Malang on the isle of Java and learns to go with the flow.

Kolkata’s culinary chronicler is gone; enter the gimmicky aloo posto burger

Sandip contemplates the hidden toll of ageing and unlike many other problems, lonliness has a simpler solution. Time.

Little has been done to preserve Chandannagar's French past. Plans to restore the Registry building offer hope for heritage conservation and riverside culture

Sandip reflects on the 'audacity of hope' that arts organizations exhibit as he tours various cities in the Bay Area during his recent book tour.

the French came back to India last week. The French Ambassador was in Chandannagar to work with the city on restoring its French Colonial buildings and heritage.

Food has become a tool to inflame passions and exert power, and people seem more worked up about what is on other’s plates than their own

Discover the diverse world of Indian chutneys, the ultimate unity-in-diversity dish reflecting regional flavors and cultural history.

Sandip attends a festival honoring a long dead Bollywood star and discovers why Uttam Kumar still commands attention.

Uttam Kumar's enduring appeal lies in a rare, unscripted charisma that turned a commercial movie star into a cultural icon

Sandip recently had a birthday and that got him reminicing about rituals...

When birthdays came with marzipan, not mayhem

In the Pallani Hills at Isla's Ridge, the Grand Damme of 'swimming against the tide' sat down with Sandip for a cup of tea.

Beyond the famous happiness index lies a quieter Bhutan, where kindness, patience and imperfection shape everyday life

Queer histories often seem to exist in a vacuum. As if it all started with Stonewall in New York or Harvey Milk in San Francisco. But queer people existed long before then, trying to carve out their space in the world.

There's a current trend in Bengal called "Deem therapy," but while it's a great pleasure for the public at the moment, Sandip wonders when the yolk will run out.

Public outrage will never be distributed equally across every cause. Choosing to stand up for one issue over another isn't hypocrisy; it’s simply human nature

Last week was Rath Yatra, the chariot festival in India. Sandip hops aboard and takes us on a trip to revive a once thriving system of tansit in Kolkata.

Why screen-captures remain one of the last bastions of freedom