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Sandip Roy

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ARTICLES BY SANDIP ROY

Tourists in Pahalgam, Kashmir, on 29 April. (AFP)

How social media posts overshadowed the Pahalgam tragedy

7 min read . 03 May 2025

The stories about summers are usually stories about summer heat. (Getty )

The summer season taught us to slow down

6 min read . 20 Apr 2025

A tram decorated for Sundarban Tramjatra. (Photo by Sandip Roy)

Kolkata's iconic trams roll out to combat climate change

6 min read . 04 Apr 2025

Plans are afoot to use our social media profiles to deny us access and rights. (Istockphoto)

Governments, there’s nothing IRL on social media

7 min read . 23 Mar 2025

Smita Patel and Girish Karnad in ‘Manthan’.

Good movies are meant to be seen on the big screen

6 min read . 02 Mar 2025

India is a major source of illegal migration to the US. (istockphoto)

Indian Americans and the weight of the model minority expectation

6 min read . 15 Feb 2025

Dayanita Singh’s ‘Museum of Tanpura’ as part of Bengal Biennale at Indian Museum in Kolkata. (Samir Jana/Hindustan Times)

The blurring of lines between art and artefact

6 min read . 01 Feb 2025

Durrell writes that his life in Corfu was 'surrounded by magic’. (iStockphoto)

Gerald Durrell’s magical world of animals

6 min read . 19 Jan 2025

Kolkata's Park Street decorated with lights during Christmas. (iStockphoto)

Revelling in Kolkata's homegrown Christmas

5 min read . 25 Dec 2024

'I am Ol Chiki' by Mithu Sen (Sandip Roy)

The Bengal Biennale makes its debut in Santiniketan

7 min read . 08 Dec 2024

Some sounds disappear because the thing that produced them does not exist anymore

The loss of sound in our noisy lives

1 min read . 15 Nov 2024

A 1962 Austin Cambridge at Dhenkanal Palace. (BISHAN SAMADDAR)

Why the lives of royalty continue to fascinate us

6 min read . 03 Nov 2024

Joe Biden and Kamala Harris at a White House Diwali celebration in 2022. (Getty Images)

Why the 2024 US presidential election is a Diwali gift to Indian Americans

6 min read . 30 Oct 2024

Dame Maggie Smith. (Reuters)

Maggie Smith proved that elderly ladies are the real scene stealers

7 min read . 04 Oct 2024

People from Kolkata's Kumartuli stage a protest. (Samir Jana)

There will be something missing in Durga Puja this year

6 min read . 22 Sep 2024

The smartphone has become not just a companion but a marker of our existence. (iStockphoto)

Can we ever slow down in the age of smartphones?

6 min read . 06 Sep 2024

Protesters in Bangladesh, with a defaced painting of Sheikh Hasina in the backdrop, on 5 August. (AP)

The ‘we-brought-you-freedom’ story has an expiry date

6 min read . 17 Aug 2024

Board games pre-date cardboard and were often just played by scratching lines in the dirt. (iStockphoto)

A museum in Kolkata dedicated to board games taps into memories, history

7 min read . 04 Aug 2024

Donald Trump is surrounded by U.S. Secret Service agents at a campaign rally. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

The shot heard around the world

7 min read . 18 Jul 2024

Hans Christian Andersen’s ‘The Princess and the Pea’ has become the fairytale of our lives. (iStockPhoto)

Why Indians have trouble falling asleep

7 min read . 05 Jul 2024