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Business News > Mint Authors > Sandip Roy

Sandip Roy

Mint Author

ARTICLES BY SANDIP ROY

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

Congress Party leader Rahul Gandhi holds a copy of the Constitution, at a press conference on 4 June. (AP)

How the Constitution played a pivotal role in the election

6 min read . 14 Jun 2024

Influencer Nancy Tyagi might be the Cinderella-style story the media loves. (PTI)

The age of the influencer is truly upon us

7 min read . 01 Jun 2024

Unlike many writers of children’s fiction, Ruskin Bond does not try to teach them moral lessons. (Hindustan Times)

Ruskin Bond: The grand old man of Indian letters

7 min read . 24 May 2024

It’s hard to resist the impulse to feed a hungry puppy. (iStockphoto)

The mean streets are no happy home for stray dogs

6 min read . 17 May 2024

Pen-making is a handcrafted process. (iStockphoto)

The joy of getting inked with a fountain pen

7 min read . 05 May 2024

India is seeing increasing heatwave events. (iStockphoto)

Show a little kindness to lower the temperature

6 min read . 19 Apr 2024

For some, reading P.G. Wodehouse can be a stress-buster in trying times. (Getty Images)

The comfort of books in our loneliest hours

7 min read . 05 Apr 2024

Dancers perform ‘Invoking The River'. (Courtesy Chitresh Das Dance Company)

Chitresh Das: A purist yet a contemporary artist

7 min read . 22 Mar 2024

There’s a parasitic wasp in Ecuador named after Shakira. (Getty Images)

What names of animals say about us

6 min read . 08 Mar 2024

June as Pride in India is just yet another example of blindly following a Western tradition, whether or not it makes sense in an Indian context. (iStockphoto)

India’s Pride should remember its cultural context

7 min read . 17 Jun 2022