Sandip Roy

When Kolkata celebrated the 150-year-old tram system’s anniversary last year, it was limping along. Last month, the city announced it would end tram service, aside from a very small heritage loop. The tram does have a small but loyal band of supporters that want to keep it alive. They’re making a last-ditch effort to get the city to reconsider. We’re bringing back this story from reporter Sandip Roy who hopped aboard a Kolkata tram last year.

Sandip Roy On 9 August, the Indian city of Kolkata was shaken when a trainee doctor was found raped and murdered at one of its oldest hospitals.

Last week, I pulled out a spiral-bound cookbook called 3 Cups of Flower and made arook tahine . They are basically fish cakes made with chopped fish, herbs and eggs.

Indian-ness is playing out in intriguing ways in the 2024 US election with both sides of the presidential ticket highlighting their India connection

The 2024 Presidential Election has marked an irreversible cultural change in the U.S. Sandip Roy sees the connection in an unlikely symbol, the Postage Stamp.

Ma Durga might be the city's most celebrated annual visitor, but Kali is the resident Goddess, notes Sandip Roy.

We may believe in the idea of republics, but can't pass up a chance to peek into the lives of kings and queens

of When we go on vacation we visit the sights, try the local cuisine, and buy a few souvenirs. I have my share. Papier mache Masks from Nepal.

“It's like you have discovered Thoreau's Walden Pond in Kolkata” joked a friend from San Francisco. I had never read Walden but I knew about it.

St. Anthony, the patron saint of lost things, should be my personal saint. I misplace everything constantly—my wallet, phone, keys.