Sandip Roy

The American Dream was always the US's greatest export. As the country turns 250, Donald Trump seems to want to reinvent the pursuit of happiness itself

The war in Iran had just started. I was meeting an American friend for coffee in San Francisco.

From running a boutique store in Belgium to setting up a homestay in Tamil Nadu's Palani Hills, Loulou Van Damme has always chosen instinct over convention

Last week was Rath Yatra the chariot festival in India. In the Indian city of Puri millions pull the huge wooden chariots of Lord Jagannath and his sibling

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

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.

Many years ago I edited Trikone, the world’s oldest magazine on South Asian LGBTQ+ issues. It was published out of California and we were always on the loo

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

BIRDS It's a house on a ridge. The valleys and hills stretch before me green and undulating. Something falls on my head. Its a a pod from a cotton tree.

I just had a birthday last week. As a child, I loved my birthday. It was one of the few times in the year my family indulged in a cake from Flurys, then the ritziest patisserie in Kolkata.