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Changing Census and sensibility in a new India

India-born, United States-based Sandip Roy finds being invisible in India's Census discomfiting. The census taker came to our house in Kolkata the other day. His name was Mukul Ghosh. A middle-aged......

Jyoti to Jane. Srey to Sarah?

Sandip Roy is fighting Sandy-ification My name is not complicated by Indian standards. It's not Abanindranath or Jyotirindranath. In India, the confusion was the Bengalis called me Shondeep. The......

Amid wanna-'bees': It's a family affair

Sandip Roy visits a flock of wanna-'bees' at an all-Indian spelling bee in Milpitas, California and is transported back to India. Illustration by Uttam Ghosh. When I told my friend I was going to......

Licensed to live

The 'love that dare not speak its name' has found a voice, andlegitimacy. Sandip Roy on the sexual revolution, circa 2008.When I left India for America, my aunts fretted about who I might end up......

Indian MPs in Sri Lanka, to visit former LTTE bastion

A five-member Indian parliamentary delegation has arrived in Colombo in the Sri Lankan capital on a four-day trip to hold bilateral talks. The delegation is scheduled to visit......

The birth of a Sufi singer

Sandip Roy tells the story of Shye Ben-Tzur, an Israeli musician who found his calling in Sufi music."I am not a Hebrew qawaal," says Shye Ben-Tzur. "I've never been one and never will be." But......

Exclusive: Julia Roberts visits California mandir

Last week we discovered Julia Roberts was a practicing Hindu. Now comes word of Julia visiting a Hindu temple in Calabasas, California.Narasimha Bhattar, the temple's chief priest, tells Sandip Roy......

'Please don't make a film on Mumbai attacks'

Please don't make a film on the Mumbai attacks," filmmaker Sandip Ray appealed to his colleagues in the film industry. "As responsible citizens, we, filmmakers, should stop glorifying such macabre......

When Pappa knows best

Once upon a time in ourmovies, parents thundered 'Over my (and your) dead body', when their children fell in love. Now, they have names like Peachy and Pumpkin, and they call their daughter's......

If a film's set in India, you'll spot a cow!

I don't know if it's sacred, but it's a cow alright. I call the game cow-spotting. These days, if it's a film set in India, sooner or later you'll find the cow. Cows holding up traffic are......

I-League: Dempo win against Churchill Brothers

Ryuji Sueoka scored a brace of goals as Dempo Sports Club laboured to a 2-1 win over Churchill Brothers Sports Club in the opening match of the I-League at the Nehru Stadium, Fatorda, on......

Armando selects a squad of 30 for friendlies

A 30-member Indian squad has been selected for the twin international friendlies against Maldives and Qatar on Julu 10 and 17 respectively ahead of their World Cup qualifier against United Arab......

Bhutia not among WC qualifier probables

Ace striker Bhaichung Bhutia was omitted from the 42 probables named by the AIFF for a training camp, starting in Delhi from June 25, for India's World Cup football qualifier against the UAE in......

Santosh trophy: TN down Mizoram, Bengal draw Delhi

Tamil Nadu struck twice in the second-half to defeat Mizoram 2-0, while hosts Bengal had to settle for a tame 1-1 draw against Delhi in the quarter-final group league of the 64th National Football......

South Asian Games: India win five medals

India added four gold and one bronze on the third day on Sunday to reign supreme on top of medal standings in the 11th South Asian Games in Dhaka.Judokas Balvinder Singh and Vikram Solanki bagged a......

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Q. Main To Chala Yaar...Yeh Jung Fatah Karna Tum - last words of NSG commando Sandip Unnikrishnan to colleague Sanjib Kumar Roy. Does not it create much more impact than any filmy dialogue we have ever heard?
: A. Yes, ofcourse. more

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Mrinal-Ritwik-Tapan films in dire need of being restored

d of being restored The writer has posted comments on this article Zinia SenZinia Sen , TNN | May 18, 2013, 12.00 AM IST Madhabi Mukherjee in... ...

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/regional/bengali/news-interviews/Mrinal-Ritwik-Tapan-films-in-dire-need-of-being-restored/articleshow/20119229.cms

Why the global racism map is wrong

By Lakshmi Chaudhry and Sandip Roy Washington Post has put together ,? a nifty infographic that paints the world in hues ranging from deep blue... ...

http://www.firstpost.com/world/painting-india-red-why-the-global-racism-map-is-wrong-789019.html

Goalpara enter final

Guwahati, May 13: Goalpara District Sports Association Cricket Academy booked a final berth in the 1st All Assam under-14 inter-coaching... ...

http://www.telegraphindia.com/1130514/jsp/northeast/story_16893327.jsp

Much like whirling dervishes

On World Dance Day, 13 groups from across Bengal got their act together, writes tapati chowdurie INTRODUCED in 1982, International Dance Day is... ...

http://www.thestatesman.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=456008&catid=47

There's much to recall at Kolkata's Feluda coffee shop

Soumendu Roy remembers Satyajit Ray as meticulous, trou... Why toilet cleaners could soon be paid more than prime ... Kolkata, May 11 (IANS) Fans... ...

http://news.taaza.com/lifestyle/1133932-theres-much-to-recall-at-kolkatas-feluda-coffee-shop.html

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