Simanta Roy

Stories by Simanta Roy

Sim Bhullar, a man of superlatives

Sim Bhullar, a man of superlatives

Rediff.com   8 Apr 2015

Simanta Roy looks beyond Sim Bhullar's 7'5" tall, 360-pound frame to the player who became the first athlete of Indian descent to secure an NBA contract.

Life comes 'full circle' for A R Rahman

Life comes 'full circle' for A R Rahman

Rediff.com   27 Oct 2014

For Rahman, who had never attended college, the event hosted by the Berklee College of Music must have seemed humbling.

Boston residents describe 'surreal' scenes outside homes

Boston residents describe 'surreal' scenes outside homes

Rediff.com   19 Apr 2013

The constant buzz of helicopters have continued all night into the morning hours. In Cambridge on Friday most of the streets are eerily dead, and roads that are usually swarmed with pedestrians and drivers on their way to work are empty and still.