Dispatches from Kolkata
Hosted by Sandip · Sandip Roy
4.6from 22 ratings
- 131
- Episodes
- 16
- Transcribed
- 22
- Ratings
- Weekly
- Cadence
- 2023
- First episode
About Dispatches from Kolkata
Every week NPR contributor (and former San Franciscian) Sandip Roy brings you a little taste of the 'new India' – a letter home from his other home.
- Publisher
- Sandip Roy
- Category
- society & culture
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 15 Nov 2023
- Latest episode
- 14 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
16 of 131 episodes have a transcript.
14 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
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Loneliness Replacement Surgery
Published 14 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] But after he tripped and fell, those stopped. It's as if he chose to recede into the background. Even that newspaper, he would read it only after everyone in the house was done with it. Still, my grandfather was one of the lucky ones. He lived out his old age with the family. But it never occurred to me that he might have been lonely amidst all of us. He never spoke about it. Most people like him do not. They fear it will be seen as a complaint or their weakness. They don't want their children to think they are being demanding. They don't want to impose on anyone. So loneliness becomes their companion. […]
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- Lou Lou van Damme
- Sandip Roy
- Anuradha Roy
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- 4.6 / 5
- 22 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 49 / 100
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- Quality
- 62
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 92
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