The Sandip Roy Show
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What makes people tick? What are the stories they carry with them? In a world of shouting heads, veteran journalist, radio commentator and novelist Sandip Roy sits down to have real conversations about the fascinating world around us and the people who shape it. Catch these engaging interviews every other Sunday
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Oct 20, 2019 • 34min
35: Why the sedition law still exists, with Chitranshul Sinha
In this episode Sandip talks to writer and Supreme Court lawyer Chitranshul Sinha about the history of the sedition law in India and why it still exists in the 21st century.
Oct 6, 2019 • 33min
34: On being Gandhi and why he still matters, with Paro Anand
Sandip talks to writer Paro Anand about her latest book, Being Gandhi and what we can still learn from the father of the nation.
Sep 22, 2019 • 32min
33: Sex and other pleasures, a chat with Paromita Vohra
Sandip talks to Paromita Vohra the founder of Agents of Ishq about how ideas of sex and love are evolving and why sex education is important for a good sex life.
Sep 8, 2019 • 35min
32: How much corporate India changed a year after 377, with Parmesh Shahani
Sandip talks to Parmesh Shahani about what corporate India looks like one year after the 377 verdict.
Aug 25, 2019 • 33min
31: Understanding depression, the invisible illness, with Amrita Tripathi
Sandip talks to Amrita Tripathi, the founder-editor of the Health Collective, about her latest book that tries to open up conversations about depression and tell us that we are not alone in dealing with it.
Aug 11, 2019 • 39min
30: What we get wrong about Yoga, with Devdutt Pattanaik
Devdutt Pattanaik on what we get wrong about Yoga, how much is it really connected to faith and why the ancient Indians practiced it.
Jul 28, 2019 • 32min
29: What they cooked in Shah Jahan's Kitchen, with Salma Yusuf Husain
Food Historian Salma Yusuf Husain takes us through the wondrous kitchen of the Mughal emperor and talks about the surprising dishes that the Mughal's gave us.
Jul 14, 2019 • 34min
28: On migration, climate change and The Gun Island, with Amitav Ghosh
Amitav Ghosh talks about migration, cosmopolitanism, the lack of climate change in literature and his latest novel - The Gun Island.
Jun 30, 2019 • 32min
27: Afghanistan's first openly gay person, Nemat Sadat
Sandip talks to Sadat about what made him finally come out, why people around him saw it as an act of cowardice and his skepticism of 'liberal' Islam.
Jun 16, 2019 • 44min
26: A sanctuary for all creatures great and small, with Anjali Gopalan
LGBTQ rights activist and the founder of Naz foundation, Anjali Gopalan, on the way we treat our animals and what that says about us as a society.
