Sandip Roy is a columnist with Mint Lounge. He is also a podcaster, radio host and literary festival moderator. His work has appeared in publications like The New York Times, San Francisco Chronicle, BBC and NPR and many outlets in India as well as numerous anthologies such as Cat People, Out! Stories from the New Queer India and The Erotic and the Phobic. His weekly audio dispatch from Kolkata has been airing on public radio KALW in San Francisco since 2012. He is the author of the award-winning novel Don't Let Him Know.