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Sandip Roy

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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.

ARTICLES BY SANDIP ROY

Isla Van Damme built Isla’s Ridge in Palani Hills—and she can tell stories about everything she owns. ( Bishan Samaddar)

Sandip Roy: It takes hard work to remain true to your heart

6 min read . 18 Jul 2026

For many people, the US offered the possibility of reinvention. (iStockphoto)

Sandip Roy: How Trump is reinventing the American Dream

6 min read . 04 Jul 2026

Artists Archee Roy (left) and Nandini Moitra in front of the mural in Kolkata. (Photo courtesy: Karuna Ezara Parikh)

Pride Month 2026: Trying to look beyond rainbow campaigns

6 min read . 19 Jun 2026

Argentine football player Lionel Messi's statue being removed for re-installation in Kolkata. (AFP)

Sandip Roy: What is the real purpose of public art?

6 min read . 06 Jun 2026

David Attenborough with an orangutan and her baby at London Zoo, April 1982. (Getty Images)

Sandip Roy: A century of wonders with David Attenborough

6 min read . 16 May 2026

In West Bengal, over 8 million voters have been struck off the electoral rolls. (SAMIR JANA/HINDUSTAN TIMES)

Sandip Roy: The global quest to define ‘people like us’

6 min read . 01 May 2026

Asha Bhosle poses with her wax statue in Delhi in 2017.

Why Asha Bhosle is the ultimate icon for the global Indian

6 min read . 17 Apr 2026

Chapal Rani as Anjana in ‘Raja Devidas’. (Pic courtesy: Debojit Majumder and Sanjay Singh)

Sandip Roy: One size cannot fit all gender identities

7 min read . 03 Apr 2026

In San Francisco, when the writer was visiting, the AQI was 34. (iStockphoto)

Sandip Roy: The air we breathe cannot be a luxury

6 min read . 21 Mar 2026

Rome has introduced a entry fee for Trevi fountain to manage the crowds. (iStockphoto)

Sandip Roy: Can gatekeeping curb overtourism?

6 min read . 07 Mar 2026

A float depicting Jeffrey Epstein during the Rosemonday Carnival Parade in Düsseldorf, Germany, on 16 February. The text reads ‘All protect the culprits’ and ‘All ignore the victims’. (AP)

Sandip Roy: The Epstein files and the dangerous attraction of exclusivity

6 min read . 20 Feb 2026

Since Durga Puja received Unesco recognition, it has become self-conscious about its status as art. (Getty Images)

Sandip Roy: When the artist’s statement overshadows the art

6 min read . 07 Feb 2026

Chapal Bhaduri putting on make-up before a performance. (Naveen Kishore)

How Chapal Bhaduri transformed into Chapal Rani

4 min read . 25 Jan 2026

Dense smog on a cold winter morning in Howrah, Kolkata. (Getty Images)

Sandip Roy: Kolkata’s winter charm is now smothered in smog

6 min read . 16 Jan 2026

The pages of a diary add up to a life, day by day. (iStockphoto)

Sandip Roy: The real diary is the black box of your life

6 min read . 03 Jan 2026

Protests after Lionel Messi’s event at Salt Lake stadium in Kolkata. (PTI)

Sandip Roy: Kolkata is an afterthought in modern India

6 min read . 20 Dec 2025

Cherry blossoms at Ward’s Lake, Shillong, in November. (Sandip Roy)

Sandip Roy: How Shillong's cosmopolitanism is rooted in the local

6 min read . 06 Dec 2025

A teashop that’s been around for 75 years could be hidden for somebody out there. (iStockphoto)

Sandip Roy: When food influencers discover ‘hidden gems’

6 min read . 15 Nov 2025

Delhi’s Connaught Place, though renamed Rajiv Chowk, has stubbornly remained CP. (iStockphoto)

Sandip Roy: The act of renaming places is a powerful tool in politics

6 min read . 01 Nov 2025

There's too much light at a time when our body clock tells us it should be dark. (Istockphoto)

Why do we remain in the dark about the harmful effects of light pollution?

6 min read . 17 Oct 2025