Sandip Roy

Author of "The Smells of Home"

Tonantzin Apolinar
 ● Indian journalist who reports from
Kolkata, the capital of India's West
Bengal state.
● Work hard and celebrated the
decriminalization of
homosexuality in India. Roy
identifies as a gay man and
speaks on the experience such
identification brings in Indian
culture.

Sandip Roy
He is ... ● A Senior Culture Editor at news
portal Firstpost.com
● An Editor with New America Media
● The host of "Dispatches From
Kolkata" on KALW FM, a public
radio in the San Francisco Bay
Area.
● A Blogger for the Huffington Post.
● A commentator on National Public
Radio's Morning Edition
● Long-time editor of Trikone, the
world’s oldest LGBT magazine for
South Asians
 His work...
has also appeared in different publications
including The New York Times, The Guardian, The
Economic Times, Salon.com, The Independent,
Mint, and the Indian Express.
 ● The 2015 Asian/Pacific American Awards
for Literature
● 2009 SAJA Journalism Award
○ Winner of Outstanding arts, culture, or

Awards travel story about South Asia, or South

Asians in North America: All media
○ Finalist for Outstanding
editorial/commentary on South Asia,
or South Asians in North America: All
media
● 2007 SAJA Journalism
○ Winner of Outstanding
editorial/commentary on South Asia,
or South Asians in North America: All
media
He has also received ● The National Lesbian and Gay Journalists
Association
awards from: ● South Asian Journalists Association, the
International Center for Journalists

● South Asian Journalists Association, the

International Center for Journalists

Sandip Roy was also a coordinator of the

New America Media: National Ethnic Media
Awards in 2009
Sandip Roy’s work include:
 Don’t Let Him
Know

The book was a 2016 longlist

nominee for the DSC Prize for
South Asian Literature

2016
Bargains with Gods

2014
Articles “Indians Used to Dream of America. No
Longer.” -The NY Times
“A new Gay Fairytale”
“India’s Battle for Same-Sex Love” -The
NY Times
“Indians Used to Dream of America. No
Longer.”-The NY Times
“Old and Lonely in New India” -The NY
Times
“What it's like to be gay in modern
India” -The Telegraph
 “Bengali film withdrawn from theatres:
Articles Absence of industry biggies at protest
proves Mamata's clout is undiminished in
Tollywood”
“Anik Dutta's Bhobishyoter Bhoot pulled
-Firstpost
from Kolkata theatres; but by whom, and
why, remain a mystery”
“At Kolkata's Pavlov Mental Health Hospital,
art offers a unique perspective into the
experiences of patients”
“Evening Shadows is a vivid portrayal of a
coming out story that's as warm as it is raw
and complex”
Articles “The bitter sweet memories of home”

“Kolkata’s winter of content”

The Hindu “And the Oscar nominees for the best

desi Hollywood avatars are…”
 “Lesbian ad in India Shows Change Does Not Wait
Articles on Courts”
“Mourning the Monuments of Nepal, Let’s Not
Forget the People”
“The Unbearable Burden of Being Sophie Hunter”
“Tim Cook’s ‘Coming Out’ Matters Because It Does
Not Matter”
Huffington Post “Status Insanity: Why the iPhone Is the Perfect
Status Symbol”
“An Unlikely Sliver of Hope from Ferguson”
“RIP Archie Andrews: Even India Could Not Save
You”
“Two Girls in a Tree: Why the Indian Rape Photos
Are Inexcusable”
“When Maya Angelou Becomes a (Facebook)
Status Symbol”
“What Truly Terrifies Us About the Missing
Malaysian Airliner”
Podcast
 ● Storywallah!,
● Contours of the Heart,
Contributed in Because I Have a Voice:
Anthologies Queer Politics in India,
such as: ● Out! Stories from the New
Queer India,
● New California Writing
2011
● The Phobic and the Erotic:
The Politics of Sexualities
in Contemporary India.
● Men on Men 6,
 “A large-hearted, compassionate novel that
treats all its characters - male and female, gay
and straight - with affection and sympathy.
Sandip Roy illuminates truths about the
loneliness of immigration and the perils and
comforts of homecoming in this marvelous first
novel.”
- Thrity Umrigar.
 Citations
● Bloomsbury.com. “Sandip Roy.” Bloomsbury, www.bloomsbury.com/author/sandip-roy/.
● Martin, Matt. “Sandip Roy's Bay Area Appearances.” KALW, www.kalw.org/post/sandip-roys-bay-area-appearances#stream/0.
● “My Account.” SANDIP ROY | The Elliott Bay Book Company, www.elliottbaybook.com/event/sandip-roy.
● “The Huffington Post, TheHuffingtonPost.com, www.huffingtonpost.com/author/sandip-roy.”
● “The New York Times Company.” The New York Times, The New York Times, www.nytimes.com/search?query=sandip roy.
● “Sandip Roy.” Amazon, Amazon, www.amazon.com/Sandip-Roy/e/B00MCCKH98/ref=ntt_dp_epwbk_0.
● “ Sandip Roy.” Asia Literary Review, www.asialiteraryreview.com/users/sandip-roy.
● “Sandip Roy, Author at Firstpost.” Firstpost, www.firstpost.com/author/roy.
● “Sandip Roy (Author of Don't Let Him Know).” Goodreads, Goodreads,
www.goodreads.com/author/show/6437547.Sandip_Roy.
“Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata.” NPR, NPR, www.npr.org/podcasts/381443495/sandip-roy-s-dispatches-from-kolkata.
● “Sandip Roy.” The Hindu, www.thehindu.com/profile/contributor/Sandip-Roy-12509/.
● “Sandip Roy - Times of India.” The Times of India, Litfest KolKata 2018, 15 Nov. 2018,
timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sandip-roy/articleshow/66632974.cms.
● “South Asian Journalists Association - Past Award Winners.” SAJA, www.saja.org/pastawardwinners.
● University, Ashoka. “Sandip Roy on His Book Don't Let Him Know.” YouTube, YouTube, 7 Mar. 2016,
www.youtube.com/watch?v=k12IYolQSTc.