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Name: Sandip Roy
Profile: Sandip Roy is a journalist, writer, and radio commentator whose career began in the San Francisco Bay Area. After moving to the United States to study computer science, he worked in Silicon Valley while freelancing for *India Currents*, which gave him his first professional opportunities in journalism. He later edited *Trikone*, worked with New California Media/New America Media, hosted programs on KALW, and contributed reported commentaries to NPR’s *Morning Edition*. After returning to Kolkata in 2011, Roy continued his connection to Bay Area audiences through KALW’s *Dispatches from Kolkata*. He credits the Bay Area with giving him the confidence to leave technology and pursue writing full time.
Position: Journalist; Writer; Radio commentator; NPR contributor
More Information: Dispatches from Kolkata; Chapal Rani, the Last Queen of Bengal
Subject: South Asian journalism; Sandip Roy