Sandip Roy is an editor with New America Media and host of its radio show New America Now (www.newamericanow.org) and co-host of the call-in program Your Call on KALW 91.7 FM. He is also a commentator for NPR's Morning Edition. His work has appeared in mainstream and ethnic media like the San Francisco Chronicle, San Jose Mercury News, India Abroad, India Currents, The Times of India and several anthologies including Contours of the Heart, Q&A, Story wallah!, Mobile Cultures, The Phobic and the Erotic, Transnational South Asians etc.

Sandip Roy's Salon stories

Wednesday, Nov 4, 2009 09:05 PST

What Maine means for gay marriage in California

The Maine fight was supposed to be the dress rehearsal for repealing California's Prop. 8 -- but gay marriage lost
Wednesday, May 27, 2009 03:15 PDT

Gay mecca no more

California used to be a sanctuary for homosexual immigrants worldwide. Now they might go to South Africa, or Maine.
Saturday, Nov 29, 2008 18:34 PST

Guns and bombs in booming India

Amid calls for a fierce crackdown on "potential terrorists," Indians strive to define the Mumbai attackers as "the other."
Thursday, Nov 6, 2008 15:08 PST

Gays in the age of Obama

For many, the jubilation over the new president is greater than the sorrow over Proposition 8.
Friday, May 30, 2008 03:44 PDT

Be gay, be anything -- just not single!

With same-sex marriage now legal in California, mothers across India and elsewhere are eager to see their gay sons and daughters finally get hitched.
Thursday, Dec 27, 2007 12:04 PST

We South Asians like our leaders dead

The assassination of Benazir Bhutto reminds us that in this region the allure of sacrifice runs deep.
Wednesday, Sep 26, 2007 03:45 PDT

Don't ask, don't tell, Iranian style

Why did Ahmadinejad claim Iran has no homosexuals? It has to do with a quilt. Video
Tuesday, Sep 4, 2007 10:25 PDT

In defense of Larry Craig

All he wanted was some consensual sex, which he didn't get. Where's the GOP outrage about Sen. David Vitter?
Friday, May 5, 2006 10:20 PDT

How Opal Mehta saved our lives

Kaavya Viswanathan's spectacular plagiarism screw-up should reassure overachieving Indian-Americans that we can fail and survive.
Monday, Dec 2, 2002 12:30 PST

GayBombay

Online gathering places provide safe harbor for India's gays. But they may prevent some people from coming out.
Wednesday, Oct 3, 2001 01:56 PDT

Terrorist or dissident?

Human rights in China, Chechnya and elsewhere could be a casualty of the global war on terrorism.

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