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Internet Soumyadip ChoudhuryDecember 2, 2019 0

Why Twitter appears to be so big in India when it actually isn’t

If we look at the news and what the news media tells us, we would be under the impression that Twitter is a big deal in India. How big a…Continue Reading →

A milestone opposite the Shillong Club in Shillong.
Shillong

A riot that changed a city: 40 years of 79'er gondogul - the 1979 Shillong anti-Bengali riots

At around 4:15 PM on October 22, 1979 a scuffle broke out in a Shillong locality and it didn't end…

Soumyadip Choudhury 2October 22, 2019
Shubho Noboborsho - Bengali New Year
India

Pohela Boishakh: A brief history of the Bengali calendar

A brief history of the Bengali Calendar and why India and Bangladesh celebrate the Bengali New Year on different days.

Soumyadip Choudhury 0April 15, 2019
Advertising Soumyadip ChoudhuryMarch 4, 2019 0

Enfield 200 - The Mini Bullet (ad from 1982)

An ad for a lesser-known Bullet - Enfield 200 - The Mini Bullet.Continue Reading →

Google's Renamed Products
Technology

Google just can't make its mind up! A long list of products that Google has renamed

Google, it appears, cannot just stop itself from googling new names for its products.

Soumyadip Choudhury 0August 30, 2018
Sylheti in Sylheti Nagari script
India

On International Mother Language Day, a note by a Sylheti from Shillong

At a time when an anglicised creole is the new lingua franca and I am identified and counted as a…

Soumyadip Choudhury 1February 21, 2018
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Bollywood Soumyadip ChoudhuryFebruary 20, 2018 0

PNB Scam: Kitnay aadmi thay?

Another attempt at reimagining iconic Bollywood scenes as a critique of contemporary issues in a comic book format.Continue Reading →

The Deewaar of Aadhaar
Bollywood

The Deewaar of Aadhaar

The 'deewaar' of Aadhaar has people on both sides of the wall (and also many sitting on it)

Soumyadip Choudhury 1February 14, 2018
A cardboard Mera-Merir house
Shillong

'Mera-Merir ghor jole re...' on an apartment balcony in western Uttar Pradesh

Recreating a fading Makar Sankranti tradition from East Bengal and Assam.

Soumyadip Choudhury 1January 14, 2018
Iewduh/Bara Bazar, Shillong
Shillong Soumyadip ChoudhuryDecember 27, 2017 1

Shillong would've been named Yeodo, but because of Tokyo

Interesting trivia on why the city of Shillong has been named so. Part four in the series of Shillong Stories on Cutting the Chai.Continue Reading →

Pigeon eggs
Specials

Live blog: The story of pigeon's eggs to chicks

Six-year-old Advay Choudhury live blogs the hatching of two pigeon eggs in his home balcony.

Advay Choudhury 0December 6, 2017
Himalayas, as seen from Lumparing, Shillong
North East India

A rare sight: Seeing the Himalayas from Shillong

Shillongites were basking in the sights of the snow-capped Himalayan peaks 250 kilometres away.

Soumyadip Choudhury 0November 23, 2017

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