Cutting the Chai

Technology Soumyadip ChoudhuryDecember 26, 2025 1

A lot has happened this year - for the world and for me. The story of how I navigated the world of AI this year.Continue Reading →

This website is my memory project

Long story short, there's still no perfect solution. But this one worked for me.

Advertising Soumyadip ChoudhuryJuly 31, 2024 0

Devika Rani appeared in a Palmolive soap advertisement, much before Leela Chitnis' famous ad for Lux in 1941.Continue Reading →

The trigger for the 1938 riots in Shillong was political in nature but appears to have quickly taken a communal…

This isn't exactly a review (I have long ceased being an active technology journalist), but more of a public note…

Family & Friends Soumyadip ChoudhuryDecember 15, 2023 2

This photograph captures in a snapshot what the pandemic, the lockdown and work from home meant for me.Continue Reading →

Watching a new generation of Bollywood kids making their debut in this Netflix film, I couldn't help but think of…

The entire year compressed into a single printable A4 page with a clear view of the official Government of India…

Technology Soumyadip ChoudhuryFebruary 12, 2023 0

TLDR; 1. Better active noise cancellation. 2. Volume control. 3. In-ear detection.Continue Reading →

The forms, formats and norms of social media are stifling. This place, is a breath of fresh air. My own…

September 8, 2001. It was on this day, 20 years ago, I disembarked in Bhopal from a train on a…