About Soumyadip Choudhury

Author: Soumyadip Choudhury

My school leaving certificate spells my name as Soumyadip Choudhury (সৌম্যদীপ চৌধুরী), some call me The Chaiwallah. I work and live in what is generally referred to as Delhi NCR (work in Noida, stay in Ghaziabad).A part of my work profile labels me as a journalist (of the Internet kind) and my areas of specialisation includes technology. The Internet is the primary area of personal and professional interest and I also build products for the Web. I am currently with Network18 as Technology Editor and Product Manager at IBNLive.com. In over nine years of employment, I have worked with HT Media, Career Launcher, The Times Group, NDTV and Network18 in various capacities. As a chronicler of popular culture via advertising, movies, photos and more, I maintain a popular blog, Cutting the Chai, since 2005. The blog also doubles up as a digital archive of India's popular culture.Have been hard-wired to everything tech since childhood, I have a penchant for making and repairing (and occasionally breaking) things. My wife and family suspect that I am secretly married to my laptop.Was born and brought up in Shillong and that is the place I still call home (in the physical world).

Advertising Soumyadip ChoudhuryMarch 22, 2010 0

Why I hate the new Tata Sky Plus (Elevator) Ad

I stay on the 12th floor of a 14-storey apartment building. This morning I had to rush to work and was waiting for the elevator and it stopped at every…Continue Reading →

Specials

The Chaiwallah’s got a Chaiwali

It has been the longest pause on Cutting the Chai since I first began blogging almost five years back. In…

Specials

Cutting the Chai Calendar 2010

It’s that time of the year again. The beginning. And there are a lot of dates that we’d come across…

Random Stuff Soumyadip ChoudhuryDecember 25, 2009 1

Don’t Worry Your Holidays are Safe. Ignore that SMS

Multiple instances of this SMS landed in my mobile’s inbox: Sare papo ka saja agle saal milegiholidays in 201026jan-sun16mar-sun/holi1may-sun15aug-sun2oct-sun17octsun/dussera5nov-sun/diwali25dec-sunday And in our holiday-obsessed nation it is spreading like wildfire. But…Continue Reading →

Videos

Watch Online: Sant Tukaram (1936)

Sant Tukaram (1936) is one of the 20 greatest films ever made in India, according to T20 of Indian Cinema…

Videos

Desi Jugaad: The Motorcycle Rickshaw

Desi jugaad or Indian ingenuity is legendary. Be it churning lassi in washing machines or using condoms to provide a…

Advertising Soumyadip ChoudhuryDecember 20, 2009 0

Ads for Oral Sex!

One day, in the comparatively innocent times that we grew up in, a friend announced, “I had oral sex.” I and another friend present were stupefied. We were still in…Continue Reading →

Promotions

MegaWhats 2009: The National Open Quizzing Championships

MegaWhats 2009 is a mega quizzing event to be held across nine cities across the country simultaneously. It’s being held…

Grumbles

When News is Sold

There is nothing new about the news of news being paid for. I first became aware of this practice as…

Bollywood Soumyadip ChoudhuryDecember 2, 2009 5

The 20 Greatest Films Ever Made in India

I’m a big sucker for lists. More so when it has something to do with India and/or cinema. So obviously I was quite excited about the results of the T20…Continue Reading →

Internet