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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).

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Deluxe Nirodh (In Pink)

This blog first saw a spurt in its pageviews in July-August 2006 thanks to a post titled Rubbers of India, something that has now developed into a complete section. And…Continue Reading →

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Mallika Sherawat Before She Became Mallika Sherawat

Mallika Sherawat (previously known as Reema Lamba) dabbled a bit in modelling, before the 17-kiss-disaster Khwaish (2003). The following advertisement…

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Cutting the Chai via SMS

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Sachin, Sunny and a Nice Song

SRT is India’s biggest superstar. There’s no doubt about it. And he has further fortified his iconic status overshadowing Brian Lara’s mammoth 11,953 Test runs total. Being a superstar it…Continue Reading →

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Review: Foldable USB Speakers (Tech-Com SSD-510U)

Most laptop don’t usually boast of robust sound and therefore external accessories like headphones/earphones or a set of speakers become…

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Stupid Profile Names on Orkut

To say that Orkut is popular here in India would be a gross understatement. And since it is popular you…

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Preview Multimedia Files While Downloading

How often did you blindly download a large multimedia files (video, movie, audio, music) from the internet (especially file sharing websites) and found that the quality or the content wasn’t…Continue Reading →

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Topless Model in Indian Print Ad

Initially thought that it would have made for a good post on All Fools’ Day, but then realised that such…

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No Smoking (Also No Drinking or Eating)

Starting todaySmoking in public placesBANNED I don’t have anything against the new anti-smoking regulation (Prohibition of Smoking in Public Places…

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'Evil' Afterimagery Ads

Look at the image below. It might be a little difficult to identify the ‘evil’ face in there. Let us make the identification easier. Believe me, it’ll be fun. There…Continue Reading →

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Download Files (Without Download Option) from Scribd

Scribd is often referred to as the YouTube for documents. But unlike YouTube, Scribd does usually offer a direct option…

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Posts from the Past: Mahalaya Special

Every year, just before and during the 10-day Durga Puja festivities, there is increased activity on this blog thanks to…

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