Bollywood's House of Horrors
A nice collection of hand-painted kitschy posters of Hindi horror flicks (I vaguely remember watching a few of these) can be found here. These are scary (read amusing). A few…Continue Reading →
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).
A nice collection of hand-painted kitschy posters of Hindi horror flicks (I vaguely remember watching a few of these) can be found here. These are scary (read amusing). A few…Continue Reading →
Since it has been quite some time since I filed a post under Sexy Indian Ads and that Kareena is…
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My boss and the guys at HR coaxed me into participating in the seven kilometre fun-run part of the Delhi Half Marathon. The last time I ran amidst a mass…Continue Reading →
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It’s that time of the year when mother Durga embarks on her annual vacation, family and pets in tow. The hills in autumn seem greener; the streams sparkle a little…Continue Reading →
Yesterday – October 8, 2007 – marked the 75th anniversary of the Indian Air Force. The Indian Air Force was…
1. Download Old Hindi Songs (for Free) 2. Vande Mataram – The Various Versions 3. Rubbers of India 4. Review:…
Translating the below word by word is beyond my ability; if someone believes that he/she can do it, please do. A couple of these were thrown inside the autorickshaw I…Continue Reading →
For someone like me whose exposure to Pakistani films was limited to the sub-standard fare aired on PTV, complete with…
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