Isspecial Cutting Chai – February 2007
We all love Bollywood. Okay, most of us do. And so does Beth Watkins, who lives in Champaign, Illinois, United States. She works in a museum and also has a…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).
We all love Bollywood. Okay, most of us do. And so does Beth Watkins, who lives in Champaign, Illinois, United States. She works in a museum and also has a…Continue Reading →
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The verdict’s out. And Cutting the Chai got 41 votes (seventh amongst the 19 in the ‘Best Topical Indiblog’ category). Nine people had confirmed that they did vote for this…Continue Reading →
[Click on image for a larger view / download options] I’m enjoying putting up these slide shows. So thought of…
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Last year everyone was all gaga about the Moto RAZR. I was too, looking at the ads and reading the reviews. Until I got my hands on one. It’s good,…Continue Reading →
I had written about it a long time ago (September 13, 2005 to be precise): Online piracy has been for…
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It might not be the Oscars, but is surely close to a blogadesh Filmfare (given the public polling and the little controversies). And the news is that Cutting the Chai…Continue Reading →
Well… not exactly. The title of the post is a bit misleading. In fact it is the best Bollywood (Hindi…
Peugeot’s India story didn’t have a happy ending. Differences between partners, cash crunch, labour unrest and mounting losses led the…