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Put up a new title image a few days ago, but the blog block deferred the posting plans a little. The previous title image is of a sculpture at Sanskriti…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).
Put up a new title image a few days ago, but the blog block deferred the posting plans a little. The previous title image is of a sculpture at Sanskriti…Continue Reading →
Yet more Umiam Lake Tied up tight A slipper that was washed away Maneuvering Goat by the lake Walking the…
Twisting the tap upside down, doesn’t stop the flow of water. Blocking blogs doesn’t work and more importantly shouldn’t.
The first headline in today’s Economic Times (New Delhi edition) screams, “WHO’S THE ENEMY. Terror attack sends blogs Paking.” The sub-editor would be rubbing his hands in glee at the…Continue Reading →
This morning while coming to work it seemed that I was in Mumbai, not because of the recent terrorist attacks,…
Is India going the China way? When I wasn’t able to open any *blogspot.com pages, I thought that there might…
The fourth Isspecial Cutting Chai (July 2006) is offered to Babushkas and Anadems. Fingers has been putting her digits to good use – I love the sketches, paintings and designs,…Continue Reading →
More Umiam Lake Lake Side Grass Lonely Tree A View From the Bridge
Albert Einstein gave an easy and apt description, “The hardest thing in the world to understand is income tax.” But…
Umiam Lake also known as Barapani is a manmade lake resultant from the Umiam Hydel Project. 16 kilometres from the Shillong city centre, the lake is by the Guwahati-Shillong Road…Continue Reading →
This is the first in a series of photographs from my recent visit to Shillong. Lighting up the dusk: Shillong…
He is Aarohan (to ascend) aka Aahan (dawn). The double A will ensure a roll number one throughout his academic…