Poor Fishermen Used as Human Shield in Manipur
This shouldn’t come as a surprise to those of us who are aware of what’s going on in Manipur in the name of counter-insurgency. But it is shocking. Do read…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).
This shouldn’t come as a surprise to those of us who are aware of what’s going on in Manipur in the name of counter-insurgency. But it is shocking. Do read…Continue Reading →
Apart from my good ol’ blog buddies, search engines help in generating a sizeable (by my standards) page hits on this blog. From politics to pornography, a variety of keywords…Continue Reading →
It snowed in Kashmir and rained in Delhi. I was on the way to office, the phone buzzed. It was…
The respected Prime Minister (accompanied by a bevy of other VVIPs) inaugurated the latest addition to Delhi’s Metro Rail. VVIPs are an endangered species, or so it seems by the…Continue Reading →
“NOT SANIA, NOT SACHIN, NOT AMITABHMANMOHAN SINGHIS INDIA’S PERSON OF THE YEAR Even critics admit he brings grace, efficiency and…
December 31, the last puff, the last sip, the one that you don’t want to miss. The one everyone wants.…
A couple of bookworms down south should be held responsible for this post. Their fancy for bound volumes of the printed word put my time machine on the reverse. I…Continue Reading →
The land of my land Wherever you are, whatever you do, there’s always something that roots you in. A place,…
Outlook’s ‘inhouse sceptic’ TR Vivek fancies himself as a bloggerminator. Last time his pen spewed this venom: The Indian blogging…