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).
Birds appeal to many of the human species. I too am not unimpressed by their vibrant feathers, graceful flight and melodious calls. A big favourite especially amongst aged politicians, lovebirds…Continue Reading →
Comedy was and will remain the primary motive (TB6 has been off the coaxial-cable for quite some time now) behind…
Never played any golf on these famed greens, only a lot of cricket. Wikipedia mentions that it is called the…
Banks and finance companies are after my life offering loans for almost everything. I have so far managed to shoo their offers away. But with the revelation of the ridiculously…Continue Reading →
“Shillong. But where are the waterfalls?” I was expecting this question, but thankfully am posting these before anyone got the…
For those who came in late… A bored Khasi prisoner was desperate to go out of his cell. The warden…
The rose by any other name may smell just as sweet, but it wouldn’t sound the same. Nor will it be able to incite the same memories and sensations that…Continue Reading →
The PC had seemingly conked off, the only sign of life it showed was through incessant long beeps. After some…
HT‘s Hindi sibling, Hindustan has undergone a much-hyped makeover. Have a look.Continue Reading →
St. Edmund’s College, Shillong __________ Update: April, 18, 2006 Links to more photographs and a video of St. Edmund’s College,…
