Experiences with the Profane Tongue
“What the f**k is that a***hole saying,” I said to myself. “He deserves a hard kick on his b***s.” An intoxicated passenger was hurling the choicest of native expletives at…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).
“What the f**k is that a***hole saying,” I said to myself. “He deserves a hard kick on his b***s.” An intoxicated passenger was hurling the choicest of native expletives at…Continue Reading →
I’m overwhelmed. The public outrage against the change of my profile image has been mind-boggling (excuse any exaggeration, I’m enjoying…
Commonsense tells us to check for the Maximum Retail Price (MRP) while purchasing something. Shopping-sense incites us to bargain on that MRP. With the exception of the local flea markets…Continue Reading →
Complementary tickets are something that many of us look forward to. The reason isn’t only the money saving part but…
The following comment was posted by aquamarine on November 17: hi Soumya, i’m just curious. DO u really sport a…
My school textbooks informed me and the census bureau figures second the fact that India lives in its villages. National television impresses that it is only the metropolises that matter.…Continue Reading →
Today is World AIDS Day Photo: Varsha
The Ponytail is back to business and bloggers continue with their mindless musings. The Bloggers vs. IIPM scuffle gave IIPM the publicity which it did not welcome and bloggers some…Continue Reading →
It was the wee years of the nineteen hundred and eighties. Television didn’t air Cartoon Network, cyber space was still…
Just the kind of the beginning of the day you never want. Through with the morning habit of brushing the…