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Rajiv Gandhi Sonia Gandhi wedding
India Soumyadip ChoudhuryOctober 2, 2015 0

Watch: Rajiv Gandhi and Sonia Maino’s wedding video

Whenever I have a little time on my hand (which is actually very little these days), I like to browse through archives (both physical and digital) in search for hidden…Continue Reading →

Narendra Modi rakhi
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Sisters, will you tie your brothers a Narendra Modi rakhi this Raksha Bandhan? Rs 20 only

The image of Narendra Modi continues to seep into our everyday lives, not only from the media but also from…

Soumyadip Choudhury 0August 22, 2015
High excitement on the streets of New Delhi on August 15, 1947
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Watch: High excitement on the streets of New Delhi on August 15, 1947

This edition of the Movietone News from August 1947 captures the high excitement on the streets of New Delhi (complete…

Soumyadip Choudhury 0August 15, 2015
India Soumyadip ChoudhuryJune 26, 2015 0

Listen: Indira Gandhi announcing the Emergency on All India Radio, June 26, 1975

President Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed signed the ‘Proclamation of Emergency‘ on the night of June 25, 1975, but it was in the morning of June 26 that the nation got to…Continue Reading →

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40th anniversary of Emergency: The unofficial Google doodle

(This post is a part of a series on the 40th anniversary of the imposition of Emergency in India) This…

Soumyadip Choudhury 0June 25, 2015
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Proclamation of Emergency, as published in The Gazette of India 40 years ago

(This is the first in a series of posts on 40 years of Emergency) 40 years ago on June 25,…

Soumyadip Choudhury 0June 24, 2015
AAP's Delhi win - the unofficial Google doodle
India Soumyadip ChoudhuryFebruary 10, 2015 0

AAP’s Delhi sweep – the unofficial Google doodle

While it is true that Delhi does get more attention than it actually deserves, but then many astounding things happen in the nation’s capital that forces us to stand up…Continue Reading →

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25 world newspaper front pages with Narendra Modi and BJP’s victory headlines

The elections in the world’s largest democracy (that is also a prominent emerging economy) is obviously an item of importance…

Soumyadip Choudhury 4May 18, 2014
Indian Lovers Party
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Vote for The Religion of Man Revolving Political Party of India

BBC News quotes a Cutting the Chai post in a feature on Indian political parties with strange names. The Election…

Soumyadip Choudhury 0March 30, 2014
Indian political party election symbols from the first Lok Sabha elections held in 1951
India Soumyadip ChoudhuryFebruary 19, 2014 0

Indian political party election symbols from 1951: When Congress had bullocks and the hand was Forward Bloc’s

I just can’t seem to get over my fascination over Indian election symbols. And there are more posts to follow on this theme, here on Cutting the Chai (Also see:…Continue Reading →

Indian political party symbols alphabet chart
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An alphabet chart of Indian political party symbols

Now that the aam aadmi has got a party, the aam bachcha also needs to learn the letters of Indian…

Soumyadip Choudhury 0February 16, 2014
Congress Ka Haath, Aam Aadmi Ke Saath.
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Congress Ka Haath, Aam Aadmi Ke Saath. Indeed.

“Don’t underestimate the power of a common man” How Congress’ 2004 Lok Sabha elections campaign slogan turned true in Delhi…

Soumyadip Choudhury 0December 24, 2013

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