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Specials Varsha ChoudhuryJune 29, 2015 0

एक कहानी, बस यूं ही

An isspecial cutting chai to mark 10 years of Cutting the Chai specially brewed by the Chaiwali, Varsha Choudhury. A not-so-long story, but in many parts. The beginning: बड़ी वफ़ा…Continue Reading →

India

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…

Soumyadip Choudhury 0June 26, 2015
India

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
India Soumyadip ChoudhuryJune 24, 2015 0

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, 1975 that the President of India Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed toed…Continue Reading →

Internet

International Day of Yoga: The unofficial (animated) Google doodle

Noticed some people lamenting on social media about the absence of a Google doodle to mark the first International Day…

Soumyadip Choudhury 0June 22, 2015
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India

The best of Charles Correa (1930-2015)

Goodbye! Charles Correa (1930-2015), one of India’s finest architects and urban planners. Some of his best works captured within an…

Soumyadip Choudhury 0June 17, 2015
Videos Soumyadip ChoudhuryJune 14, 2015 0

Whether it is tea or sex, consent is everything

Sex is great. More people should have more sex. But only when it is consensual. The problem is many people do not actually understand consent. But all of us should.…Continue Reading →

Swami Vivekananda in the USA
Internet

Audio of Swami Vivekananda’s 1893 Chicago speech going viral on WhatsApp is fake

Was wondering about sudden spike in interest in a 2012 post on Swami Vivekananda’s 1893 Chicago address. Soon a forwarded…

Soumyadip Choudhury 0June 9, 2015
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New emoji: Maggi fan after Maggi ban

After tests find lead and MSG in samples of Maggi, many state governments have placed temporary bans on the sale…

Soumyadip Choudhury 0June 4, 2015
10 years of Cutting the Chai
Announcements Soumyadip ChoudhuryJune 3, 2015 2

10 years of Cutting the Chai: A decade of moulding the digital clay

2005 – it seems like so long a time ago (in fact, it is). Only birds tweeted back then and Facebook was ‘Thefacebook’ confined to a few elite US colleges.…Continue Reading →

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