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Google's Renamed Products
Technology Soumyadip ChoudhuryAugust 30, 2018 0

Google just can't make its mind up! A long list of products that Google has renamed

Google, it appears, cannot just stop itself from googling new names for its products.Continue Reading →

Sylheti in Sylheti Nagari script
India

On International Mother Language Day, a note by a Sylheti from Shillong

At a time when an anglicised creole is the new lingua franca and I am identified and counted as a…

Soumyadip Choudhury 1February 21, 2018
Suar ke bachcho
Bollywood

PNB Scam: Kitnay aadmi thay?

Another attempt at reimagining iconic Bollywood scenes as a critique of contemporary issues in a comic book format.

Soumyadip Choudhury 0February 20, 2018
The Deewaar of Aadhaar
Bollywood Soumyadip ChoudhuryFebruary 14, 2018 1

The Deewaar of Aadhaar

The 'deewaar' of Aadhaar has people on both sides of the wall (and also many sitting on it)Continue Reading →

A cardboard Mera-Merir house
Shillong

'Mera-Merir ghor jole re...' on an apartment balcony in western Uttar Pradesh

Recreating a fading Makar Sankranti tradition from East Bengal and Assam.

Soumyadip Choudhury 1January 14, 2018
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