IIPM website contradicts Arindam Chaudhuri
Arindam Chaudhuri asserts, “we have nothing to do with the UGC/AICTE and students interested in statutory recognition need not apply to IIPM ,” then why does IIPM offer “UGC recognised…Continue Reading →
IIPM versus us: The story so far (as recorded by Cutting the Chai)
As IIPM makes headlines yet again for the wrong reasons, I skimmed through Cutting the Chai archives and my tweets…
With due apologies: Naseeruddin Shah in a swimsuit
Naseeruddin Shah fans, please allow me the privilege of ruining your day. Men in drag is not always a pretty…
Unofficial Maha Kumbh and Makar Sankranti Google doodle
The sun transits from Sagittarius to Capricorn during the winter solstice in the northern hemisphere and India celebrates Makar Sankranti and the once-in- a-dozen-years event, the Maha Kumbh at Allahabad…Continue Reading →
Cutting the Chai Calendar 2013 (pdf, printable, A4, with Indian festivals and holidays)
There was a time when I spent much of my spare time cutting the chai, but now with so much…
To whomsoever it concerns, knows
There are those who lech at women in public and also express anger over rape and molestation incidents online. I…
Unofficial Norman Woodland bar code Google doodle
Google posts doodles on death anniversaries and not on deaths. But the very purpose of Cutting the Chai’s unofficial Google doodles are to imagine the doodles that Google didn’t or…Continue Reading →
When Apple said ‘Maps take a whole new turn’, they meant it
Apple’s marketing tagline for their much-derided iOS 6 maps apps, says, “Maps take a whole new turn.” Many travellers in…
1962: Newspaper front page from 50 years ago when China attacked India
It’s been 50 years since the ‘Himalayan Blunder’ of 1962 when the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) unexpectedly rampaged into Indian…
Yash Chopra – the unofficial Google doodle
RIP Yash Chopra of the Swiss Alps, of chiffon sarees and Deewar.Continue Reading →
Mahatma Gandhi’s 143rd birthday unofficial Google doodle
Google had doodled Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi’s birthday back in 2009 with an “indigo drawing of Gandhi on khadi cloth“. Google…
Manmohan Singh’s 80th birthday unofficial Google doodle
Our dear Prime Minister Sardar Manmohan Singh turns an octogenarian on September 26, 2012 and Cutting the Chai commemorates it…
