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Advay Choudhury
Family & Friends Soumyadip ChoudhuryMarch 26, 2017 0

‘Chaata Nahi Hai, Pocha Hai’: Presenting Advay Choudhury’s debut single

Advay Choudhury’s (aka Googool) first composition. An impromptu one at that. As a gushing parent I cannot help but present you the 2017 chartbuster of the year Chaata Nahi Hai,…Continue Reading →

Moon Moon Sen Cinthol poweder ad
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Moon Moon Sen in Cinthol toilet powder ad from 1986

Moon Moon Sen, to me, is more of a model than an actress. I recall seeing her more in print…

Soumyadip Choudhury 0February 25, 2017
New WhatsApp Status is going to be big
Internet

New WhatsApp Status: This is going to be *BIG!*

New features in popular services often rake up rancour. I have also grumbled a lot against certain changes. But then…

Soumyadip Choudhury 0February 25, 2017
Murphy Radio
Technology Soumyadip ChoudhuryFebruary 13, 2017 0

ChaiCast: World Radio Day and a lifetime of radio listening

I am not in love with my voice and there are very credible reasons for that. And this is perhaps in over a decade of blogging, it is now now…Continue Reading →

Mrinalini Sarabhai the unofficial Google doodle
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2016 in unofficial Google doodles

There are some doodles that Google didn’t (or wouldn’t) doodle. The Chaiwallah prides himself as an unofficial Google doodler. I…

Soumyadip Choudhury 0December 20, 2016
Girl Walking Away
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एक कहानी, बस यूं ही (आखरी भाग)

(Continued from here) स्थान- जयपुर, कॉफी शॉप, बैकग्राउंड में गीत किस मोड़ पर जाते हैं, कुछ सुस्त कदम रस्ते,कुछ तेज…

Varsha Choudhury 0May 8, 2016
Make in India logo
Bizarre Soumyadip ChoudhuryFebruary 14, 2016 0

Did you know? The lion in the Make In India logo is, in fact, made in Africa

Had raised this question a year-and-a-half ago, when the logo was first unveiled (also a couple of times since). There was quite a brouhaha over the news that the Make…Continue Reading →

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan - the Unofficial Google doodle
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Aishwarya Rai Bachchan – the unofficial Google doodle

I was in school when she first mesmerised us all with those emerald eyes and over two decades later, those…

Soumyadip Choudhury 1November 1, 2015
Virender Sehwag's retirement: The unofficial Google doodle
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Virender Sehwag retirement: The unofficial Google doodle

Update 3: This has gone viral. The tweet has been retweeted and favourited hundreds of times and featured on Huffington…

Soumyadip Choudhury 0October 19, 2015
Flipkart fake MRP
Grumbles Soumyadip ChoudhuryOctober 18, 2015 0

Caught again! Flipkart offers fake discount during Big Billion Days sale

Update (December 23, 2015): Instead of fixing the error, Flipkart is taking this to a whole new level. The same book is now being sold at a price of Rs…Continue Reading →

Amitabh Bachchan's first ever scehe from Saat Hindustani
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Watch: Amitabh Bachchan’s first ever scene on the silver screen

Khwaja Ahmad Abbas’ Saat Hindustani might not be the most watched of Indian films, but it marked the beginning of…

Soumyadip Choudhury 0October 11, 2015
Rajiv Gandhi Sonia Gandhi wedding
India

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…

Soumyadip Choudhury 0October 2, 2015

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