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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
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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
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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 →

Post-Piku t-shirt
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Coming soon: The post-Piku t-shirts (and panjabis) 😉

You might have read the reviews, or better still, watched the ‘motion picture’. Shoojit Sircar’s Piku brings out the poop…

Soumyadip Choudhury 0May 10, 2015
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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…

Soumyadip Choudhury 0February 10, 2015
RK Laxman - the unofficial Google doodle
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RK Laxman – the unofficial Google doodle

RK Laxman, India’s best-known cartoonist, died on January 26, 2015. He was 93. I had the opportunity to meet the legendary cartoonist once, as a student in Bhopal, but I…Continue Reading →

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You can now embed WhatsApp videos (and images) on webpages

You can now while away your hours sending inane messages and deciphering emoji puzzles in the comfort of the web…

Soumyadip Choudhury 1January 22, 2015
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‘Be responsible. Don’t use a condom tonight!’ Parsis urged to make babies in a series of new ads

The Parsis are an incredible people, but their numbers of fast dwindling. To counter this alarming fall in population, the…

Soumyadip Choudhury 1November 12, 2014
Chai - China's greatest gift to India
India Soumyadip ChoudhurySeptember 18, 2014 0

Chai-na

(On the occasion of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s India visit)Continue Reading →

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Evolution of audio players through ‘PK’ posters

Yet another Cutting the Chai image that got massively shared online. While the parody poster of Rajkumar Hirani’s upcoming film…

Soumyadip Choudhury 0August 3, 2014
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When the Government of India officially invited the world to come and kill our tigers for fun

There are fewer than 2,000 tigers in India and it is not only because of poachers or environmental factors. When…

Soumyadip Choudhury 4July 3, 2014

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