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2023-12-09 21:42
Read this post on the website: Zoya Akhtar's The Archies and the memories of M from Mawprem
Watching a new generation of Bollywood kids making their debut in this Netflix film, I couldn't he… Read More
2023-02-12 04:56
Read this post on the website: Single page 2023 printable calendar with Indian festivals and holidays (A4, PDF, grayscale)
The entire year compressed into a single printable A4 page with a c… Read More
2023-02-12 03:49
Read this post on the website: 3 reasons why I bought Oppo Enco X2 and not OnePlus Buds Pro 2
TLDR; 1. Better active noise cancellation. 2. Volume control. 3. In-ear detection.
Cutting the C… Read More
2022-01-02 19:17
Read this post on the website: A note for 2022
The forms, formats and norms of social media are stifling. This place, is a breath of fresh air. My own corner in the internet, that I have sha… Read More
2021-09-09 17:58
Read this post on the website: 20 years since I left home
September 8, 2001. It was on this day, 20 years ago, I disembarked in Bhopal from a train on a journey that would lead me to whereve… Read More
2021-06-29 13:00
Read this post on the website: Old Monk beer review: Does the beer live up to the legend of the rum?
It appears that Old Monk beer has been around for a little while, but for me this was a r… Read More
2019-12-02 03:47
Read this post on the website: Why Twitter appears to be so big in India when it actually isn’t
If we look at the news and what the news media tells us, we would be under the impressio… Read More
2019-10-22 15:31
At around 4:15 PM on October 22, 1979 a scuffle broke out in a Shillong locality and it didn't end there Read More
2019-10-22 15:31
Read this post on the website: A riot that changed a city: 40 years of 79'er gondogul - the 1979 Shillong anti-Bengali riots
At around 4:15 PM on October 22, 1979 a scuffle broke out in a Sh… Read More
2019-04-15 03:27
Read this post on the website: Pohela Boishakh: A brief history of the Bengali calendar
A brief history of the Bengali Calendar and why India and Bangladesh celebrate the Bengali New Year on… Read More
2019-03-04 07:25
An ad for a lesser-known Bullet - Enfield 200 - The Mini Bullet Read More
2019-03-04 07:25
Read this post on the website: Enfield 200 - The Mini Bullet (ad from 1982)
An ad for a lesser-known Bullet - Enfield 200 - The Mini Bullet.
Cutting the Chai - India's original potpourri blo… Read More
2018-08-30 04:27
Read this post on the website: 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… Read More
2018-08-30 04:27
Google, it appears, cannot just stop itself from googling new names for its products Read More
2018-02-21 11:42
Read this post on the website: 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 co… Read More
2018-02-20 09:09
Read this post on the website: PNB Scam: Kitnay aadmi thay?
Another attempt at reimagining iconic Bollywood scenes as a critique of contemporary issues in a comic book format.
Cutting the C… Read More
2018-02-14 06:41
Read this post on the website: The Deewaar of Aadhaar
The 'deewaar' of Aadhaar has people on both sides of the wall (and also many sitting on it)
Cutting the Chai - India's original potpourr… Read More
2018-01-14 08:56
Read this post on the website: 'Mera-Merir ghor jole re...' on an apartment balcony in western Uttar Pradesh
Recreating a fading Makar Sankranti tradition from East Bengal and Assam.
Cutting… Read More
2017-12-27 11:31
Read this post on the website: Shillong would've been named Yeodo, but because of Tokyo
Interesting trivia on why the city of Shillong has been named so. Part four in the series of Shillong… Read More
2017-12-06 16:56
Read this post on the website: The story of pigeon's eggs to chicks
6-year-old Advay Choudhury live blogs the hatching of two pigeon eggs in his home balcony.
Cutting the Chai - India's orig… Read More
2017-12-06 16:56
Read this post on the website: Live blog: The story of pigeon's eggs to chicks
Six-year-old Advay Choudhury live blogs the hatching of two pigeon eggs in his home balcony.
Cutting the Chai … Read More
2017-11-23 17:39
Read this post on the website: A rare sight: Seeing the Himalayas from Shillong
Shillongites were basking in the sights of the snow-capped Himalayan peaks 250 kilometres away.
Cutting the Ch… Read More
2017-09-27 05:27
Read this post on the website: Shillong Durga Puja: Live blog
For my fellow Shillongites am putting together this little live blog, featuring posts on how people back home are celebrating… Read More
2017-09-27 05:27
Read this post on the website: Durga Puja in Shillong: Live blog
For my fellow Shillongites am putting together this little live blog, featuring posts on how people back home are celebrating… Read More
2017-09-25 12:09
Read this post on the website: The Durga Puja pandal map
Pandal-hopping is a Durga Puja essential. But for that you need to know where the pandals are. Use and contribute to this crowd-sourc… Read More
2017-09-17 05:45
Read this post on the website: Did Vivekananda say ‘Sisters and Brothers of America’? Fact checking a fact check
Also a list of the other participants from India at the 1893 Parl… Read More
2017-08-19 17:48
Read this post on the website: Shillong: Atop the abode of the clouds
In Shillong, rain is a recurring feature all the year around and umbrellas a constant companion.
Cutting the Chai - Indi… Read More
2017-08-06 09:22
Read this post on the website: 150 and rocking: Shillong – a city amidst the clouds
[Have been away from Shillong for 17 years now, but that is the city I still call home. For the last… Read More
2017-07-16 13:33
Read this post on the website: A fidget spinner spins in ball-bearing carts sliding down Shillong slopes
The fidget spinner is easily the toy of the year 2017. And with a 5-year-old who keep… Read More
2017-04-03 07:14
Read this post on the website: Poha: The momo for the mornings
I begin writing this perched on the top berth in a sleeper coach of a train that has a long halt at Ujjain Railway Station. Ujj… Read More
2017-03-26 16:10
Read this post on the website: ‘Chaata Nahi Hai, Pocha Hai’: Presenting Advay Choudhury’s debut single
Advay Choudhury’s (aka Googool) first composition. An impromptu… Read More
2017-02-25 15:16
Read this post on the website: 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 than on the scr… Read More
2017-02-24 19:18
Read this post on the website: 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… Read More
2017-02-13 16:58
Read this post on the website: 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… Read More
2016-12-20 12:27
Read this post on the website: 2016 in unofficial Google doodles
There are some doodles that Google didn’t (or wouldn’t) doodle. The Chaiwallah prides himself as an unofficial Go… Read More
2016-05-08 15:10
Read this post on the website: एक कहानी, बस यूं ही (आखरी भाग)
(C… Read More
2016-02-14 17:35
Read this post on the website: 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 (… Read More
2015-11-01 06:04
Read this post on the website: 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… Read More
2015-10-19 17:24
Read this post on the website: Virender Sehwag retirement: The unofficial Google doodle
Update 3: This has gone viral. The tweet has been retweeted and favourited hundreds of times and featu… Read More
2015-10-17 19:13
Read this post on the website: 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… Read More
2015-10-11 04:51
Read this post on the website: 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… Read More
2015-10-02 04:31
Read this post on the website: 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… Read More
2015-09-19 10:15
Read this post on the website: Maggi noodles missing from Nestle’s 100 years in India video; Maggi explains why
(Post updated to include response from Maggi India) Nestlé is gra… Read More
2015-09-16 07:51
Read this post on the website: This ‘immoral’ ad for Josh condoms is banned in Pakistan
The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority recently banned the above advertisement… Read More
2015-09-03 01:28
Read this post on the website: एक कहानी, बस यूं ही (भाग चार)
(Continue… Read More
2015-08-23 03:47
Read this post on the website: Meet the Sherpa: Royal Enfield 173 cc Sherpa ad from 1965
Royal Enfield ad from 50 years ago. The Sherpa was renamed and restyled as Crusader in 1970.
Cutting… Read More
2015-08-22 15:03
Read this post on the website: Sisters, will you tie your brothers a Narendra Modi rakhi this Raksha Bandhan? Rs 20 only
The image of Narendra Modi continues to seep into our everyday lives… Read More
2015-08-15 19:08
Read this post on the website: The Bollywood periodic table
London-based designer Johnny Joannou has a thing for the periodic table. His long series of designs based on the chemisty periodic… Read More
2015-08-15 17:01
Read this post on the website: Watch: High excitement on the streets of New Delhi on August 15, 1947
This edition of the Movietone News from August 1947 captures the high excitement on the s… Read More
2015-08-12 01:40
Read this post on the website: एक कहानी, बस यूं ही (भाग तीन)
(Continue… Read More
2015-07-27 19:01
Read this post on the website: APJ Abdul Kalam: The unofficial Google doodle
The ‘People’s President’ Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam died of a heart attack in my homet… Read More
2015-07-06 01:30
Read this post on the website: एक कहानी, बस यूं ही (भाग दो)
(Continued from… Read More
2015-06-29 01:39
Read this post on the website: एक कहानी, बस यूं ही
An isspecial cutting chai to mark 10 years of Cutting t… Read More
2015-06-26 01:44
Read this post on the website: Listen: Indira Gandhi announcing the Emergency on All India Radio, June 26, 1975
President Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed signed the ‘Proclamation of Emergency&lsq&hell…Read More
2015-06-25 02:25
Read this post on the website: 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) T… Read More
2015-06-24 02:20
Read this post on the website: 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… Read More
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