Cutting the Chai https://www.cuttingthechai.com/ A blog on advertising, vintage Indian ads, tech, movies and life in general by Soumyadip Choudhury Fri, 26 Dec 2025 09:23:13 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.5 https://www.cuttingthechai.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/cropped-chai-square-32x32.png Cutting the Chai https://www.cuttingthechai.com/ 32 32 14732766 2025, AI, and me https://www.cuttingthechai.com/2025/12/16456/2025-ai-and-me/ https://www.cuttingthechai.com/2025/12/16456/2025-ai-and-me/#comments Fri, 26 Dec 2025 07:47:30 +0000 https://www.cuttingthechai.com/?p=16456 Read this post on the website: 2025, AI, and me

A lot has happened this year - for the world and for me. The story of how I navigated the world of AI this year.

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]]> https://www.cuttingthechai.com/2025/12/16456/2025-ai-and-me/feed/ 1 16456 Announcing a refreshed soumyadip.com - my personal website https://www.cuttingthechai.com/2024/09/15296/announcing-a-refreshed-soumyadip-com-my-personal-website/ https://www.cuttingthechai.com/2024/09/15296/announcing-a-refreshed-soumyadip-com-my-personal-website/#comments Wed, 11 Sep 2024 08:56:35 +0000 https://www.cuttingthechai.com/?p=15296 Read this post on the website: Announcing a refreshed soumyadip.com - my personal website

This website is my memory project

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]]> https://www.cuttingthechai.com/2024/09/15296/announcing-a-refreshed-soumyadip-com-my-personal-website/feed/ 3 15296 How I solved my Android Auto frequent disconnection issue (well, almost) https://www.cuttingthechai.com/2024/08/15268/how-i-solved-my-android-auto-frequent-disconnection-issue-well-almost/ https://www.cuttingthechai.com/2024/08/15268/how-i-solved-my-android-auto-frequent-disconnection-issue-well-almost/#comments Fri, 30 Aug 2024 10:09:32 +0000 https://www.cuttingthechai.com/?p=15268 Read this post on the website: How I solved my Android Auto frequent disconnection issue (well, almost)

Long story short, there's still no perfect solution. But this one worked for me.

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]]> https://www.cuttingthechai.com/2024/08/15268/how-i-solved-my-android-auto-frequent-disconnection-issue-well-almost/feed/ 5 15268 'India's Glamour Girl' Devika Rani in Palmolive Soap ad from 1938 https://www.cuttingthechai.com/2024/07/15184/indias-glamour-girl-devika-rani-in-palmolive-soap-ad-from-1938/ https://www.cuttingthechai.com/2024/07/15184/indias-glamour-girl-devika-rani-in-palmolive-soap-ad-from-1938/#respond Wed, 31 Jul 2024 11:35:11 +0000 https://www.cuttingthechai.com/?p=15184 Read this post on the website: 'India's Glamour Girl' Devika Rani in Palmolive Soap ad from 1938

Devika Rani appeared in a Palmolive soap advertisement, much before Leela Chitnis' famous ad for Lux in 1941.

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]]> https://www.cuttingthechai.com/2024/07/15184/indias-glamour-girl-devika-rani-in-palmolive-soap-ad-from-1938/feed/ 0 15184 The 1938 Shillong riots: The forgotten story of Khasi-Bengali clashes in undivided Assam https://www.cuttingthechai.com/2024/07/15135/the-1938-shillong-riots-the-forgotten-story-of-the-khasi-bengali-clashes-in-undivided-assam/ https://www.cuttingthechai.com/2024/07/15135/the-1938-shillong-riots-the-forgotten-story-of-the-khasi-bengali-clashes-in-undivided-assam/#comments Fri, 26 Jul 2024 02:52:31 +0000 https://www.cuttingthechai.com/?p=15135 Read this post on the website: The 1938 Shillong riots: The forgotten story of Khasi-Bengali clashes in undivided Assam

The trigger for the 1938 riots in Shillong was political in nature but appears to have quickly taken a communal turn.

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This isn't exactly a review (I have long ceased being an active technology journalist), but more of a public note for my future self (to justify my purchase).

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]]> https://www.cuttingthechai.com/2024/07/15105/one-month-with-samsung-galaxy-s24-ultra-no-regrets-yet/feed/ 1 15105 This photo from 2020 captures my year of the pandemic https://www.cuttingthechai.com/2023/12/14362/this-photo-from-2020-captures-my-year-of-the-pandemic/ https://www.cuttingthechai.com/2023/12/14362/this-photo-from-2020-captures-my-year-of-the-pandemic/#comments Fri, 15 Dec 2023 14:27:42 +0000 https://www.cuttingthechai.com/?p=14362 Read this post on the website: This photo from 2020 captures my year of the pandemic

This photograph captures in a snapshot what the pandemic, the lockdown and work from home meant for me.

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]]> https://www.cuttingthechai.com/2023/12/14362/this-photo-from-2020-captures-my-year-of-the-pandemic/feed/ 2 14362 Zoya Akhtar's The Archies and the memories of M from Mawprem https://www.cuttingthechai.com/2023/12/14328/zoya-akhtars-the-archies-and-the-memories-of-m-from-mawprem/ https://www.cuttingthechai.com/2023/12/14328/zoya-akhtars-the-archies-and-the-memories-of-m-from-mawprem/#respond Sat, 09 Dec 2023 21:42:48 +0000 https://www.cuttingthechai.com/?p=14328 Read this post on the website: Zoya Akhtar's <i>The Archies</i> and the memories of M from Mawprem

Watching a new generation of Bollywood kids making their debut in this Netflix film, I couldn't help but think of M, the girl from Mawprem who had opened up the world of Archie comics to me.

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]]> https://www.cuttingthechai.com/2023/12/14328/zoya-akhtars-the-archies-and-the-memories-of-m-from-mawprem/feed/ 0 14328 Single page 2023 printable calendar with Indian festivals and holidays (A4, PDF, grayscale) https://www.cuttingthechai.com/2023/02/13102/single-page-2023-printable-calendar-with-indian-festivals-and-holidays-a4-pdf-grayscale/ https://www.cuttingthechai.com/2023/02/13102/single-page-2023-printable-calendar-with-indian-festivals-and-holidays-a4-pdf-grayscale/#respond Sun, 12 Feb 2023 04:56:39 +0000 https://www.cuttingthechai.com/?p=13102 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 clear view of the official Government of India list of gazetted holidays.

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]]> https://www.cuttingthechai.com/2023/02/13102/single-page-2023-printable-calendar-with-indian-festivals-and-holidays-a4-pdf-grayscale/feed/ 0 13102 3 reasons why I bought Oppo Enco X2 and not OnePlus Buds Pro 2 https://www.cuttingthechai.com/2023/02/13095/3-reasons-i-bought-oppo-enco-x2-and-not-oneplus-buds-pro-2/ https://www.cuttingthechai.com/2023/02/13095/3-reasons-i-bought-oppo-enco-x2-and-not-oneplus-buds-pro-2/#respond Sun, 12 Feb 2023 03:49:32 +0000 https://www.cuttingthechai.com/?p=13095 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.

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