Population race (1950-2100)

The intricate carved stone jaali of the Siddi Saiyyad mosque in Ahmedabad. The inspiration behind IIM Ahmedabad's famous Tree of Life logo

Go. Go. Go. Go. Go... (Photo from July 2022)

May 3, 1913 – Raja Harishchandra and the beginnings of a national obsession On this day, 110 years ago, the first commercial commercial screening of Raja Harishchandra happened at the Coronation Cinematograph and Variety Hall, Bombay cuttingthechai.com/2013/05/6284/c…

'Raja Harishchandra' wasn't the first Indian film, but it was the first indigenously produced feature-length film and Phalke's story of making the film is as interesting as a movie plot news18.com/entertainment/…

#TIL "You can't use more than 8192 characters in a Microsoft Excel formula." But why?

Tweeting after almost a month just to tell the world that I will now be threading at threads.net/@soumyadipc

Zoya Akhtar's 'The Archies' and 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 cuttingthechai.com/2023/12/14328/…

This photograph captures in a snapshot what the pandemic, the lockdown and work from home meant for me cuttingthechai.com/2023/12/14362/…

Because the Election Commission of India Election Commission of India doesn't allow mobile phones inside polling booths. And also doesn't make any arrangements for voters to safely keep their phones outside the booth

Looks like my experience with LG India's terrible customer service is not an exception but the rule x.com/search?q=%40LG…

The 1979 riots are generally believed to be the first communal riot in Shillong. But then the history of Khasi-Bengali strife in the Meghalaya capital dates to when Shillong was the capital of undivided Assam and before India attained Independence. cuttingthechai.com/2024/07/15135/…

'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. cuttingthechai.com/2024/07/15184/…

Ola drivers still using Google Maps?

Just gave the old personal website a much-delayed refresh soumyadip.com

News18 is the only news network with its reporters at all counting centres, relaying accurate live results in realtime. The numbers that you see on News18 screens across different platforms are verified and accurate (unlike what you could see elsewhere)

Pohela Boishakh - A brief history of the Bengali calendar in 16 tweets. Today's Pohela Boishakh (or it was yesterday, depending on which part of the sub-continent you are in), the first day of the Bengali Calendar.