The good ol’ Amby has finally shuddered to a halt. And here’s an unofficial Google doodle (albeit a little late) honking in honour of the grand old lady of Indian…Continue Reading →
It’s been 50 years since the ‘Himalayan Blunder’ of 1962 when the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) unexpectedly rampaged into Indian…
64 years later, Shillong is virtually unrecognisable. I could only recognise the Governor House on Bivar Road, then known as…
The legendary Bhupen Hazarika died of multiple organ failure in a Bombay hospital today. He was one of the few stars of North East India that the rest of the…Continue Reading →
(Dil Chahta Hai was released on August 10, 2001. This post was first published in 2011) Summer of 2001. Bhopal.…
Pleasantly surprised to find these posters in the neighbourhood. Sex in mainstream cinema has hit this genre hard but they…
The first Bengali, as recorded, who came to Shillong was the successful trader Golam Haider, who was the supplier to the Raj in Cherrapunji, the district head quarters. he established…Continue Reading →
It was Durga Puja (in Shillong it is puja and not pujo, even for the Bongs) and my two-year-old niece,…
Today is Mahalaya, the day of invocation of goddess Durga in her Mahisasurmardini form (the slayer of the demon Mahisasur).…
This advertisement for Grasim's Graviera Suitings is one of the rare occasions when Salman and Sangeeta appeared together professionally.Continue Reading →
It has been the longest pause on Cutting the Chai since I first began blogging almost five years back. In…
…or at least some people at The Indian Express think so. I wouldn’t have otherwise posted about this ‘oversight’, but…
