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SOUMYADIP CHOUDHURY
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Soumyadip Choudhury

About me

The roles I play. At work and beyond.

Journalist

Journalist with over 21 years of experience across digital and print mediums covering technology, elections, entertainment, lifestyle, business, sports...

Product Editor

Among the first product managers in Indian digital news media. Currently in a convergent role that covers strategy, editorial and product management roles

Innovator

At the helm of innovation in news and information processing, publishing and distribution. Pioneered a number of new forms and formats

Blogger

One of India's early bloggers active since early 2000s. The weblog cuttingthechai.com has been around for two decades

Archivist

Salvaging, reconstructing and digitally archiving remnants of India's popular culture including advertising, movies and news clips

Researcher

Filling in existing gaps in public knowledge and awareness with indepth research and analysis on important but forgotten topics

Work experience

The places I worked in and what I did there.

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Network18 logo
Network18
Group Editor, News Products & Innovation
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NDTV
Assistant Editor
Times Group logo
Times Group
Chief Copy Editor
Career Launcher logo
Career Launcher
Sr Executive, Editorial
HT Media logo
HT Media
Chief Copy Editor
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Cutting the Chai
Founder

Timeline

Work, education and life in general

My family

The Choudhurys

Kusha Choudhury

Kusha Choudhury

Daughter
Student, dancer, painter

Advay Choudhury

Advay Choudhury

Son
Student, shuttler, coder, blogger

Varsha Choudhury

Varsha Choudhury

Wife
Journalist, writer, editor, educator, translator

Rina CHoudhury

Rina Choudhury

Mother
Confectioner, knitter, social worker

Jashodhir Choudhury

Jashodhir Choudhury

Father
Retired accountant, poet

Family history

The story of the Choudhurys

Spread between Greater Noida (Uttar Pradesh) and Shillong (Meghalaya), we Choudhurys trace our lineage back to the Sylhet district of undivided Bengal (now in Bangladesh).

The family's roots go back the village of Boroikandi (on the banks of the Surma river) on my father's side and to the town of Habiganj on my mother's. My father's family settled in the village of Maizgram (on the banks of the Longai river and now in Karimganj district of Assam) during the partition of India and my mother's family in Agartala, Tripura.

My father, Jashodhir Choudhury, moved to Shillong in 1967, which was then the capital of undivided Assam and has made the hill city his home for the last 57 years. My mother, Rina Choudhury née Dutta Choudhury, moved to Shillong, 52 years ago, following her marriage.

My wife, Varsha Choudhury née Nigam, is from Indore in Madhya Pradesh and her family's roots are in Banda, Uttar Pradesh and Satna, Madhya Pradesh.

I also have an elder brother, Subhadip Choudhury, a photographer and a customs officer, who lives in Shillong with his family.

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Contact me

Email ID: contact@soumyadip.com

Work address: Network18, SkymarkOne, Sector 98, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India 201303

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