Dimpy Koch

Arre my dear Assamese raiz, nokoi nuwaru kisuman kotha. Enekoi likhisu karon oxomiyat likhile translate hoi jai and moi nibisaru je ona oxomiyai ei post porhe Besera manuhtu podumoloi gol karone gali xoponi pari aase. Kintu bhabi sauksun, juddhor participant keitai ki bhittit juddho kore? Jodi apuni koi dhormo, niti, adorxo - tetiahole Podum aru Haat duyutare nai. Hatitur sobotse nai, aan keitar bhitorot Okhilor aru nai. Tar baad baki keita etialoike power pai puwa nai, heikarone ami nejanu how power will corrupt them. Kintu main kotha eulukor poisa maane War Chest nai, aru bina poisai politics khelibo nuware. Ketiaba bhabi saisene je power nupua keitai kenekoi politics kori aase ? Teulukor uparjon source ki ? Jodi ei kotha bhabi sua nai, bhabi sauk. Karu poisar gos nai nohoi, jukari dile poisa ulabo protitu election kheliboloi. Now that we have established the fact that poisai election nirnoi kore, kar usorot poisa aase? Heitu bhabok. Dhorok Haat partitut kormi manuh aase kintu tahator nijor poisa nai, aru tahatok kosto korileu aag barhibo nidiye, tetia kiman dinoloi opomaan hohibo laage ? Ne party politics eri ghorot bohi thakibo laage? Principle niti adorxor namot jeniba sup sap hoiyu thakil, kiman bosor bohibo lagibo? Eibur kotha oxomiyai bhabi nesai. Okol dukh pai, ontorot aghat pai, maane emotional trauma proti baare. Kintu ji soritro political leaderor pora bisare oxomiya jatir hei soritro asene? Apunar mur kotha kua nai, ami “Arami Sokit” bohi montobyo diya manuh. Exceptions to the rule. Kintu jonohadharon oxomiya projai keitaman poisa palei jopiai dibo. Eiyai amar jatir soritro. Jene proja tene roja. Besera manuhjone eta chance loise, kaam koriboloi. Ki beya korise ? Hator partyt kaam naikia hoi bohi thakibo lagisil neki ? Eije oxomiyar Maan Xonmaan buli siyor keita maare, Haator buror ki maan xonmaan aase he? Oxomiya raij practical manuh buise. They can’t afford to be sentimental. The only people who can afford sentiments are elites like Us and Marxists ( if they still exist). Disclaimer: Absolutely my opinion, I represent only myself.

@_MI__E @thegreyhalfway ❤️

أناقة وفخامة الساري الهندي وكيفية ارتدائه.. ❤

Narrative mattered. Her selling point was “Membor Gogoir Buwari”. Wasn’t seen even once in West Jorhat. No grassroots campaign. No personality. The majority doesn’t know who she is, only 70+ people know her father-in-law. Her family may be known in Teok proper, but Teok as an LAC now extends till Dergaon north side of NH37. Absolutely irrelevant unimportant candidate. Besides HBS really paid attention to Jorhat and Teok. This is a HBS win, not BJP. Bitter truth.

Reality of Assam... @DimpyKoch baa already predicted months ago. Teok & Jorhat are with NDA now. Every pollster in Assam predicted that opposition would win. Even in Teok I visited during I sensed that Congress would win but at the end narrative mattered!!

@Krish9953642241 @bhas Nijike. Ekdomei nai nisina. Assembly electiont Jorhatot podum aru Teokot Hati jikibo. You can come and compare here on Election Result Day.

@nibirdeka You express beautifully Nibir, it’s a treat to read your portraits of everyday life and issues. Keep it up 🤗

The Scary Nights of Guwahati Guwahati has always had a complicated relationship with the night. A friend who recently moved here told me something with the innocence only a new city can inspire. They said Guwahati is convenient. That after midnight, they drive to Jayanagar, pick up snacks from a 24/7 departmental store, buy cigarettes, loiter a little, breathe. I told them, not as advice, but almost as a warning disguised as affection, please avoid going out unless you have work. After 10:30 PM, this city changes character. That sentence made me feel old. Or maybe just local. Because I come from the generation that still remembers when Guwahati after 9 PM made no sense to ordinary people. The city shut down early, not by law but by instinct. There were hardly any streetlights. When lights were installed on a flyover in early 2000s, it felt like civilisation had arrived. I remember returning on my father’s scooter from my grandparents’ house, half asleep, my head wobbling in the night air. He would stop at Ulubari near Misti Mukh, borrow water and splash it on my face to keep me awake. Later they installed an Aquaguard there, and the ritual upgraded, now I had to drink a full glass too. That was our nightlife. Back then, people rushed home because the dark belonged to insurgency, rumours, and the kind of lawlessness that didn’t need explanation. The city was afraid of what lurked outside. Today, the city is lit. The roads are wider. There are pubs, cafés, all-night stores, brighter flyovers, and more cars than the old Guwahati mind can process. On paper, we are modern. On Instagram, we are metropolitan. But the nature of the night hasn’t changed. Only the predator has. Earlier, it was fear of a bomb, a bandh, a sudden silence. Now it is the fear of an overpowered SUV, driven by someone drunk on speed, entitlement or both, smashing into your parked car at a traffic signal and risking lives that were simply waiting for green. The recent Madgharia tragedy is not an exception. It is a reminder. The nights of Guwahati are no longer closed. They are open. Open to everyone. To migrants, dreamers, young people looking for a little freedom, a little fun, a cigarette, a snack, a late drive, a city to call home. Lakhs now live here with different aspirations. They all deserve to feel safe in this city. But Guwahati still carries the old fear in a new bottle. We survived nights of insurgency. It would be a cruel joke if we now lose people to nights of stupidity.

@AshokAgarwala9 Amar oxomor ghoror kaxor manuh eghorot dangor ejupa aase. Thankfully 😅

@DimpyKoch Lorali kalote khaisilu bohut atiya dekhiboloi u napaw sun kotu

This is a thread about all sorts of #Peaches and #Plums found locally in #Assam #Peach #Nectarine #Plum #Apricot #Cherry are all closely related members of the Prunus genus. They are commonly referred to as #StoneFruits because their seeds are very large and hard. We don’t get

Imagine a classroom in Tihu College, Assam. It is a humble setting where local students come to learn the basics of physics. At the front of the room stands a man who looks like any other dedicated prof. But when the bell rings & the students leave, Atanu Nath plugs back into the global grid. He is calculating the g-2 factor: a measurement so precise it is like measuring the distance from Earth to the Moon with the accuracy of a human hair. The Muon is like a fat version of an electron. According to every physics book written in the last 50 yrs, it should wobble at a specific rate when put in a magnetic field. But it does not It wobbles differently. Prof. Nath was part of the elite global team that tracked this tiny, impossible discrepancy. The Northeast has always been a Silo of culture & resilience, but in the world of high-energy particle physics, it was often a Ghost region. By winning the 2026 Breakthrough Prize, Prof. Nath shattered that ceiling. He proved that a scientist from Lalabazar, Hailakandi, can sit at the same table as the legends of Brookhaven & CERN. Even with a Breakthrough Prize (and its multi-million dollar purse shared among the team), Prof. Nath remains an Assistant Prof at a local college. He represents the India Bull spirit: the refusal to move to the Big City because the mind can travel further than the body ever could.

Masterchef देखने के बाद बीवी...😅

Definitely this scene !! I crack up every time I watch this scene!!

@mridulmahanta Lol hope you are well herbed and red labelled MM

@DimpyKoch Haha! I thought I missed it because I was in a picnic red labelling & God herbing.

What a monster Earthquake

@mridulmahanta Apparently its supersonic and subsonic low pass activity of IAF lol

@mridulmahanta Jorhat. Just had another 2 horrible shakes. How come nobody else posting about it ?

“অ’ মোৰ সুৰীয়া মাত অসমৰ সুৱদি মাত” মোৰ মাতৃভাষা সবাতোকৈ সুৱদি, সবাতোকৈ সুৰীয়া, সবাতোকৈ আপোন ❤️ আন্তৰ্জাতিক মাতৃভাষা দিৱসৰ শুভেচ্ছা জনালোঁ 🎉 #InternationalMotherLanguageDay

@BMoni_Das @shreyaghoshal You look gorgeous!

Shopping spree paid off. Outfit turned out not too bad. Was so happy to hear @shreyaghoshal 's lovely voice at my friend's beautiful wedding 🩷 this setting & her voice 🩷🩷🩷

@VedBorah Absolutely right ! It’s the ethnic Assamese who is under threat. But of course when has Haat ever cared about real issues of the Oxomiya.

"...using state machinery to instil fear among minorities ahead of the Assembly elections." This is so wrong. Minorities in Assam (including the illegal minorities) are most secure under Himanta's sarkar. It is the ethnic Assamese who live in fear. Talk about them.

Remember this pensive 12th century Chinese general's poem the next time someone shits on small talk

@Krish9953642241 Hoi.

@DimpyKoch Axomot anchalik party e okole xashon koribo nuare karon xomaj khon bhibhokto. Aru Oxomor arthaneeti iman tanakiyal nohoi je eta anchalik party k kunuba oxomia uddugpoti e bahu dhon di xohai koribo pare. BJP r dhan aan rajya r uddugpoti r dhan.

Arre my dear Assamese raiz, nokoi nuwaru kisuman kotha. Enekoi likhisu karon oxomiyat likhile translate hoi jai and moi nibisaru je ona oxomiyai ei post porhe Besera manuhtu podumoloi gol karone gali xoponi pari aase. Kintu bhabi sauksun, juddhor participant keitai ki bhittit juddho kore? Jodi apuni koi dhormo, niti, adorxo - tetiahole Podum aru Haat duyutare nai. Hatitur sobotse nai, aan keitar bhitorot Okhilor aru nai. Tar baad baki keita etialoike power pai puwa nai, heikarone ami nejanu how power will corrupt them. Kintu main kotha eulukor poisa maane War Chest nai, aru bina poisai politics khelibo nuware. Ketiaba bhabi saisene je power nupua keitai kenekoi politics kori aase ? Teulukor uparjon source ki ? Jodi ei kotha bhabi sua nai, bhabi sauk. Karu poisar gos nai nohoi, jukari dile poisa ulabo protitu election kheliboloi. Now that we have established the fact that poisai election nirnoi kore, kar usorot poisa aase? Heitu bhabok. Dhorok Haat partitut kormi manuh aase kintu tahator nijor poisa nai, aru tahatok kosto korileu aag barhibo nidiye, tetia kiman dinoloi opomaan hohibo laage ? Ne party politics eri ghorot bohi thakibo laage? Principle niti adorxor namot jeniba sup sap hoiyu thakil, kiman bosor bohibo lagibo? Eibur kotha oxomiyai bhabi nesai. Okol dukh pai, ontorot aghat pai, maane emotional trauma proti baare. Kintu ji soritro political leaderor pora bisare oxomiya jatir hei soritro asene? Apunar mur kotha kua nai, ami “Arami Sokit” bohi montobyo diya manuh. Exceptions to the rule. Kintu jonohadharon oxomiya projai keitaman poisa palei jopiai dibo. Eiyai amar jatir soritro. Jene proja tene roja. Besera manuhjone eta chance loise, kaam koriboloi. Ki beya korise ? Hator partyt kaam naikia hoi bohi thakibo lagisil neki ? Eije oxomiyar Maan Xonmaan buli siyor keita maare, Haator buror ki maan xonmaan aase he? Oxomiya raij practical manuh buise. They can’t afford to be sentimental. The only people who can afford sentiments are elites like Us and Marxists ( if they still exist). Disclaimer: Absolutely my opinion, I represent only myself.

@DimpyKoch @bhas Jorhatot Haat jikibo. Tarun Gogoi r bahut probhab ase etiao.

Who will write our stories? Every day we read sharp essays about India’s economy, Gen Z culture, startup waves, policy shifts. But if you look closely, most of these narratives come from the same geography, that is the top metros. The lens is often western-influenced. Aspiration is defined by what’s trending in the market: crypto cycles, venture funding winters, podcasts, AI founders, personal branding. That is one India. But beneath that layer is another India that quietly powers the engine. The shopkeeper who understands cash flow better than most founders understand runway. The small-town businessman who may never raise capital but has built a 25-year enterprise on relationships and reputation. Families who still believe in FDs, gold, LIC endowment plans and insurance, not because they lack imagination, but because they understand risk. The entrepreneur who doesn’t speak the language of “burn rate” and “valuation” but employs 40 people in a Tier-2 city. This is India 1.5. This is India 2. And we are not less ambitious. Our businesses are no longer limited to wholesale trading or government contracts. We are building D2C brands from Guwahati. We are learning performance marketing from YouTube. We are selling through Instagram and WhatsApp. We are watching global trends but adapting them to local realities in a smaller niche market. The internet has democratised information. It has reduced the confidence gap. Cities like Guwahati, Cuttack, Indore, Nagpur, Coimbatore, they are not “future markets.” They are present ambition hubs. Yet, in most brand strategy decks, India 1.5 and 2 are described as territories to penetrate. Consumer bases to tap. Expansion geographies. But has anyone paused to ask, what do these people actually want? There is a new generation here that is hungry. Hungry to build without migrating to Mumbai or Delhi. Hungry to create wealth without abandoning their hometowns. Hungry for ownership, not just employment. Hungry to prove that success does not belong to a PIN code. This hunger is quieter than India 1. But it is deeper. India 1.5 and India 2 are no longer waiting to be discovered. We are building. And very soon, the story won’t just be written about us as it will be written by us.