User:Sumitsurai
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| Name | Sumit Surai |
|---|---|
| Born | 8th February 1981 Kolkata , West Bengal , India |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Country | India |
| Current location | Kolkata , West Bengal , India |
| Languages | Bengali , Hindi , English |
| Blood type | A+ (A positive) |
| Family and friends | |
| Marital status | Married |
| Spouse | Rajashree Talukdar |
| Siblings | Saikat Surai |
| Education and employment | |
| Occupation | eCommerce Consultant |
| Primary school | South Point School |
| High school | South Point High School |
| College | Asutosh College |
| University | Sikkim Manipal University |
| Hobbies, favourites and beliefs | |
| Hobbies | Blogging , Photography , Reading books , Listening to music |
| Religion | Hindu |
| Contact info | |
| Website | sumitsurai.com |
| Blog | Web Funda |
| sumitsuraidotcom | |
| sumitsurai | |
| sumitsurai | |
| simplysumit | |
eCommerce consultant by profession, I am an avid foodie and travel addict. Places with heritage value or natural beauty and small eateries popular locally are subjects on which I love to blog. I love to communicate with locals and find out stories wherever I visit. Though I do not consider myself a serious photographer, I love clicking pictures and share them along with my stories.
Whenever I get some time, I contribute to Wikipedia, mostly editing articles and adding relevant pictures. I contribute my pictures to Wikimedia Commons too. For the past five seasons I am attending the Wikipedia Takes Kolkata photo scavenger hunt. I was the organiser of the last one. Read my posts on the third and fourth seasons.
I love cooking and mixing recipes to create something new. I have won several pan India food blogging competitions for my innovative recipes.
100WikiDays[edit]
To challenge myself I have participated in 100 Wiki Days and the subjects of my first attempt were heritage places, notable women and local food. I wrote the articles in Bengali Wikipedia. Unfortunately I had to abandon the challenge after 95 days as I was travelling in no internet zone.
Details and progress of the challenge can be seen [here]
100WikiDays II[edit]
I have started the challenge for the second time. This time I will be writing articles for both English and Bengali Wikipedia. The subject would be Notable Women in Sports.
UNESCO Challenge[edit]
I participated in the [UNESCO Challenge] and won the special prize given by the Swedish National Heritage Board.
Unfortunately as I was travelling in a no internet zone, I could not update my total points and missed the top 10 listing although I had the required points. Hoping to make it in the coming challenges :D
Blog[edit]
I blog about heritage, travel, food and photography here
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