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Tata Sky - causing and sincerely regretting the inconveniences

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I opted for Tata Sky, the famous DTH service provider in India, when I got my first LED LG TV in 2010. Initially, there were only SD channels, and in 2010, when Star India for the first time launched HD channels with 7.1 Dolby Surround sound in India, nothing stopped me from opting those as well. Although the prices for HD channels and overall pricing of SD channels were bit more than other DTH service providers, and channels stop working (no signal) on a rainy day, I was still more than happy to watch all the flicks on Start World, Zee Cafe and English movie channels. For 5 years, Tata Sky walked fine with me in this DTH journey until I relocated to a different place when the company said TA TA (bye bye) to me. I was in Bangalore till 2015 and shifted to the North East keeping my base in Guwahati. Although the company is providing connections in Guwahati, somehow they managed to keep me out of the customer's league. On March 15, 2016 at 10:36 AM I called the Tata Sky Customer
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Article on Sadin, Assamese weekly on Feb 5, 2016

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An article on Jim Ankan Deka published on Sadin, an Assamese weekly from Guwahati, on February 5, 2016.
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Flashback - The Assam Tribune

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Published in The Assam Tribune on January 21, 2016 " Jim Ankan Deka is an Assamese musician, documentary filmmaker, photographer and director of a Bengaluru-based music institute and production house. He has won multiple awards for his music. " When I was young, my parents introduced me to Borgeet and the Khol. As time passed, I picked up other instruments, including the guitar, piano, tabla, etc. I was so inclined towards music that I was sure of becoming a musician once I grew up. But taking birth in India, where people respect art, but seldom encourage children to focus on anything but studies, it was not easy to convince my family that there can be a career in music, too. After completing my studies (simultaneously learning music), I headed towards Bengaluru in 2006, where I took up different jobs to survive. Well, I was not happy in the corporate world. I was looking for various options in music at the same time. There weren't many though. After six months o
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Anuron - an Assamese music video from the ChaiTunes series

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Anuron - Queen Hazarika, Rupam Bhuyan, Jim Ankan Deka Anuron - a music video from the ChaiTunes series is the fifth Assamese music video by Jim Ankan Deka. Singers from Assam Queen Hazarika and Rupam Bhuyan have rendered their voices for the song. The post production on the song in underway. Produced by Eastern Fare Music Foundation and powered by Music Malt, Bangalore, the song is recorded at Eastern Fare Studios in Bangalore, Zero DB Studio, Guwahati, and mixed and mastered at Eastern Fare Studios, Umium. The video is shot amidst the greens of North-East India. Director of Photography is Avataran famed Tarunabh Dutta and Screenplay and Story by Debjani Hazarika. Camera and videography are handled by Navanit Nilavh and Parth Deuri. Video editing is done at TD Studio, Guwahati and Eastern Fare Studios, Guwahati. The video features Sangeeta Pachani, winner of miss congeniality 'Sananda Tilottama 2008'. Anuron - Jim Ankan Deka Feat. Rupam Bhuyan, Queen Hazarika Listen
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North East India through my eyes - Meghalaya

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It took me almost four years to come out of my mundane, humdrum existence and start my five months journey in the North-east of India on June 12, 2015. I always believed in a quote by English writer and philosopher Gilbert K. Chesterton - "The traveler sees what he sees, the tourist sees what he has come to see." After visiting many places as a tourist, I wanted to see the world through a traveller's eyes. Yes, today I travel not to escape life, but for life not to escape me. My journey began in Meghalaya, a state in the North eastern region of India. Living Root Bridges in Mawlynnong, Asia's cleanest village (photo: Jim Ankan Deka) Khasi Heritage Village in Mawphlang (photo: Jim Ankan Deka) The Sacred Forest in Mawphlang (photo: Jim Ankan Deka) View of  the city of Shillong from the Shillong Peak (photo: Jim Ankan Deka | camera: Samsung Galaxy S4) A view from the Nongsder village (photo: Jim Ankan Deka | camera: Samsung Galaxy S4) Morning view in
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The face of new age Assamese music | Eclectic Northeast

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(An article by Jadeed Hussain published on Eclectic Northeast magazine on June 1, 2015) Musician Jim Ankan Deka's love for the music of his native land has prompted him to take Assamese music to the global stage Jim had moved to Bangalore from Guwahati to do his Masters in Psychology. After completing his studies, made his foray into the corporate world, but after a series of job changes, he realized that music was his only true calling. He joined a music school and slowly offers started to trickle from the film and television industry of Karnataka. He started off with a Kannada TV series in 2007 where he arranged the music for four songs. He admits that the language barrier was very much there but working with a director who was free to take inputs from him helped him deliver his best. He also teamed up with Carnatic classical musician and playback singer Suchethan Rangaswamy to form a band called 'Veenar'; they released their first song in Kannada called Eesha Ni
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Aakaxok Subo Khojo - an Assamese music video by Jim Ankan Deka and Antara Nandy

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Aakaxok Subo Khojo - Jim Ankan Deka feat. Antara Nandy ChaiTunes , the music series powered by Music Malt, released the second Assamese music video ' Aakaxok Subo Khojo ' (আকাশক চুব খোজো) featuring Jim Ankan Deka and 'Sa Re Ga Ma Pa 2009' finalist 16 yr old Antara Nandy. The song was recorded in Eastern Fare Studio and Madcat Studios in Bangalore under the guidance of Kannada music producer Anil CJ. The video is directed by Parmita Borah and was shot at Innerspace Studios, Bangalore. The lyrics of the song is penned by Assamese journalist Raj Dweep. Produced by Eastern Fare Music Foundation, the video was released on June 5, 2015. Antara Nandy and Jim Ankan Deka (a shot from Aakaxok Subo Khojo) | photo: Nishal Lama
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