3rd August, 10.30pm: Sheela reached Kolkata and the first thing that she noticed - her hubby waiting for her at the immigration. They collect the bags, clear immigration and head straight home.
Upon stepping into the house, I looked around and noticed tons and tons of boxes lying around the house. And I thought to myself- I know exactly how I am going to spend the rest of my August before schools starts.
4th August- We have lunch at home and head out to the mall to do some shopping. Thereafter, we went to do some vegetable shopping (a whole new experience it was). Till date, I have only seen my folks buy vege from an Indian market. Now, it was me at the market, trying to choose vege. Thereafter, we headed to Red Hot Chilli Pepper for dinner. This is a Chinese restaurant located near our home. A pretty decent place packed with people. Food was more than decent except that we both felt soooo full after the appetizers, we couldnt really finish the main course. After dinner it was HOME SWEET HOME.
5th August : Today I tried to tie a saree for a Bengali function that we were invited to. I must have tried for about an hour and yet was not able to to tie a saree that came as close as the way my mom would drape one. Frustrated, I just decided to wear a salwar kameez. Anyway, thank god I didnt bother with the saree, coz by the time we reached the function hall, it was time for lunch.
Icing on the cake for the lunch was the mango kulfi...which by the way, literally is MANGO + ICE CREAM. The ice cream was served frozen on a real mango fruit. Amazing stuff. Food was not bad either.
Rest of Sunday was spent at home. In the evening, I got the flavour of a North Indian temple. Marble idols that were beautifully decorated and sugar as prasadam (offering).
So, one weekend successfully spent in Kolkata, India- The land where everything is old.
Rest of my week shall be spent unpacking. Maybe I should catch up on some reading as well.
Cheers
3 comments:
Very interesting stuff.Looks like you're gonna be busy managing the maids and the language! You'll be a true blood Bengali in a month!Athai
I hope I don't become true blue Bong. They have certain physical characteristics that I do not wish to emulate (Think posterior :D)
Ha ha ha, Sheel, you're not living much of a tai tai life if you're heaving those boxes around! Is the other picture of a passport or something?
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