It’s like many offer letter in hand but no appointment letter, lolzzz
May be some karmic reasons but since last ten years I had been deep neck submerged in this culture ,I don’t even know when and how I slipped and have stated considering me part of it .
On a Whole I am not die hard fan of Bengali culture ,but at times its not about liking or disliking something at the end it’s about Habit ,its about being use to its about knowing about it ..
The Big Red round Bindi, broad red border cotton saree big and beautiful eyes ,with sharp mind ,and yes the thick red sindoor again adds to beauty of those newly wed married women and crazy evolved ,extrovert and feminist girls ,mostly talented too,
In most of the families atleast one person is good in one of the following,singing,dancing,musical instrument or some other thing related to cultural aspect..
During Durga puja ambience of city changes magically the air carries an incense ,a purity and refreshes the mind ..those small small rituals ,like puspanjali,half day fast (coutsey miss Arpita)and many more,all women decked up as if walking on ramp instead of Pandal ,loud and expressive
The beautiful mesmerizing and wonderful idols all over the country.They are famous for skilled and traditional way in which they are created .The basic rule to be followed is that everything to be used should come from sacred water body .The clay artisian work hard for severel month to create the wonderful idols and images of godess durga at the festival time .The bamboo sticka are used to make internal structure of idol and provides it a basic shape .Then the structure is made using straw and jute ropes and strings to keep it in place ,
most of the mothers busy in match making ,and checking out girls and boys ,
The special taste of that Prasad called BHOG –amazing khichri and other dishes,I just loved it ,admirable idol of durga ji and other gods standing with her, there is some story why other god are there …I was told by Partho’s mom but in bengoli so I hardly understood though he translated later . ,That dance with fire in hand ,some orchestra playing bengoli music and few fat women dancing as if lost completely !!!
That shanti jal to be sprinkled in house at night after the visarjan is done , Since last two years I got chance to be at visarjan , holi kinda thing which surprised me as I was wearing new white suit ,and I dint like people throwing colours at me ,in fact water not even colours !!!Then when thedurga ji’s idol is being submerged it is said that its lucky to have some thing from godess ,I was given that chakra which durga jee was holding ,and I was happy to have that,it was emotional but I had no clue why???
Lot of other things I had been part of poila baisakh-bengla new year ,because of the advertising back ground I have made lot of print ads for it and have also spend extra working hour for the gate design at pandal along with hoarding and banner ,so lot of research was done ..Then Laxmi Puja after Diwali night I guess !!!
OOOhhh everything appears so close and so distant at same time, few cultural classy nights,
When I was living it I wasn’t too comfortable but this year I am gonna miss it.
Once Upon a time I hated Calcutta like anything for some personal reasons I wanted it to disappear from India’s map but not now ,because now I wanna face everything that once scared me or made me upset ,now I wanna see that peaceful sea ,without waves ,I wanna walk in those narrow lanes even if it is dirty or smalls fish ,because even I dint realize …when did I get use to that smell which once irritated me enough to vomit .
Some small rules which I often broke –like No rice eating on bed ,and few more wud edit when I recollect ,that potato wafer sabjee –known as chichudee,That reminds me of sudip’s nani as she was the one who made me eat it first time,That kali dal aunty makes ( i mean arpita’s mom and she looks awe sum beautiful dignified women without a tinge of makeup ) .without much specific reason I had been close to it and so close that I almost forgot there is diference between being close and being part of it..
The language I understand well,but never ever tried speaking sometime hated sometime loved but was in it always .The Particular essence of house Lil boring non spicy food too which now I m use to and even started relishing that ,what once I called –weird combo –Rice with boiled kacha papita mixed with mustard oil n salt …then rice with salad (no idea what was that some uncooked beans and vegetables ) and above all THE GREEN TEA ,
Its not about one person affect ,I have lived with this culture for almost ten years since I met my neighbours then friends then few acquaintances, most of my colleagues …that’s why I say some karmic thing ,I have seen observed and silently learned ,the food habits and the taste bud,tea with very less milk ( I was shocked to see partho using two spoon of milk for two cup of tea )and then I am an expert in makig tea with less milk , but I loved brunch of ohh !!calcutta at Nehru place
Arpita ,Raja,simple (sorry arpu don’t kill me for writing ur name next to mr 404 but I was going in sequence ) sanchita,sudeep,devraj,silky ,priya,chetan ,amit any many more last one partho . and now the lil one’s ayan,mini ,anu ,aparna
they all contributed to my knowledge and made me very much part of it ,I have learned a lot while their conversation with each other and ignoring me completely …few dialogues which were constantly repeated – aami chatee jaachi , tumi amar kotha keno bojho na. by Raja ..then tumi casual howa kobe bondo korbe life e by partho , abar tumi eshe gacho, aar ki chai? by devraj ......ami pore phone korbo ekhun ektu buzy achi….tui .kothay,aadike bosh …e.t.c few of the lines I m used too …or I was use too …..finally aami aktu aktu bangle jane
People often get confused with my name that I am bengoli ,and few by face though I personally don’t feel by looks i any how can be confused as that.what ever it is but its close to me ,and I am close to it ….
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