I was so excited for this year. Really excited. Because the main excitement was that I had my first outing in the first week of this year. As I mentioned in my 2021 plans post, I got the opportunity to travel to Kolkata from my hometown due to some work for my sister. But, as expected, nothing went as planned. Plan for the Day We booked a car from our local services and started from our home at around 9:30 in the…
When you live in a place for a long time, you get quite familiar with places in and around. I have lived in the Chandigarh Tricity at 2 different times and locations. Oh, just in case you didn’t know, the Chandigarh Tricity consists of Chandigarh, Panchkula, and Mohali. Now back to my two different times. First was when I was staying with my parents during my high school and college days for 6 years. Post that, I came back to…
I was born in the east, spend most of my life in the north and right now residing in the west. Just to be clear, all in India. I got the chance to explore South Indian states for a very brief time. It was all during my training days when I was staying in Mysore (a city in Karnataka). Any weekend or long holiday we got, we would utilize it to the fullest. Be it just a day trip to Coorg,…
Everyone has a favourite festival to celebrate. Like I already said in my previous post about Durga Puja, majority of Bengalis just can’t wait for Durga Puja to come. Even though I am a Bengali, I have always been more drawn to Diwali. Maybe it has something to do with the fact that I was born on Diwali. Anyways, let’s dive in and let me tell you all about this Festival of Lights. History of Diwali Now there are 2 variations…
India, as you might already know, has a variety of culture. If you are or have visited one direction of the country and visit another direction, you will see a huge difference in culture, language, cuisine and what not. Odisha is in the eastern parts of India. I hail from West Bengal, another East Indian state. They both are adjoining states. I was posted in Bhubaneswar, Odisha for 2 years, which allowed me to see this beautiful land. There are…
There are so many festivals to celebrate in India. I mean if you google “festivals in India” like right now, you would find various articles with a list of festivals in India. I literally did not know most of them. Every state has its own most favourite festival to celebrate. For a Bengali, it is 110% Durga Puja. Now even though I am a Bengali myself, but I have only been to Durga Puja in the places that I was…
Even though I am a Bengali, I have not been to many places in West Bengal, of course including Digha. Since I have been brought up in the northern states of India, I only got the chance to explore West Bengal during summer vacations and holidays. I was posted in Bhubaneswar, Odisha for my initial years of job service. Odisha and West Bengal are neighbouring states. This gave me the chance to explore my hometown on many occasions. Just a…
I have not been to Scotland yet, so not quite sure about the comparison with Coorg here. But I am pretty sure that people who have come up with this analogy must be right. They won’t do it just like that for fun. Right? Well, hope so. Anyways, I visited Coorg with a few friends of mine when I was during my initial job training in Mysore. There are a lot of places that I visited when I was here….
India is a country with a huge variety of culture. And with each culture comes its own cuisine. People have mostly categorized them with the location. Like South Indian food, North Indian food, Gujrati food, Bengali food (Kolkata food) and so on. If you have seen my first post where I am blabbing about myself and my travel plans, you might already know that I am a Bengali. Even though I have not lived here extensively, my parents have been living here…
I just love every kind of flora and fauna. Well, except for insects and lizards. But altogether, yeah, I love being in nature. I always prefer going to places with trees and nature over visiting a city. That’s the reason for rather than going to a club, I went to explore a spice plantation in Goa. When I was living in Mysore, I visited this lake which is literally not known to many people. Oh, for those who don’t know where…