A strong whiff of deep fried fish, echoes of high pitched boisterous laughter and unlimited variety of food.. Welcome to a Bengali gathering.
Needless to mention Bengalis love their food. Breaking all barriers of calorie counts they HAVE to have their fish, Beguni (Deep fried Brinjals coated with a mixture of chickpea flour) for starters which will be served thrice, each time giving you that you-eat-like-a-bird look. And your stomach will be so full of them , you would want to kill yourself before the main course arrives.
Apart from the food there are also small sub groups formed in the gathering. On set of aunties will be hovering around the kitchen irrespective of whether they are needed there, sharing tips of improving the already known dishes (Aunty1:"Put this along with that and you see how the kids love it. I always do that" Aunty2: "Accchhhaaaaa??") Some busily indulging in gossip of who wore the worst sari in the last gathering or who spoke something highly offensive or some latest gold earring someone bought followed by all ladies examining the piece of jewellery like a molecular biology scientist and raving like they just saw one of the rarest pieces of jewellery in their entire life.
The men will be either discussing politics or cricket and if a match is on then they become visibly oblivious to their surroundings. Their food intake is directly proportional to the no. of wickets fallen in the last overs. And no matter who is talking to them their eyes will be glued to the TV screen like they originated from there and the collective scream of joy at a fallen wicket will shake the whole apartment.
Group number 3 will be of the youngsters who will catch up while giving an occasional glance at their phones for new text messages. Topics of discussion will range from how boring family functions can be to discussing universal mommy dialogues (and hi5-ing at them) to how difficult it is for us, Bengalis, to lose weight no matter how hard we try and all this while digging into copious amounts of high calorie snacks.
And finally arrives the main course. Not one, not two, there will be at least 5 side dishes and every aunty expecting you to eat "her curry" properly or else you will be blamed of how less your appetite is or the usage of the classic line "tum bacche log nahi khaoge toh kaun khaega?".
Just when you thought it is over, wait for it....there will be juicy Rajbhog or chamcham waiting in line to seduce your eyes (your stomach becomes numb at this point) and you will be gladly offered two if you have the reputation of loving sweets (I m a perfect example)
The party spirit will go on till the hosts drop all the guests to their car with another round of bosterious laughter and never ending bye byes and "Aabar ashbe" (Please come again) and all your weight loss plans will be disposed in deepest of deep ditches.
Monday, February 22, 2010
Thursday, February 18, 2010
And a random post happens..
Was tagged in Vamsi's blog for this post. So, random questions, here I come..
1. What is your current obsession?
A. Nose ring. I want one badly.
2. What are you wearing today?
A. A pair of my favourite (and rugged) black jeans with a kurti gifted by my best friend.
3. What's for dinner today?
A. Dont make me hungry now.
4. What's the last thing you bought?
A. Chicken Tikka frankie.
5. What are you listening to right now?
A. Uff teri ada- Karthik Calling Karthik
6. What do you think about the person who tagged you?
A. He gave me a reason to update. :D His blog is nice and so is his blog skin.
7. If you could have a house totally paid for, fully furnished anywhere in the world, where would you like it to be?
A. In Paris, overlooking the Eiffel Tower *dreams*
8. What are your must-have pieces for summer?
A. A/c, Nimbu paani, Nariyal paani and gaagils :D
9. If you could go anywhere in the world for the next hour, where would you go?
A. Ponidcherry. Ill spend an hour walking around a beach and get back.
10. Which language do you want to learn?
A. Reading and writing Bengali
11. What’s your favourite quote?
A. Right now I can remember: "To err is human but to forgive is against company policies"
12. Who do you want to meet right now?
A: Apurva Muralidhar.
13. What is your favourite color?
A: BLACK. It is seductive, powerful and enchanting.
14. Give us three styling tips that work for you.
A: -If you like it, wear it
-Dont be too matchy matchy all the time
-If your hair is good, everything else is good
15. What is your dream job?
A: A lecturer of french who also sings and writes books.
16. Which is your favourite magazine?
A: Femina. Humour, language, information and advice, Femina offers it all.
17. If you had $100 dollars with you right now, what would you spend it on?
A: Clothes and cuisine.
18. What do you consider a fashion faux pas?
A: Pancake of makeup, wearing shades everywhere and everytime (seriously dude! get a life!)
19. Who according to you is the most overrated style icon?
A: Ill second Vamsi on Srgay.
20. What kind of haircut do you prefer?
A: Anything short and sleek. Fringes, I love.
21. What are you going to do after this?
A: No prizes for guessing... HOG.
22. What are your favourite movies?
A: I m too lazy to type them all down.
23. What inspires you?
A: Soul stirring, heart warming music.
24. What do your friends call you most commonly?
A: Slothy, laccho, Trish, Moti.... (Ok isnt that enough to make fun of me already?)
25. Would you prefer coffee or tea?
A: Ze former.
26. What do you do when you are low or terribly depressed?
A: wait till I m fine.
27. What makes you go wild?
A: Depends on which wild is being talked about :P
28. Which other blogs do you love visiting?
A: My friends' blogs, random blogs and the one I follow.
29. Favourite dessert?
A: Heehaw. I'd like to think I was an ant in the previous birth :D
30. How many tabs are turned on in your browser right now?
A: Twitter, Facebook, zeetalk and Blogger ofcourse.
31. Favourite Season?
A: Autumn (which we hardly have in India) and Winter (which we hardly have in Hyderabad)
32. If I come to your house what would u cook for me?
A: Depends on what you bring for me.
33. What is the right way to avoid people who purposefully hurt you?
A: Play the "which finger is this?" game with them and no matter which finger they choose, always show the middle one.
34. What are you afraid of the most?
A: Losing my loved ones.
35. When you looked at the mirror today, what was the first thing you thought?
A: "Not bad"
36. What instantly brings a smile on your face?
A: A sumptuous meal.
37. A word that you say a lot?
A: "Aeey Liiiiiiite"
38. When was the last time you did something nice?
A: I took mother by surprise by gifting her a collage of her best pictures on her birthday.
39.What would you do if you were made the President of India for one day?
A: Ill choose that day to be Republic or Independence day coz thats the only time of the year I see the President "doing" something.
40. Do you know who master Shifu is?
A: I havent watched Kung fu Panda :D
1. What is your current obsession?
A. Nose ring. I want one badly.
2. What are you wearing today?
A. A pair of my favourite (and rugged) black jeans with a kurti gifted by my best friend.
3. What's for dinner today?
A. Dont make me hungry now.
4. What's the last thing you bought?
A. Chicken Tikka frankie.
5. What are you listening to right now?
A. Uff teri ada- Karthik Calling Karthik
6. What do you think about the person who tagged you?
A. He gave me a reason to update. :D His blog is nice and so is his blog skin.
7. If you could have a house totally paid for, fully furnished anywhere in the world, where would you like it to be?
A. In Paris, overlooking the Eiffel Tower *dreams*
8. What are your must-have pieces for summer?
A. A/c, Nimbu paani, Nariyal paani and gaagils :D
9. If you could go anywhere in the world for the next hour, where would you go?
A. Ponidcherry. Ill spend an hour walking around a beach and get back.
10. Which language do you want to learn?
A. Reading and writing Bengali
11. What’s your favourite quote?
A. Right now I can remember: "To err is human but to forgive is against company policies"
12. Who do you want to meet right now?
A: Apurva Muralidhar.
13. What is your favourite color?
A: BLACK. It is seductive, powerful and enchanting.
14. Give us three styling tips that work for you.
A: -If you like it, wear it
-Dont be too matchy matchy all the time
-If your hair is good, everything else is good
15. What is your dream job?
A: A lecturer of french who also sings and writes books.
16. Which is your favourite magazine?
A: Femina. Humour, language, information and advice, Femina offers it all.
17. If you had $100 dollars with you right now, what would you spend it on?
A: Clothes and cuisine.
18. What do you consider a fashion faux pas?
A: Pancake of makeup, wearing shades everywhere and everytime (seriously dude! get a life!)
19. Who according to you is the most overrated style icon?
A: Ill second Vamsi on Srgay.
20. What kind of haircut do you prefer?
A: Anything short and sleek. Fringes, I love.
21. What are you going to do after this?
A: No prizes for guessing... HOG.
22. What are your favourite movies?
A: I m too lazy to type them all down.
23. What inspires you?
A: Soul stirring, heart warming music.
24. What do your friends call you most commonly?
A: Slothy, laccho, Trish, Moti.... (Ok isnt that enough to make fun of me already?)
25. Would you prefer coffee or tea?
A: Ze former.
26. What do you do when you are low or terribly depressed?
A: wait till I m fine.
27. What makes you go wild?
A: Depends on which wild is being talked about :P
28. Which other blogs do you love visiting?
A: My friends' blogs, random blogs and the one I follow.
29. Favourite dessert?
A: Heehaw. I'd like to think I was an ant in the previous birth :D
30. How many tabs are turned on in your browser right now?
A: Twitter, Facebook, zeetalk and Blogger ofcourse.
31. Favourite Season?
A: Autumn (which we hardly have in India) and Winter (which we hardly have in Hyderabad)
32. If I come to your house what would u cook for me?
A: Depends on what you bring for me.
33. What is the right way to avoid people who purposefully hurt you?
A: Play the "which finger is this?" game with them and no matter which finger they choose, always show the middle one.
34. What are you afraid of the most?
A: Losing my loved ones.
35. When you looked at the mirror today, what was the first thing you thought?
A: "Not bad"
36. What instantly brings a smile on your face?
A: A sumptuous meal.
37. A word that you say a lot?
A: "Aeey Liiiiiiite"
38. When was the last time you did something nice?
A: I took mother by surprise by gifting her a collage of her best pictures on her birthday.
39.What would you do if you were made the President of India for one day?
A: Ill choose that day to be Republic or Independence day coz thats the only time of the year I see the President "doing" something.
40. Do you know who master Shifu is?
A: I havent watched Kung fu Panda :D
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