Fantastic January 2010!

The Wedding

Yeah yeah I know! Have been away for much too long, but what to do? It has been quite a busy busy social life for a while. But here I am with an update. The best thing being two dear friends finally tied the proverbial knot. Here the sweet couple in traditional Bangali Wedding wear. Red signifies prosperity, luck and love.
We also dressed the part of polite Bangali couple!
The gang of friends at the reception. Here wishing the dear couple a very happy married life.



Saraswati Vandana and Vasant Panchami

Saraswati Puja is celebrated right before the on set of spring, on the fifth day of Vasant, to achieve excellence in education and creative pursuits. According to Hindu mythology Goddess Saraswati can make or break your achievements in life and so we seek her blessings for furthering our intellectual endeavors. We celebrated with much fanfare at a friend's place in Dover Road. Here you can see we do the rights from the heart and the priest is none other than my friend's Mom and not a "Brahmin man". How we break the stereo types too! So not all people practice rituals in Hinduism for the heck of it, there are people who practice it for spiritual reasons only!


Meeting friends

It was a pure fun to visit Rimi and Bala on a cool January evening. Bala with his endless antics and Rimi with her warm hospitality made it a special meeting as always. Just look at the Bala's expression looking at the yummy snacks!


Woolly Dreams


Last but not the least Suparna sent me the warm claret wool from Delhi. So my stash here grows. Kolkata simply does not have a good yarn store. But that is understandable, after all it is hot here for over 10 months a year, so who needs yarn any which way? Well, it looks like some mad person like me still does. Thank you so much Suparna for taking the trouble to send me the yarn. Much appreciated and a special hand woven pair of warm socks will be ready for your forth coming US trip.

So what have you been doing the whole one month this new year? Do drop a line. Missed you my friends.

P.S. By the way Dad's sweater is almost done!