Time Pass

Often times when I have some free time to spend, I find hard what is that I would like to do.

1. Movies: Following is the list of some good movies and documentaries:
1. Parzania
2. Sonal by Prakash Jha
3. Faces after the storm by Prakash Jha
4. Driving Miss Daisy
2. Self-Care
1. Body Mechanics
3. Crafts
1. Christmas Crafts and Cards
4. Mandir
1. Festivals
1. Rath Yatra
5. Fund Raising
1. Musical Nights
6. Books:
1. Lucky Boy
2.  Dr. Maxwell Maltz in his legendary book The New Psycho-Cybernetics
7. Cultural Integration
1. Leaving the barn door open

Typical Bengali

I have seen a typical love for traveling among Bengalis, young and old alike. Another reason is that in West Bengal you get almost a month paid work off during Dura pooja, so after lokhi pooja and before Diwali, many people prefer to plan a trip. And, during Chrismas time as well, a tour or a picnic is a kind of the must. Bengali's do love keeping pets like birds, fish, dogs, and cats.
Their favorite places in India are

1. Khardung La: world's highest motorable road
2. Leh, Ladakh: Thiksey Monastery; Nubra valley
3. Uttranchal or Uttarakhand: Munsyari, Ukhimath (Garhwal)
4. Himachal Pradesh
1. Chitkul in Kinnaur village: It is the last inhabited village near Indo-China border. 
2. Nigen lake
5. Silk Route Sikkim: Tsongo lake, Gangtok; Aritar lake
6. Nanital
7. Thimpu, Bhutan
8. Kathmandu, Nepal 

There are a few famous festive celebrations in Bengal like

1. Akshay Tritiya: Buy Gold
2. Rath Yatra: Papad
3. Durga Pooja: Food and Pandal hopping
4. Kali Pooja: No religious ground, but started by Krishna \chandra of Navadvipa.

Bengali Ghosts: Bengali's love to read ghost stories and discuss and talk about it. There are different types of ghosts in Bengali folklore.

1. Rakkhosh: They feed on Humans and smell the human
2. Khokkosh: mini-version of Rakkosh
3. petni: unmarried woman ghost: live on sandpaper fig tree
4. shankhchuni: a ghost of a married woman living near pond
5. mambo bhoot: Muslim ghost
6. skondhokata: beheaded ghost
7. brahmadaitya: Brahmin ghost
8. jokkho: curse treasure
9. pishach: flesh-eating demons
10. Nishi:Nishir daak
11. Aleya: fisherman ghost
12. mecho Bhoot: fish lover ghost

जीवन का अक्स

आया जब समझ में, ये संसार भ्रम  है, सब मोह-माया झल-कपट की जंग है ।
आई जब सद्बुद्धि जीवन में, तब लगा समय रह गया कुछ कम है ॥

थोड़ा बहुत जो सीखा जीवन में, सोचा औलाद को सीखा जाऊं।
उम्र के इस पड़ाव पर ही सही, कदम तो एक सही उठाऊं ॥

कीचड़ जो फैलाया जीवन में, इतने से कहां सिमटेगा ।
इसके लिए तो, हरिद्वार का ही चक्कर लगेगा ॥

गंगा भी अब कहाँ रह गई स्वच्छ है, तेरे - मेरे पापों से हो गई छिन-विच्छिन है ।
अपने कर्मों का हिसाब तो देना पड़ेगा, जो बोया जीवन भर,  काटना तो पड़ेगा ॥

बीज जो बोए थे जाने-अनजाने में  नफरत के, आज पक रहे हैं ।
रिश्ते जो संजोए जिंदगी भर, तार -तार  हो कर बिखर रहे हैं ॥

ये कहानी नहीं सिर्फ मेरे जीवन की, सबके ही जीवन का अक्स  है ।
जो जी गया जीवन, वो तो निकल लिया, संभल जा खैर, तेरे पास तो अभी भी वक़्त है ॥

Events and etiquette

When I got married, I have to accompany my husband to various formal events. With this exposure, I come to know about various kind of events and dress codes and below is a brief description of all:

1. White tablecloth restaurants: An upscale or expensive restaurant, as opposed to a casual or fast-food restaurant.
2. A black-tie event is a formal social event such as a party at which people wear formal clothes called evening dress.
3. A white tie event is even more formal than a black tie and usually happens in royal affairs.

Dress Suits

1. Suit: Jacket and pants are made up of the same material. E.g. Tuxedo (a place in New York, usually dark color and worn in the evening in black tie events with a black bow tie)., leisure suits(different colors), fashion suits.
2. Pocket squares
3. Waist jackets
4. Waistbands
5. Lapel on the suit: Notch lapel (more casual); shawl lapel(very formal and only reserved for the tuxedos); peak lapel