Day 3 March SOLSC! #SOL23

3-02-23 Yesterday morning we went with Aravind to the Ayurveda Department for a review. Aravind is Assistant professor in the Department of Languages. He has Retinitis pigmentosa from birth. With God’s blessings and his efforts, he completed his PhD in English Literature in 2016 and is working here. He goes by autorickshaw regularly. When we…

OUR WEST BENGAL TRIP-(16)

9-01-2023 We were walking in the Dalhousie area of Kolkata with Mr Amitava Purkayastha. He was our storyteller. That was an apt term because he told us so much about what had happened in the first half of the 18th century in that area. Now there are wide roads and beautiful old buildings, but his…

OUR WEST BENGAL TRIP- 14

8-01-2023 Sunderbans was an experience quite apart from anything else. On the 8th morning we had a good breakfast and before leaving the dining hall we thanked the staff who were serving us. We left at 9.30. As we sailed on towards Godhkhali, we looked at the forests on one side and embankments on the…

OUR WEST BENGAL TRIP-(12)

7-01-2023 Cruising on the rivers in the midst of the mangrove forests I felt that the journey was more important than the destination. The launch kept moving slowly to give us a better feel of the place. We sat above deck and for quite some time in front of the boat. It was a wonderful…

OUR WEST BENGAL TRIP (10)

6-02-23 We boarded the launch boat, MB Debraj and when all the passengers had settled down, we started from the pier. Most of us sat above deck. We were moving slowly, and it was a good way to experience a different world. For quite some time we saw land to one side and mangroves forests…

Our West Bengal trip-(7)

3-01-2023 Gupin came at 3.15. We went to Amar Kutir about 4 kms away. It is a co-operative society for the promotion of arts and craft. Once again, we wondered about the speed of the toto 😊. I don’t think it would be a good vehicle if one is in a hurry. But I suppose…

Our West Bengal Trip-(4)

2-01-2023 The weather was cold. We all had a good night’s sleep. After many years I was getting up at 7.30 😊. I usually get up by 5.15. Sameer, one of the attendants gave us three mugs of tea without milk. We usually drink with milk. It was very refreshing. For breakfast we tasted the…

Our West Bengal trip-(1)

17-01-2023 In January 2020 we went to Amritsar and McLeod Ganj for a vacation. We had a wonderful time and did not dream that life would change completely in the coming months. Those days seem like a dream now. These days it seems like we have returned to the pre-pandemic days. But I think we…

Everyday Moments (#SOL-2022)

27-12-2022 The new year is round the corner. It seems just the other day that this year started. I remember a cousin saying that we are lucky when we say time is flying because there are so many who do not know what to with their time. 😊 Last week we went to the hospital…

Everyday Moments (#SOL-2022)

20-12-22 My husband’s book in Kannada on dental health was published by Navakarnataka Publications, a well-known publishing house. They publish only books written in Kannada. My husband retired in 2017. He wanted to write about dental health in Kannada. He felt it would reach more people in our state. It takes a lot of time…