Monday, July 7, 2008

This & That

A boy, no taller than a computer table chair, marched to the edge of the sidewalk, where kept was a plastic makeshift bucket. He splashed himself in the manner of a bath once. Then twice. And then splashed the crow sitting on a stone in front of him. The bird didn't even flinch. It eventually shook itself a bit, and reconciled itself to bathtime.

Posters of 'Resist Lyngdoh' have gone up on university boards and walls, in defence of the rights of students to contest very political and party affiliated union elections. Politics, it seems, on Kolkata campuses, is very Bengali. And very Red. These two elements seem to be present indiscriminately on every poster across the breadth of the university.

It has been suggested to me to visit New Market for shopping and Nahoum's there for its rich plum cakes. These shall both be done soon. Chocolate & the Blue leaves no plum cake unturned for its readers.

I had no idea that Rasgullas (Roshogollas) could be eaten hot.

There could be a bus strike on Wednesday. Which might mean no classes. Which might imply a visit to an Inox theatre for the latest Bollywood fare.

3 comments:

Unaccustomed Mirth said...

hot roshogullas. leave me out :P

Shreshtha! said...

i love the way you cover so many things in one post...and the student politics bit kinda freaks me out a bit!

and hot rosgullas...how do they taste??

Nabila Jamshed said...

Hot rasgullas taste exactly like ... well.. rasgullas hot. As in, gulabjamuns, only they're rasgullas.