Knight Rider wins

The Bengali New Year was on April 14, so while the entire city celebrated and households were over stuffed with sweets and cuisines, needless to say I was at work.

I want to be out; get a drink and shop around. I live a double life here- at one end I wear Indian dresses, talk in the local language (which also happens to be my mother tongue), wear the cotton night gowns instead of my shorts and t-shirt and become invisible in the crowd. On the other hand, I need a drink and occasionally end up having cheese and miss out on the anti pasta platter. I look at the discount emails from Barnes and Nobles and New York and Company and I know I missing out on seasons, the weather, the beach and the fun.

The moment I call up my friends in US, I slide back to the conversation like I had never left. I miss out on my life in Chicago; on my 4 month here getting used to the city. I love it-hate it at times, with questions popping if I should stay behind. New opportunities have grown all over India and my career wouldn’t stop if I decide to. It would make my family happy and to be honest I am lost at times. The necessity to choose one over the another bothers me.

The Bengali cultural hub is famous for its richness, the artistic intricacies and the richness of the language. So, watching a play few days ago was fabulous, reminded me of my years here. A student of literature, I yearned for musicals and plays. I miss out on the fact that I don’t get a lot of time to write these days, job is all consuming.

The summer here is crazy, the heat, the humidity is good enough reason to chase anyone out of the city. The strikes called by parties continue and tomorrow being one, I perhaps will work from home.

Cricket rules Calcutta now, the “Knight Riders” owned by the King of Bollywood, Sharukh Khan himself has won the match today. The famous Eden Garden Stadium was packed with 90, 000 people if I remember right. Cheers to the team!