This shot is from right outside the hut that I was born in. The ladies are manually separating the grain (rice) from the chaff using – what we call in Bengali, “kulo”. Does anybody happen to know what is the English word for it?

… That has to fairly distribute wine to siblings and spouses…. from a water jar… into tea cups… No less!
This was a typical 8:00 pm activity at my sister’s place when we were in Infia last week.

… That is the question…

This is a scene from the village that I was born in which I visited a few weeks back. It was a cold and foggy morning. But this lady was out and about cleaning utensils from previous night’s meals..

Here is a selfie for a few people – notably my wife and kids – who wanted to see how silly I looked in those Qatar Airways pajamas…

The bird was drinking chlorinated water straight from the pool at our hotel!

Captured from the hotel room

Saw this on Durgapur Expressway near Palsit. Somebody must have decided to paint out all the English words he knew on this truck. I get “Quick Service Best Service”. But what is “Go Luck”? Note how under “Fast”, it says “Slow Drive” 🙂
“Only Export” – that has to be a stretch!! The ultimate is the last line “Don’t Sorry Fast” 🙂
Finally, note the Hindi scribbling where the license plate ought to be. I think the license number is painted above “Please”!!!

Cricket in Juhu beach on Jan 1st. Taken from the hotel room…