Behind The Scene

It's been a long time since I updated my blog......a combination of being busy and out of sorts with myself. Though if I were to be honest, it's more my state of mind than anything else that's kept me away.

What have I been doing the last couple of months? Family, friends and a little amount of work. A friend was in hospital, someone in the family was ill and passed away, all of which took up almost a month. The next month was taken up with festivals starting with Durga Puja followed by Dushera finally culminating with Diwali.

Since I live in a mainly Bengali neighborhood there are pandals all around my house and I spent the whole Pujo playing host to various friends who visited. Walked till my feet hurt and ate like there was no tomorrow. By the end, even my stomach had said enough. Durga Puja is party time for Bengali's and the amount of food stalls in the pandals are a foodies delight. You name it and they have it. From chat to bhelpuri to tikka's to burra kababs and more. I ate out all five days.

Dushera was spent with friends at Khan Market where we ate, drank and watched Ravan burn. With Diwali approaching there were trips to Old Delhi, made easy with the brand new metro running. One of the special trips out of those was with two of my friends when we went candle shopping. We brought bags full of them lugging them back with difficulty on the metro.

Diwali was mainly time spent at home with family. It was as hectic as ever and let me add, this year the pollution was terrible. I remember driving that night and there were pockets where I actually need to put on my emergency lights because the visibility was so poor.

So that's the busy part of the last two months....the out of sorts part shall stay private inside my mind. Sorry for depriving you of all the masala chatpata bits :P