I got up late just by 10mins but the challenge was that I dint have my mom to run behind me or my dad to shout at to help me reach my work place. All set and done I was actually ready on time for my breakfast. Now the breakfast had some flakes and fruits, it also included some south Indian dishes, Dose, Idli etc. But as always I chose to have something that looked and smelled new to me.
At the breakfast table I was noticing people around me. I saw a young girl come in to carry some food back home(parcel), she placed her order and was waiting to receive it during which there was an elderly woman who visited the place for similar reasons. As the young girl noticed this woman, she walked up to her quickly and bowed down to touch her feet for blessings. This elderly woman to my understanding was just an acquaintance to her.
Having had a light breakfast, we headed to the car which was waiting for us. Travelling across the city, our friend from Kolkata (Mr.Biswajith) pointed to us a lot of famous places around the city, beginning from the ITS Sonar Bangla, the Science City, Eden Garden , Hanging bridge(Over the Hoogly river), etc. The travel from our stay place to our work place was an approximate of an hour. The old buildings the yellow taxis, Bengali hoardings and boards, green auto rickshaws, garbage all around, the police out here were in Blues and Whites and not in Khakis, they were trying their best to avoid traffic jams in the city(Kolkata is known for its hour long jams). Kolkata being a very un-clean place there were a lot of mosquitoes even inside the car we were travelling in, and my friend was bitten by many of them and me by a few. With this he decided to shoo them out of the window…..however the success rate is confidential and is known only to him. :P
Crossing the Santragachi railway station we reached the out skirts of the city where I observed tiny garages, tiny village like scenes at the out skirts of the city, barber shops and tea corners in bamboo huts, open jeeps to transport people, also some unique transport to accommodate and reach people short distances.
We finally reached the college, well before we further, my colleague (Rana) had requested our bong friend to help him find a waist belt for himself while we were getting into the car from the hotel. The time was about 9.30am, we had not found a belt till we reached the college. So now is the belt hunt. Rana, placed his request again and this time it was a little tricky to people around as the place (college) we were in was in the outskirts of the city and the chances were tough. So the people in charge took a call and sent with us a person who lived in the same vicinity to help Rana. I decided to join them and for me it was a joy ride!! J
On the way to the Belt hunt, I found bullock rickshaws commuting people to their nearby destinations…this was a very unique thing that I found, a small little motor vehicle in the front and attached to it was a wooden plank board supported by two wheels. These bullock rickshaws transported nearly 10-12 people at a time.
There were tiny huts with small shops were we just could not anticipate to get a belt. However, we took a ride around and dint find the required. However, Rana being a determined person and also being very conscious about his looks dint give up on his belt hunt. Luckily, He found a belt and we returned to the work place in time to start with our work for the day.
A usual day went by at work and it being the first day we had a lot of preparation for the following days and the day ended with a continental dinner and an Ice Cream! J
