Kolkata Life

Hi

I hope all of my friends are doing fine in their professional and personal life. I was going through our old posts and I really felt good (and bad) after going through it. So as it is been a long time I wrote something, I though I should do one now.

My life in Kolkata is going fine. I have many things to share and I am starting to write them here. It is durga puja festival time and I got enough time to read my favorite books and be lazy and sleep well also :)

So from where shall I start writing. ??? (and forgive for this not being in a structured way)

First of all about the new friends in Kolkata. It is really difficult to get good friends after you complete your academics. I find it really difficult to find new friends after passing out from college. It is not because I became more workaholic(which is not true) or lack of interest, it just didn't happen. The chemistry of two different personalities will match only if enough time is given to know each other. And even if they both give enough time, they are bluffing each other to rule the show. So I find it really difficult to know any person outside my company. This doesn't mean I am very desperate in my life. I like it that way and I enjoy my time in reading books and visiting new places.

I was not that fond of books when I was in college. I used to listen to Naru and Diwakar who read many books and I also dream of reading that much books. What really made me to read books is that I am having a number of questions in life. It includes spiritual, religious, politics, self improvement, and this lead me to books. Each book gave me a number of answers but it opened a fresh number of questions also. So now I enjoy reading a lot. A good thing that happened after reaching Kolkata :)

I found that the culture in Kolkata is rocking. The night life is superb and the babes are hot. It is also very true that Kolkata is the "City of Joy". Every person who visits Kolkata will find that the people here are very happy even if their living conditions are poor. But there are things that need to be changed. The industrial, political and economic views should change. It is also very painful to see that things are changing at a slow pace here. I tried comparing our own Kerala and there is good and bad at both sides. I feel very happy to experience the different cultures.

The place I stay is a planned city/municipality called as "Salt lake city". Salt lake city is about 15 Kms far from the south Calcutta(err, park street: the place I hang around) and this is located at the North Calcutta. People who are living in Kolkata are having a different culture compared to the Salt lake culture. The people who are settled in salt lake is more NRI's and other affluent classess who are living more of a life of their own. I can see some community centers around but with my conversations with people in Kolkata, they say that salt lake culture doesn't represent the life of Kolkata. It can be correct. The people in Salt lake are living a life of their own and I think the families don't even know their neighbors( a possibility). Anyway, I am staying here and I am enjoying my stay :)

Recently I visited a beach resort in West Bengal. The name of the place is Mandermoni(see the picture above) which is 180+Kms from the place I stay. It was a fun trip with my flat mate (who is also my colleague). I drove the whole journey in my car. I should say that the beach was superb as it was very long. We could drive the cars through the beach and it was total fun. But what I missed was the great waves that can be seen in shankhumugam. The sea waves here were so silent and I didn't see any great waves that could burn your spirits to jump up. But I recommend this place for anyone who likes to spent some time with their loved ones because it is you and the beach alone left with the sound of a silent beach.

Thats all for now. Wishing you all the best.

PS: I will be visiting home during Xmas. Catch you all at that time.

Take care,
Nibin