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Can you imagine Bengalis going beyond the stereotype of macher jhol and rosogollas? In any ‘adda session’ they can create an ambience of hypertension relating to political issues and fights for establishing the superiority of Satyajit Ray and Saurav Ganguly. No matter what, Bengalis come up with high intellect and typical lifestyle especially during the Sundays or any mid-week holiday. Let us check the order of their ideal lifestyle in holidays.
A lethargic feeling grasps Bengalis since early morning, and they define it as ‘lyadh’. They expect bed tea but drinking a cup of tea after coming out of bed would also do.
The next important thing in their ‘to do list’ is reading the newspaper. They need to know the gossips and about the political party creating turmoil. But after reading the newspaper, they will definitely not change their mindset. Reading the news is just a way of preparing themselves for the fight session in the local ‘Chayer dokan’ (tea shop).
You know what Bengalis eat for breakfast on holidays? Yes, you hit the bullseye. It is nothing but ‘luchi torkari’. Life revolves around the smell of ‘alur torkari’ in the morning as alu (potato) is the ultimate term for the Bongs.
And you also know that something is missing. Yes, that is nothing but ‘gorom jilipi’. They take the trouble of walking to the nearest jilipi shop and buy the hot jilipis and conclude that everyone ahead of them in the queue to have ‘jilipir pyach’ in their mind.
