Campus Tour and Bengali Food

Bhola and the girls -- Hannah, Francesca and Kaori -- left about an hour ago for the project. By now they have probably crossed Siuri -- that's if they don't encounter any road-blocks which seem to spring out of nowhere for the flimsiest of reasons. No electic supply, no water supply, no medical assistance, a minor altercation between two people -- anything could be reason for a road-block or poth-oborodh as it is know here. I don't understand how this helps the cause. Creating inconveniences for the people who probably have nothing to do with the problem is certainly no solution. Why not go and gherao the people responsible for the lack of basic amenities?

Anyway, Mitali and the girls arrived  around lunch time. We ate immediately and then everyone rested in the afternoon. It was terribly hot yesterday. Really, really, unbearably hot. So we all had a bit of siesta. Then Bhola took the girls to the museum, which was closed because everything -- shops, institutions, etc -- are closed for half a day on Tuesdays. And they are closed all day on Wednesdays -- and today is Wednesday. Anyway, they went around the campus and generally enjoyed the trip. Bhola to enjoyed driving them around as he had never been inside the campus before.

I think the heat and the journey got to Kaori, who was not looking too good when she got back from the visit. But a little bit of rest and she was ready for dinner. We all went out to our favourite eating joint -- Ghare Baire -- which serves authentic Bengali food. The ambience is nice and it's got Rabindranath's doodles and graffitti on the walls. and roof. Quite a nice place and the food is good and we had invited Sunil, his wife Abira and his daughter Shinja too. So it was a nice evening even though we were all too busy eating and so conversation was minimal. And we came back early so that we could get some sleep beacause Bhola and the girls would have an early start.

For me, it was a nice day and a great way to "warm up" the house and in some ways show off my "domestic skills"! Awww.... as usual, I forgot to take pictures!