दिल की बातें, सीधे से

A Bengali movie I watched last night. My husband insisted that we watch this movie as it had good reviews and looked promising, unaware of the fact that it was in Bengali-the language close to me and he hardly understands. Obviously, he dozed off after about 40 minutes while I watched on till midnight. It was a beautiful movie, nothing unusual sort and not something that hasn’t been done before. All the actors did excellent job, Mousami chatterji and Rahul Bose were just spectacular. In the beginning , it felt like one of Satyajit Ray movies. The river, boats, muddy streets, rains and typical mud houses of far off villages in Bengal. It was a simple yet unusual love story of a Bengali elementary school teacher and a Japanese girl in Japan. Who are both introverts and take solace in writing letters to people across globe. They find themselves as soul mates but due to all practical reason are unable to cross the boarders and physically meet each other. They get married via letters, which...

The weekend started early Friday while making batches of idlis and chutney to take with us for the 3 night get away vacation we planned with 2 other friends. The location was Bethany Beach in Delaware. As we stepped down after 4 hours drive all I wanted to do was have a cup of coffee. We drove non-stop for the whole stretch. We couldn’t locate any Dunkin Donut or McDonald in the last stretch of hour and so I was in a caffeine-free and energy-free state. There was a coffee maker but no coffee in the four story, five bedroom, 4 baths and 7 beds (includes 2 bunk bed) townhouse we were renting. We drop the stuff and head to the beach only to be hit by a mild disappointment with Bahamas Blue (rather Turquoise) still fresh in the memories. Pratyush loved the water, he is not as judgmental as we are or may be he is more practical and realizes what he is going for better. He gets his cloth wet as he always does when left around water, be it a hose, sea or the sink. We head to the Tanger out...