Food! Food! Food!

A Story by Shashwati Roy

Being a Bengali, I have got huge responsibility to ensure that fish curry is made honourably. Now you see Bong community have got a talent to start a conversation with politics and sport but endend up with food. Whether it is aloo dum or roshogollah or any type of fish.
Funny thing is even bengali reality show enjoy food. Switch on to the bengali channel, either the camera will be focussed on kitchen or plate with delicacies or romancing with food. "My dear love, you are just like a sweet pudding to me!!"
Even topic of rage and anger end up with food. Sport is not left too. "PV sindhu won a silver medal. What a great player she is. You know her diet was a chicken stew. Remember last sunday we had chicken. We should prepare...." And it goes on discussion about chicken. Mouth watering! Yumm! Can't blame myself!
Yesterday I heard my mother chit chatting with another bengali aunty. "My son got posted in China. Bechara! he is living on noodles and dumplings.... not getting any chapati and pulses". So sad! even I can feel how that bengali boy is surviving the Chinese food and not getting any spicy fish curry.
Anyways, deep downdown Bengali culture thrive in foody way. We sharp our brain by having fish's brain!!. That's why we are so forward in education Tsk! Tsk! Maybe next time I end up writing about food and delicacies.
Have a sweet sondesh day :)