কলকাতা : Being a Bengali

I wanted to start my blog of 2015 with a different theme.. While searching for it, I found out why not write about our incredible India. So for my 1st write-up, I decided to virtually visit Kolkata...! One of the oldest developed cities of India, Kolkata (earlier named as Calcutta), is a magical city. Rich in traditional aspect and highly knowledgeable literates, it is regarded as Cultural and Intellectual capital of India. It is homeland to world's well known personalities including nobel laureates, scientists, artists, actors, etc and at the same time, it is amongst the most affordable megacities of India even being a metropolitan. See the variance in Kolkata, rich and poor...every person are self sufficient with whatever lives they have. It's basically a living soul itself which resides on every Bengali or residents of West Bengal and that's why they say "Amar shonar Bangla" (My Golden Bengal ). One side there is Mayapur, the Prayer's paradise which is also the epicentre of ISKCON; and on the other side there is Sonagachi, the Brothel paradise, one of the largest red-light districts in Asia. On one side there is Kolkata Knight Riders, the famous IPL cricket team, which people follow from heart; and on the other side there is Calcutta Football league, and Bengalis..they just loves football... From maach (fish) and chicken ; to the famous Kati rolls ; to the tastiest sweets all over the country like Rasgullas, chamcham, sandesh, and other countless mishtis (sweets).
But above all, the most interesting thing about Kolkata is the diverse and lively people residing here who love chit-chatting all day long be it a man or a woman (infact truth being told, Bengali men gossips a lot even more than women...hehe.. ). I mean, they just love to talk man.. :) A typical Bengali sounds funny when he/she talks in hindi or english.. The famous hindi words including.. Udi Baba (Oh My God), kya korta hai tum (what are you doing), and mixing genders as well.. lol. :P. Women, they like to dominate the house and screams at her top of the voice when she gets angry but loves her households a lot. Another way of finding out a Bong from a group, is his love for food..they are basically Foodaholics.. haha :), always keeping their hands and mouth busy with n-number of cuisines around them. The best time to visit Kolkata is during Durga Puja, when these bunch of party lovers are full-on celebrating this 10-day festival in full masti like the world will end after it. Also, if you ever encounter with a Bengali, you will find a romantic side of them, they love being loved and pampered, and keep their hearts on their hands for people they are really fond of ;) . All in all, Bengalis are, what we call as Shaukeens or Zealous with just about everything they need to be happy and that's precisely why it is called as City of Joy...!!!
I surveyed some of my cute Bengali friends for whatever I wrote in my above lines, and I'm sure, people reading it, will fully agree to it. I would like to know more about being a Bengali. I thank my friends for each word I wrote in this small article. :)