Outing with Indian Roadie Nikhilesh Roy to College Street on 2023-12-04

Outing with Indian Roadie Nikhilesh Roy in his Hyundai Creta to College Street (opposite, Calcutta Medical College) for shopping of plumbing and bathroom fittings for his own house on 2023-12-04 evening.  

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* Indian Roadie GTG 

Maa Durga visarjan at Jhansi Kalibari on 2025-10-02

Maa Durga visarjan at Jhansi Kalibari on 2025-10-02. 

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* Durga Puja 2025 

MyWB20Z2223 was ready for a hassle free Durga Puja 2025 outing in Kolkata by the afternoon of Sosthi, viz. 2025-09-28

MyWB20Z2223 was ready for a hassle free Durga Puja 2025 pandal hopping throughout Kolkata by the afternoon of Sosthi, viz. 2025-09-28. The Exide battery was fully recharged for about 18 hours at an Indian Roadie Preferred Battery Shop. 

As a token of appreciation for recommending the business outlet to numerous fellow Indian Roadie followers without any financial favours for self, I was awarded with FREE home service. I had to incur a small payout only for the overnight charging. 

Hopefully, you too had a niggles free Durga Puja outing. 

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* Durga Puja 2025 

Torrential rains in Kolkata from 2 am on 2025-09-23

It has started raining cats and dogs here in Kolkata since 2 am on Tuesday 2025-09-23. 

It's past 3.45 am while posting the videos recorded from the 1st floor balcony of my house near Salt Lake Stadium. There's no respite from the intensity of the downpour. 

Saptami of Durga Puja is less than a week away. Only hope that the festivities don't get washed away. 

Roads in Kolkata will be totally waterlogged almost throughout the morning and afternoon. 

Drive safe. 

Too many panautis have swarmed West Bengal! 

Vishwakarma Puja celebration at an Indian Roadie Preferred Workshop in Kolkata on 2025-09-17

Vishwakarma Puja 2025 celebration at an Indian Roadie Preferred Workshop in Kankurgachi, Kolkata on 2025-09-17. Also seen is the packet of savouries from Bhikaram Chandmal. 

Digha's Jagannath Dham Cultural Centre unhygienic halal prasad

Digha's Jagannath Dham Cultural Centre unhygienic halal prasad made by muzlims at various locations in West Bengal were distributed free of cost with ₹20 spent per packet containing a peda and a goja from the state government exchequer in late June and early July 2025. 

The packet was offered to me on 2025-07-01 by a shop owner who's an acquaintance of mine. I politely declined to consume the prasad. However, I clicked enough photos for your perusal. 

Don't miss this  .... 

https://howindiatravels.blogspot.com/2025/09/large-scale-corruption-on-inspiration.html 

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How West Bengal Travels

Visited Ma in Behala with Diya, Diksha on Bijoya Dasami, 2024-10-13

Visited Ma in Behala by car with Diya, Diksha on Bijoya Dasami, 2024-10-13. 

Good habits die hard - vegetables washed thoroughly before cooking 2025-08-19

The habit of vigorously washing vegetables started in March 2020 ever since the Gandhi Virus (Covid 19) kept us indoors for almost 2 years. Even on 2025-08-19 the habit has not changed a bit in my household. 

Every vegetable and fruit item bought from the market is painstakingly dipped in light detergent solution for 30 minutes and then scrubbed clean in flowing tap water and left to dry naturally for 2 to 3 hours 😡😡😡 

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* Good Habits Die Hard

Xiaomi Mi 6A battery changed on 2025-07-19

I have been using my Xiaomi Mi 6A for long hours every single day for voice calls, WhatsApp, Social Media and photography ever since I bought it in early July 2019 without any hassles whatsoever. That's exactly 6 years of uninterrupted service. 

Since May 2025, the handset was losing charge very fast, from 100% to 0% within 4 hours of moderate internet use 😰. 

On Thursday 2025-07-19, I replaced the battery of my Mi 6A from a small shop near Joramandir market in Beliaghata, Kolkata 700010. Its owner, a soft spoken and well behaved man, Tarak Das who knows his job well, is known to me since end June 2019. 

Hopefully, the phone starts serving me well for the next couple of years. 

P.S: If any of my contacts want to get their phones repaired feel free to get the work done only by Tarak. However, stay clear from getting any work done by Tarak's assistant who sits across the counter. He lacks the much needed X-factor. This person is just the opposite of Tarak's skill and behaviour! The assistant might actually jeopardize Tarak's business and hard earned reputation.

Thank you wifey dear for making me my favourite french toast on 2025-08-17 afternoon. 

P.S: The 4 slices soak in a lot of oil. I try to lead a regimented lifestyle. Therefore, instruction to my wife is not to serve me these not more than once every 6 - 8 weeks!