Durga Puja 2022 - Maha Saptami outing 2022-10-02

Maha Saptami, Sunday 2022-10-02. 

I left my place in the vicinity of Salt Lake Stadium at 3.15 pm with daughter and wife for Puja hopping in my VW Vento. I was back home at 9.15 pm after visiting a handful of the popular Durga Puja pandals in South Kolkata. 

Visited Bhowanipore (starting with Paddapukur and onwards to Chakraberia, Northern Park, Abasar, Golmaath, etc). Then drove to Southern Avenue, easily parked my Vento on a lane besides Nav Nalanda School. Walked down to the pandals of Mudiali, Lake, Shiv Mandir, etc. Finally, drove back to Salt Lake Sector 3. Visited the HA, HB, GD Block association puja mandaps. Then, stuffed ourselves with goodies from Mio Amore at IA256. 

Bought chicken biriyani for dinner at home from my regular joint in Beliaghata. 

Roads were unbelievably empty. Parking the car was far more easy than on normal non-festive days. 

Total distance covered was exactly 30 kms. 

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* Durga Puja 2022 

* Indian Roadie Durga Puja 2022

Visited Ma for lunch (and that too alone) at Behala after possibly 75 or more days (might be 90+ days) on 2022-09-21. 

Thanks to #IndianRoadieEGranth (monthly eBook) that was launched wef April 2022, I just couldn't carve out time and make it possible to visit her in between 😩😩😩 

I derive pleasure in doing whatever I like doing most. It was Ma who inculcated this trait in me. Baba left us for ever in mid June 2014. Ma at 84 is happy to live a motivated life with her penchant for cooking, gardening, stitching/ knitting/ sewing, learning new stuff and more. 

At 83 she had started mastering the art of fiddling with a smartphone ❤ 

* Visiting Ma

My body weight in July 2022, November 2021, July 2021

My body weight on 2022-07-12 was 72 kgs. 

On 2021-11-17 it was 74.25 kgs. 

On 2021-07-12 it was 75 kgs. 

My height is a shade lesser than 5 ft 11 inches. 

My weight has hovered between 75 and 78 kgs ever since the early 1990s. 

That's for the records and an honest submission. 

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* Emni Emni 

* Meri Marzi 

* No Rhyme Or Reason

Arnab (Babu) was the 1st guest to enter our house on 2022-08-22 after February 2020

The first guest to enter our house on 2022-08-22 afternoon for a couple of hours ever since Covid broke out in India in March 2020 was my bro-in-law Arnab Chakraborty (ex- Delloite) from Mumbai. 

I only hope that the terrible havoc caused by Covid is history!