Dr Souvik Chatterji
@sathviksouvik (18106)
Age 47
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Dr Souvik Chatterji
@sathviksouvik (18106)
17 May
Today I had kabuli chana and chapatis. Kabuli chana is one type of gram a bigger than the common one. They are boiled and cooked with potatoes and onions. In north india along with chapatis sometime they are eaten with batore. The...
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Dr Souvik Chatterji
@sathviksouvik (18106)
16 May
Today I had poha with onions and nuts. It is cooked in a way that the onions whether fried or unfried adds taste. The nuts or badam are fried. There can be coriander leaves and kari leaves added to them. The food tastes lovely. In...
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Dr Souvik Chatterji
@sathviksouvik (18106)
14 May
In bengal other than rice plantation there are many vegetables which are cultivated. They are farmed and cultivated in bulk. The plantations are also huge. When the potatoes are harvested they give huge revenue also. There is a...
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Dr Souvik Chatterji
@sathviksouvik (18106)
13 May
In summer the sunlight is very severe. In forests there is a difference. As the tall trees create a canopy the sunlight cannot pierce through the bigger green cover. The dark background is very soothing compared to the urbanized...
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Dr Souvik Chatterji
@sathviksouvik (18106)
12 May
I worship my mother like a Goddess. I suppose every individual in this world love and respect their mothers the most. So I wish happy mother's day to all the mothers. They are the inspiration of majority of population across the...
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Dr Souvik Chatterji
@sathviksouvik (18106)
12 May
Yesterday I had bittergourd curry with rice. Bittergourd is called ucche in bengali and karela in hindi. It is good for health. Some bengalies eat it in boiled form. When it is made into curry potato and drumstick can be added to...
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Dr Souvik Chatterji
@sathviksouvik (18106)
12 May
Many of the farmlands do not repeat the same crops in the year. In one year if it was cabbage planted there in the other year there is potato plantation. While different crops give different yields, the fertility of the soils are...
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Dr Souvik Chatterji
@sathviksouvik (18106)
10 May
Whenever I got a scope to visit a habitat centre I buy the feed for the animals and birds. I found it really fun to feed the emus. They are kept in an enclosure. When leaves and bird feeds are provided they come forward and have...
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Dr Souvik Chatterji
@sathviksouvik (18106)
9 May
In the countryside in Bengal there are many habitat centres. While the birds and animals are nurtured there the flowering plants are also propagated. There are flowers from different species and accordingly they are nurtured. It...
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Dr Souvik Chatterji
@sathviksouvik (18106)
7 May
The entire month of April was hot and humid in Calcutta. Yesterday night the first norwester struck Calcutta. It is called kalbaisakhi. It rained heavily. Although the temperature has remained around 36 degree celsius, there has...
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Dr Souvik Chatterji
@sathviksouvik (18106)
7 May
In Bengal jhinge posto is a very tasty dish. It is eaten with rice. Posto means the poppy seed paste. The paste is mixed with the vegetable turai which is called jhinge in bengali and rice.
It has delicious taste and potatoes can...
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Dr Souvik Chatterji
@sathviksouvik (18106)
5 May
Ladies finger is a watery vegetable eaten a lot in the summer. When grown in the fields and farmlands they are supported by big trees. The big trees give shade. Too much of sunlight is bad for the plantations so the shade of the...
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Dr Souvik Chatterji
@sathviksouvik (18106)
3 May
In Calcutta during summer mangoes come in the market in late April. This year there has been severe heat. While the raw mangoes are available in the market used for making chutney or pickle, the ripe ones are yet to come. May be...
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Dr Souvik Chatterji
@sathviksouvik (18106)
1 May
In summer where there is a lot of humidity a lot of water is lost. The water melon is one of the fruits is a very useful fruit. The fruit has more of a watery content. It can be cut into pieces and eaten. Also it can be converted...
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