Winter is here finally!
By Aparna Sen
@Dreamerby (6102)
Calcutta, India
November 15, 2024 11:46pm CST
With 30 degrees Celcius two days ago, I thought winter would be here only when pigs fly. In hindsight, I see how wrong I was!
The chilly winds from the Ganges mingling with the scent of Shiuli flowers are weaving a bucolic charm on the hamstrings of a paradise underway! The chimerical picaresque Calcutta of the winter months is finally a reality now. I can go to College street and have a cup of coffee with fish fry and chicken cutlet at the timeless Coffee House ! I can imbibe the sublime beauty of Victoria Memorial without having to worry about the scorching heat baking me along the way! I am already wrapped around a muffler and a Cotswool shirt!
How are y'all?
How is your day?
Do you like Winter?
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@Dreamerby (6102)
• Calcutta, India
16 Nov
haha! Christmas is all about cakes for me! I love those cakes!!
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@allknowing (138402)
• India
16 Nov
@Dreamerby There is more to Christmas than just cakes (lol)
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@Dreamerby (6102)
• Calcutta, India
16 Nov
"Christmas is a homely festival. Its celebrated within the family." That's what my sister says all the time when I lament that I have never been to Park Street to see Christmas Celebration.
She lives in Dublin.She is not my biological sister. A distant relative she is. But I call her sister.
@xFiacre (13214)
• Ireland
16 Nov
@dreamerby I love winter. Here we have 12 degrees right now and next week will drop to 6 - I hope. I was in Calcutta in November 1979 and I loved it.
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@xFiacre (13214)
• Ireland
16 Nov
@Dreamerby I’m sure I wouldn’t recognise the place.
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@Dreamerby (6102)
• Calcutta, India
16 Nov
Wow thats a long time back! I wasn't even born then. My mom wasn't born then as well.
A lot has changed since then.
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@Dreamerby (6102)
• Calcutta, India
16 Nov
Yeah I remember you saying Philippines has only 2 seasons.
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@rakski (126951)
• Philippines
16 Nov
@Dreamerby yes, so I will enjoy all your stories of winter
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@LindaOHio (183178)
• United States
16 Nov
I hate winter and I wish I lived in the Florida Keys. Have a good weekend.
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@Shivram59 (36883)
• India
16 Nov
I'm fine.Here also the weather is too cold.They say we are going to have a very cold winter this year.I'm eagerly looking forward to it.I love all seasons.Every season has a unique beauty of its own.
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@aureategloom (11022)
• Bosnia And Herzegovina
16 Nov
what a poetic way to describe how you feel about the chilly winds and colder weather
i love winter, but only if i'm inside and not freezing
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@luisadannointed (6410)
• Philippines
16 Nov
I think that college street with coffee shop i so nice plus the weather, it will b nice to have some coffee and read a good book.
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@Dreamerby (6102)
• Calcutta, India
16 Nov
Oh. I would looove to see snow.. I guess people get bored of things they see all the time.
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@JudyEv (342639)
• Rockingham, Australia
17 Nov
It's warming up here now. It's supposed to be summer.
@LovesEverybody (4386)
• United States
16 Nov
i like winter as long as it doesn't get too cold. we are supposed to have our first inch of snow next Friday for this winter. i don't know how i feel about it though!
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