Calcutta walks

On the afternoon when the Nor'westers provided a welcome relief from the heat and dust of summer, Pinoo and me went on a small walk near Chowringhee. We walked along Harrington Street passing the newly inaugurated Rabindranath Tagore Centre for Culture. It is not an impressive building but it has a modern earthy appeal. They have a quaint little cafe, which was unfortunately shut. I'm sure this is going to our new haunt for those long conversations we have over tea. We then walked down to Camac street and landed up in Vardaan market for some chutpatta street food. There were Chilla, puchka, jhaal muri, kulfi stalls all lined up to entice our taste buds. We further walked down to Middleton Row, passing my newly-painted school and church. We then headed for Park street and came across a vendor selling a very funny headgear. The moment you blow the whistle attached to it, two little horns come up on your head. I tried hard to convince Pinoo to don the headgear but he's just so shy. I love making him do embarrassing things like walking with a swagger in the middle of a busy Park Street evening. On the way to the metro station, an old frail woman asked us for help to pay for her medical treatment in a hospital. Pinoo paid her believing she may be genuinely true. And then we said our goodbyes and headed to our respective destinations.