About
Hello and welcome to Petpujo and
Adda, a quintessential Bengali pursuit.
I love everything about life- new
days and Monday, people, food, cooking, hosting, dancing, bathroom singing,
reading and doing masters in various subjects, painting , talking, writing,
working and my job…………! Well, I can now hear my partner R muttering ‘You are
not allowed to say I loveeeee. Just say what you don’t like, that will be
easy’. That struck me. Really, I cannot find anything that I absolutely do not
like. And if I do not approve of something (not same as not liking) I have
another huge list of rationalisation for doing so.
Hence, after much inspiration,
encouragement, motivation, pushing and finally when bullied by friends into
writing this blog, I decided that it would be very difficult for me to write on
a single theme. Therefore, I decided to include matters that defines me: my
work on human rights and gender justice, people, food, photography (well,
getting there!) and traveling (the order
changes with the context).
I love my food and I love to
photograph them. Therefore, they will form an important aspect of my blog. However, my
endeavor would also be to write on development issues such as gender
discrimination, child rights, poverty and urban development to name the few. After
all best route to heart (and to mind) is through stomach, isn’t!
Why Petpujo and Adda?
Petpujo -a Bengali phrase meaning
worshiping the stomach, best describes Bengali’s fascinations with everything
edible. Adda Mara -for the uninitiated is a friendly chatting cum discussion
session that is fundamental to Bengali life. To be honest when we are not
eating we are talking. Find me a Bengali who does not love to eat and talk
about food and whose favorite pastime is not adda maroing. I bet you will find
none.
We know and love our food. We are
also very adventurous about trying different food but proudly decide our palate
is the best. We also like (like?!!!!!! too less said) to talk, debate, discuss and give our expert
opinion about everything from politics,
to science, to book, to music to Hindi
cinema. Food and talking governs our life and we are unapologetic about it.
So the name- It’s pretty self
explanatory isn’t?
Hope you enjoy being in my blog. Happy cooking and brain storming.
