Chintadhara - a thought process

Thanks to Chinmay ! I got a new pass time!! This is basically vocabulary test and with each correct match you get some point which is depicted as your Vocab Level. But thats not all, as the site puts it and I quote - "For each word you get right, we donate 20 grains of rice through the United Nations to help end world hunger" Isn't this nice, donate rice while polish your vocabulary. I love it!

Almost after 8 years (6 years according to my mom, still the debate is on with her :)!!!) I finally got a chance to visit the eastern part of the country. The reason was my cousin's marriage . Wedding was in Vadodara and bou-bhaat (aka reception) was is Rishra , a suburb near Kolkata . Rishra is also my native place. My Thamma (paternal grandmother) and many relatives live there. It was quite a fun to visit after so many years and meeting so many people together. Most exciting thing was I was not able to recognize a single person. After meeting so many people and the rounds of introduction I was the totally confused. Boy! I have quite a big family tree. Cousin's marriage gave a good opportunity to meet many of them. In between all the wedding functions I did get some chance to visit Kolkata. Since my childhood days, I used to always love a drive through the city of Kolkata (Calcutta then) and crossing the Howrah Bridge was the main attraction. This time also it felt quite th...