Dr Souvik Chatterji
@sathviksouvik (17928)
Age 47
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Dr Souvik Chatterji
@sathviksouvik (17928)
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In the summer the jasmine plantations are a blessing. In the countryside they are grown in bulk. Jasmine is called bel in bengali and mogra in hindi. It has a lovely fragrance. When it is evening when the jasmines bloom together...
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Dr Souvik Chatterji
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21 Apr
In Bengal majority of the flowering farms are situated adjacent to the vegetable farms. While the brinjal farms, capsicum farms, potato farms require different watering and treatment they help the growth of the flowering farms....
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Dr Souvik Chatterji
@sathviksouvik (17928)
20 Apr
Those people who work in private companies in India the heat is unbearable. For example I work in private university. On a saturday if I dont go there I will lose my job. There are many sole bread earners in India like me who are...
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Dr Souvik Chatterji
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19 Apr
The weather in West Bengal India has changed. In other years in the month of April there used to be norwesters giving rain here and there with storms. This year there has not been any norwester called kalbaisakhi in bengali. The...
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Dr Souvik Chatterji
@sathviksouvik (17928)
19 Apr
In Calcutta in India there is severe heat wave. Temperature has gone to 40 degree celsius. There are no indications of norwesters also. There is serious humidity also. While schools of children are going to be shut down next week,...
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Dr Souvik Chatterji
@sathviksouvik (17928)
16 Apr
There are 2 types of peas found in Bengal. One form are the small grams. The others are called Kabuli Chola. These are bigger in size. Bengalies make a curry out of them and eat with chapatis. North Indians prepare a dish called...
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Dr Souvik Chatterji
@sathviksouvik (17928)
15 Apr
In the countryside in the east the marigold plantations called genda are planted in the middle of other vegetable farms. They include the potato farms, the cauliflower plants and brinjal farms. The marigold bring a lot of revenue...
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Dr Souvik Chatterji
@sathviksouvik (17928)
15 Apr
I have all the flower plants planted in pots in my balcony. Sometimes I wonder can 2 flowering plants be planted in the same pot? What I heard from others is that the roots of one plants derives the nourishment from the soil. So...
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Dr Souvik Chatterji
@sathviksouvik (17928)
14 Apr
14th April was happy bengali new year. I wish happy bengali new year to everyone. There are 12 months of bengali calender called baishakh, jaishtha, ashar, shravan, bhadro, ashwin, kartik, aghrahawn, poush, magh, phalgun, chaitri....
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Dr Souvik Chatterji
@sathviksouvik (17928)
12 Apr
The state flower for Bengal is Sheuli. Whenever I travelled to the countryside i have spend my time amidst nature. In the morning the flowers fall down from the trees. I found it had created a lovely site. The flowers have lovely...
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Dr Souvik Chatterji
@sathviksouvik (17928)
11 Apr
Whenever I and my family go across the woods I stop the car to get fresh oxygen. In the cities there is hardly trees. The mahua and teak sal trees in the forest give natural oxygen. It is very refreshing to spend time there with...
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Dr Souvik Chatterji
@sathviksouvik (17928)
11 Apr
I am having the champa flowers and the mogra or jasmine flowers blossoming in the pots in the balcony at the same time. While the mogra or jasmine stay for a short time in the plant the champa flowers stay for a long time. I offer...
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Dr Souvik Chatterji
@sathviksouvik (17928)
7 Apr
The capsicum plantations in the countryside are awesome. They are lush green. The capsicum bulges out from the bottom branches. A lot of watering is required. In India the capsicum is called shimla mirch and is used in chowmin,...
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Dr Souvik Chatterji
@sathviksouvik (17928)
4 Apr
In bengali the vegetable turai is called jhinge. I had jhinge posto with rice. Posto is the bengali word for poppy seed paste. it is a very tasty, item. The poppy seeds are crushed and converted into a paste. Then the curry is...
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