I can declare that after trying the majority of the "biscuits" here in Kolkata, my official favorite is (drum roll, please...) Priya Elaichi Creme! They not only have cardamom flavored frosting and cost five rupees, but the creme is also tinted a beautifully fake green color, such as you can only find in artificial food coloring. Biscuits are really more like cheap, packaged cookies in such a variety- salty and sweet, round and square, cream filled or plain. They're best eaten during an evening stroll around the city, or an evening constitutional, as some well-worded people might call such a walk. Let me know if you want to try them, and I'll send you a package.
Another exciting snippet of information is that I am now an official member of Naga Christian Fellowship, I even filled out a form. This means that for the remainder of my Sundays in Kolkata, I get to hear special songs by boys wearing "If there isn't Bacardi in heaven, I ain't going there" t-shirts. Oh, the joy.
And finally, I rejoice in the fact that after years of searching, I have discovered a language with as much time confusion as I have. In Bengali, the word borshu means both day after tomorrow and day before yesterday.
"My India is Great!" (As the blue dump trucks say. I couldn't agree more.)
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