As I described in my first post, ICRISAT campus where I work and live is a quiet place... very quiet place.... And between quiet and boring, there is not a big step....
So you can imagine how happy I was to have the 
chance to travel 11 days on a field trip to West Bengal and Haryana!!
chance to travel 11 days on a field trip to West Bengal and Haryana!!See where these two States are on the map enclosed (as you have certainly noticed, this is an instructive blog, so if you read this post during your working hours, don't feel guilty, you actually expand your knowledge, which is for sure very beneficial for your work).
First, Sreedhar (one of my IWMI colleagues) and I headed to West Bengal. Our mission was to visit and select villages, establish a friendly contact with the district authorities and collect some maps, statistics, and whatever local officials were willing to provide us.
Our first stopover was Kolkata*. From the airport, we took a taxi to the railway station to catch the train that would lead us to Bankura, a small town 230 km northeast from Kolkata.
* "Kolkata" replaced "Calcutta", the former anglicised name of the city, in 2001 to reflect the Bengali pronunciation.
Some pictures taken on the way from the cab...
Howrah bridge
Snapshots - streets of Kolkata
I wish I could have stopped a few days in the City of Joy. I found it fascinating - despite of the noise, agitation and traffic, there is a kind of nonchalance that fills the air which magnetised me!
It is late here already - in the next post I will tell you about the mysteries of Bankura - I am sure all of you are impatient to know about it...
Djohar!
To enhance the interactivity of this blog, I launch a little quizz on this post: what does "djohar" mean and in which language? Some Indian sweets to win for the first right guess (only one of these will fill your stomach till the next quizz ...)!!!
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5 comments:
Après 30mn de recherche sur google, je sèche...
ok, let me try :
Toxic wood that may cause : skin discoloration, eye irritation, keratitis
Can be found in South East Asia, India, Australia
from : http://www.saw-online.com/Tips/hazard.htm
Enjoy your stay but don't touch the trees !
Matthieu it is a good try but I am afraid it does not have anything to do with trees!!
There are a few clues in the last post... One more hint: maybe you should search with "johar"
Moi, je dis Perle sacrée !!
Hi Floriane, Are you still working at ICRISAT. sorry that I could not contact since my return from Newcastle. My email ID is
aksingh_nehu@yahoo.co.in
Let me know about your whereabout
Cheers
Arvind
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