Rohan please compile all your Substack essays into a book and please publish it. I'll buy the first copy and will recommend it to all my friends.
These essays are so damn funny bhai😂
P.S. I expect a signed copy and bragging rights for pitching this idea to you even if n number of people have pitched it to you or if this is already in your plans.
Taking naps for meals and showering before you begin your productive day. I must have been a Bengali in my previous life.
I've been blessed (thanks to perhaps my forefathers' voracious appetites for any food) with a sturdy stomach. But I've seen people who treat it like a child, listening to its needs while mine is left to fend for itself. And yet, I test its limits. I have a masochistic relationship with extra spicy food. I suffer and enjoy my scalp sweating, nose leaking and my mouth feeling like I've swallowed some hot coals. Then I suffer the next morning as lava emerges from the other end. Maybe because of this callous treatment my black hole of dependence is getting more sensitive these days and I have the occasional suffering. Digene rocks.
Haha brilliant. Hilarious. I don't get acidity (touchwood) but as someone who can't even have breakfast without a bath, that's one Bengali trait I'm glad to have :D
Hahahahaha, this is gold! For my family and hence me, it’s always been Aqua Ptychotis (I hope I’m spelling it right) or the trusted joaner arok. Sadly it’s becoming rare and hard to find these days in Kolkata. Yet CR Park stocks it in plenty
All I do is give you great content and all you do is spread misinformation about me.
I bathe in the morning if I have to go out. if I'm not going out, there is no need to bathe until enough grime for the day has made its way onto me???
And I bathe everyday, hello?? You think you can just say anything or what??? I bathe everyday, if I remember to 🤷
You can't become a writer if you're just gonna spew lies.
Let's circle back on this, offline.
This is terrific!
Love it. I need "Bengal is the karmabhoomi of antacids" on a tshirt.
Thanks, Sarthak! Great idea, lessgo.
I think that boroline is good for any stomach disorder.
Boroline is magic indeed. :)
But as an ointment for cuts, bruises, and burns (both literal and figurative).
:)
I'm dead serious as I write this.
Rohan please compile all your Substack essays into a book and please publish it. I'll buy the first copy and will recommend it to all my friends.
These essays are so damn funny bhai😂
P.S. I expect a signed copy and bragging rights for pitching this idea to you even if n number of people have pitched it to you or if this is already in your plans.
I made this and gave it to him for his birthday last year.
What do I get in return?? Public shaming. 🤷
What is this behaviour P̶o̶o̶j̶a̶ Rohan? 😢
Simran, I assure you, this time, you at least have one person waiting for that compilation.
Also, do you plan to write and share your POV as well? (excited for that too!)
Good luck convincing her to write her own newsletter. I've been trying for years.
I tried convincing the wife of a friend to start a newsletter as she is great with words. All efforts in vain.
I agree this is tough 😂
Hilarious. Such a crisp, excellent piece. Too good.
Thanks a lot, Maanav! Appreciate it.
I agree with Abhishek. The book please. Super as always.
Very kind, thanks so much, Savvy!
Haha! Hilarious :D Love it!
Thanks a lot, Sid!
Taking naps for meals and showering before you begin your productive day. I must have been a Bengali in my previous life.
I've been blessed (thanks to perhaps my forefathers' voracious appetites for any food) with a sturdy stomach. But I've seen people who treat it like a child, listening to its needs while mine is left to fend for itself. And yet, I test its limits. I have a masochistic relationship with extra spicy food. I suffer and enjoy my scalp sweating, nose leaking and my mouth feeling like I've swallowed some hot coals. Then I suffer the next morning as lava emerges from the other end. Maybe because of this callous treatment my black hole of dependence is getting more sensitive these days and I have the occasional suffering. Digene rocks.
I know the feeling very well. Spicy food is often my undoing too.
As a fellow Bengali, you had me nodding throughout! Loved it Rohan - just superb!
Thanks a lot, Doel. Glad you enjoyed reading it. :D
Haha brilliant. Hilarious. I don't get acidity (touchwood) but as someone who can't even have breakfast without a bath, that's one Bengali trait I'm glad to have :D
Thanks so much, Ayush! Ah, before breakfast is quite a strict rule. I'd struggle with that one.
Hahahahaha, this is gold! For my family and hence me, it’s always been Aqua Ptychotis (I hope I’m spelling it right) or the trusted joaner arok. Sadly it’s becoming rare and hard to find these days in Kolkata. Yet CR Park stocks it in plenty
Yes! Joaner arok was legendary. Thanks a lot, glad you enjoyed it. 😃
This is wonderfully hilarious.
And I agree, puchka >>> all the other variants out there (and I say this as a proud Mumbaikar)
Thank you so much! And I knew this already, of course, but you have great taste.
I am still thinking about a pink Bay of Bengal and laughing. Sharing it will all my Bengali friends.
And hellooooo!!! You don’t like rice and rosogulla!!! What! Just when I thought I was beginning to know you.
Thanks a lot, Binu! Haha, happy to have surprised you. 😄
Surobhito antiseptic cream, boroline?
Yes yes. I put it in but took it out. To be dealt with later in more detail.
Good Bengali boy who doesn't like rice. E abar ki! Jak ge, dupure ghumoy ar Digene sob somoy mojut. Thik achhe.
Haha, thanks, Anchita! Glad to have made the cut. 😄
I suggest you also add Gaviscon to your medical kit. Another wonderful pinkish liquid. A wonderful accompaniment to luchi kosha maangsho.