Have categorized our friend circle into four groups:
BFF (best friends)
The Mic (small tight knit group)
The Mac (friends in general)
Faces (& acquaintances)
Gazettes
I cannot do without our Bengali friends or the Gazettes! They are in every group, opening door to a spicy universe, filtering our little joys and sorrows to the world.
Some of us have relatives in the US, but for most of us the friends represent an extended family. Say, during Durga Puja, I will be miserable if I do not catch up with The Mac, the Faces and the Gazettes (the Mic tends to interact almost every other week). It revitalizes the self to walk around the puja hall, saying hello to almost every other face, and the info from a gazette can sustain us throughout the year.
If someone within a group is unwell, the BFFS or Mic will cook and bring dishes for the family. The Mac will call, ready to help in anyway, and the faces will at least pass on the news of your welfare (and the gazette will spice it up…er… I wouldn’t exactly call it gossip). The news usually comes back in a circle to the individual concerned, some are upset, but I enjoy my two minutes of fame!
It’s nice to belong to a Mic. My kids wanted to see this batman movie, when someone from our Mic group took them for a late night movie and popcorn. During my very difficult pregnancy I did not have to worry about cooking or chauffeuring my kids back and forth from activities or even grocery. The BFFs and the Mic helped me out.
I love these friends and even if there is gossip it is okay!! These very friends (and we have our fights and arguments), bring me a drink at parties, notice changes in the kids - how pretty or handsome they are becoming every year, they cuddle my baby and hold him for hours at a party, attend the anniversaries and birthdays, see to it that my kids are having proper dinner at parties, cook for my husband when I am away, care for me when I am sick…. the list is endless.
And somehow they make me feel at home here
BFF (best friends)
The Mic (small tight knit group)
The Mac (friends in general)
Faces (& acquaintances)
Gazettes
I cannot do without our Bengali friends or the Gazettes! They are in every group, opening door to a spicy universe, filtering our little joys and sorrows to the world.
Some of us have relatives in the US, but for most of us the friends represent an extended family. Say, during Durga Puja, I will be miserable if I do not catch up with The Mac, the Faces and the Gazettes (the Mic tends to interact almost every other week). It revitalizes the self to walk around the puja hall, saying hello to almost every other face, and the info from a gazette can sustain us throughout the year.
If someone within a group is unwell, the BFFS or Mic will cook and bring dishes for the family. The Mac will call, ready to help in anyway, and the faces will at least pass on the news of your welfare (and the gazette will spice it up…er… I wouldn’t exactly call it gossip). The news usually comes back in a circle to the individual concerned, some are upset, but I enjoy my two minutes of fame!
It’s nice to belong to a Mic. My kids wanted to see this batman movie, when someone from our Mic group took them for a late night movie and popcorn. During my very difficult pregnancy I did not have to worry about cooking or chauffeuring my kids back and forth from activities or even grocery. The BFFs and the Mic helped me out.
I love these friends and even if there is gossip it is okay!! These very friends (and we have our fights and arguments), bring me a drink at parties, notice changes in the kids - how pretty or handsome they are becoming every year, they cuddle my baby and hold him for hours at a party, attend the anniversaries and birthdays, see to it that my kids are having proper dinner at parties, cook for my husband when I am away, care for me when I am sick…. the list is endless.
And somehow they make me feel at home here
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