The Bengalis are all for addas and parties - at least our group is. Fridays, saturdays, sometimes sundays. Often pot-luck, or if someone hosts, even better. No cooking for the day. A heavy brunch latish morning, some in-between snack, some unashamed starvation till we arrive at the scene of the party.
We do have our low key comfy gatherings but dancing happens often. The kids leave us to the gyrations and hang out with their groups. Some of them are a tiny bit embarrassed by the mix of indian+western+salsa moves of the adults. But what the heck -
"Lets have some raunak shaunak
Lets have some party now
Lets have some rolla rappa
Lets have some dhol dhamaka
Lets call the dholi now
Lets have some addi tappa......
...... yeh life ki gist
[ And we twist we twist
We twist, we twist.....]
We'll be singing dancing hot romancing
Masti all the time
Any season need no reason
For some place n feeling fine
Here's the party everybody
Move your body
Shake shake......"
But what about meditating on your KARMA in solitude during weekends....or just getting a hang of your inner yang/ yin...
For a while sundays have been just family time for us, and movies with the kids on fridays, and some family tennis and hiking on sunday mornings. But come saturday nights and we start missing the friends and some ......
.....raunak shaunak....some party time...
The week comes in full circle:)
We do have our low key comfy gatherings but dancing happens often. The kids leave us to the gyrations and hang out with their groups. Some of them are a tiny bit embarrassed by the mix of indian+western+salsa moves of the adults. But what the heck -
"Lets have some raunak shaunak
Lets have some party now
Lets have some rolla rappa
Lets have some dhol dhamaka
Lets call the dholi now
Lets have some addi tappa......
...... yeh life ki gist
[ And we twist we twist
We twist, we twist.....]
We'll be singing dancing hot romancing
Masti all the time
Any season need no reason
For some place n feeling fine
Here's the party everybody
Move your body
Shake shake......"
But what about meditating on your KARMA in solitude during weekends....or just getting a hang of your inner yang/ yin...
For a while sundays have been just family time for us, and movies with the kids on fridays, and some family tennis and hiking on sunday mornings. But come saturday nights and we start missing the friends and some ......
.....raunak shaunak....some party time...
The week comes in full circle:)