Sweet Revenge

It was Bhaswati Bose’s turn today to give us a treat – with rasagullas. After the fiasco last time (refer post of October 16, 2010), she decided with a vengeance to smuggle the sweets in while returning from her maike in Dibrugarh (Assam), yesterday. It was a clandestine operation, meticulously planned and executed, involving changing planes at Kolkata, ‘purchasing’ the cooperation of airlines officials and dodging airport security at all strategic points on Republic Day when vigilance is on high alert.
But it was well worth the effort. The nolein goorer rasagulla is a special confection (made from the season’s freshly-extracted molasses) not available elsewhere in the country or at any other time of the year. Unlike the ubiquitous ‘rubbery’ (to quote Sandhya Narang) rasagullas of Mumbai soaked in sugar syrup, these were slightly large and brownish, not-too-spongy and most importantly, melt within moments in the mouth, leaving a lingering aftertaste. It was a pity that in an otherwise full house, certain key members like Srichand Arora, Santosh Tyagi and Geeta Sardhana chose to be absent today.
Earlier in the morning, Shekhawat announced that preparations for the Goa trip in March are on in full swing with Kishor Babani having already booked the air tickets online for as many as 17 members. Many more are expected to join. Planning for the February 11 picnic at Nirmal Resort is also on, on parallel lines. With several such activities on the anvil, looks like we have a busy calendar ahead.
Harish Wadhwa:
Roshogolla bheeshon mishti... Great! Bhaswati-ji, thank you for the lovely, special mishti from Dibrugarh. Yummy. When are you going again?
Srichand Arora:
Yeh hamesha hi mere saath kyon hota hai? Almost all celebrations in the Garden are only when I am not present! Why so? Bhaswati-ji, this time I will have to demand my share of roshogolla... Sorry Mrs Bose, just kidding. Welcome back home. Aapke aane se dekhte hain Derek ka chehra kal!