THE BONG VOICE
Submitted By : Nilanjana Gupta (Department of BCA : Batch (2018-2021))
"Mustard seeds under a bong guy's feet. " - It implies that a Bengali guy loves to travel. Yes ! That's true! A bong guy loves too much to travel. Unlike other castes, a pure Bengali man can be emotional, passionate as well as a patient of constipation regarding travelling.
Be it be summer vacation, national holidays, heavy rainy day, snowfall, a solution of fighting with one's wife, LTC from office, a fantabulous Facebook post etc. - a bong guy, judging his pocket and other necessary situations, packs his suitcase, locks the doors of his house, gives the keys to the closest neighbour, takes a must selfie in front of the main door, posts as a status in facebook and whatsapp and set out for the destination. Whatever may be the case, a bong guy never fears.
Now, let me tell you about a pure Bengali philosophy.
There just be a suitcase per head containing items necessary for survival. Besides clothes, the bag contains a packet of 250gm puffed rice, towel, binoculars, a half-eaten packet of fried gram salted and spiced(chanachur), closed with a rubber band, talcum powder, a Laxman Rekha, Hanuman Chalisha , a fibre plate, a ticket dated last time he travelled, sleepers, a strip of Pan40 and Anandalok. Also there will be either a handbag or a bag to be carried on shoulders which will contain camera, mobile charger, pumping pillow, a crushes packet of sweets etc.
The destination is finalized according to the travel partner. If it his girlfriend/secretary/sister-in-law ,then the destination may include Mandarmani/Tajpur/Chandipur/Susunia. If it is honeymoon, then Darjeeling/Shillong/Shimla/Kashmir/Kerala.And if the pocket permits, then the honeymoon destination can be Indonesia/Malaysia. If he travels with his family, then Mayapur/Rajasthan/Andaman/Haridwar/Assam/Meghalaya may include. And if it would be with friends, then after cancelling the plan 90 times, Goa is finalized.
But a bong guy's all time favorite place is evergreen Puri.
A noticeable thing of a bong guy is that whenever he reaches the destination, his angle of view of his eyes changes to that of a camera. Placing her camera on his huge tummy, suddenly he realises hay his DSLR automatic mode has captured a dark shade of sunrise in tiger hill. "OMG! The picture can't be uploaded in facebook."
Another uniqueness of a bong guy is related to cuisine. He wants Chinese in Mumbai, eats "Kosha Mangso" in Gujarat, waits for tadka in Chennai, have breakfast of idli-dosha in puri and in Hyderabad, searches in google for kolkata's biriyani.
But still, I'll say "Bangalee! You travel! " Without him, we have been unknown to the facts a bong guy finds a hotel that contains swimming pool in puri, eagerly waits to sunrise in marine drive road of Mumbai, searches French fries in a Chinese menu card and can drink scotch clubbing "Alubhaate" and chilies.
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