Letters

Letters make me nostalgic. I used to pen letters a lot, on paper in school, switched to my diary pages after that- journaling always felt like letter writing- adding bits of everyday things into the succinct or elaborate prose. Few years later in college my blog was the space I posted my letters and thoughts into, accompanied by occasional email if the subjects were of private nature.  Reading my old diary entries make me nostalgic, yearning for the days gone by, but I love reading the lists of everything I jot down almost every year. Novels, movies, food, placed traveled - endless lists. And I continue to make them.

'Those Delicious Letters' filled me with want for all those lip smacking dishes and 'saudade' - the presence of an absence - for the lost love of letter writing. I wish to reread a physical copy of this book - slowly and steadily - and try out all the recipes listed out in it. My version of Julia & Julia - all dishes Indian, Bengali to be precise. There's a bit of similarity between Bengali and Odia cuisines, so I'm sure our tastebuds won't mind. Anyway I need a personal goal, like something that I do just for my own self, not following some trend etc. There's nothing wrong with that, just I wanna have something that I can call my own. Like people have come up with ReadingIndia challenges, reading a book set in a different state of the country every next month, and sharing reviews, lists, reading guides (I love the guide feature in Instagram.) etc. 

After a month and half of our marriage, I discovered Sagii's letter in the gift box. A short one, but it made me so emotional. She was the one whom almost all my letters were addressed to, except a few secret crushes here and there.