Ekta table sei teen char ghonta Charminar thonte jhulto Kokhono Bishnu De kokhono Jamini Ray Ei niye tarkota cholto Coffee Houser sei addata is a famous song sung by Manna De that has immortalized the quintessential Bengali adda or freestyle small talk. Bengalis are famous for a number of reasons and adda is one them. Adda is an integral part of an average Bengali’s life, who are recognised for their conviviality, gregariousness and love of small talk. The topics can be politics, art, literature, science, rumour or food. The venue may be anywhere, be it a private residence, a neighbourhood, tea shop, a park, or a cosy nook of the balcony or a hotel or office lobby or roadside. Once more, it's time for a little chit-chat, the milieu of insignificant small talk, the Bengali adda. The focal point of the discussion is Leela Majumdar of course. She has an infinite expertise, and her speech is flawless. Regardless of the topic— heavy or light, theoretical or contemporary, personal or societal, disputative or thought-provoking—the atmosphere is never made heavy by witty banter and her perennial supply of humour. One cannot, not even for a brief period of time, leave the majlish; one must engage in the tete-a-tete, smiling. Leela Majumdar opens up a treasure trove of recollections, pulls out all the unusual themes, and delivers a lot of amusing anecdotes that people had never heard before. She narrates ghost stories occasionally, and treasure hunt stories the other times. It's about being slim or skinny sometimes, and rumours, the other times. Her subjects alternate between the police and medical treatment, train travel and women's liberation, flood and language. Sometimes, Santiniketan, Calcutta or Shillong. At one point she talks about bygone eras and at another, recent times. Amio Tai is a fantastic book with an infinite number of subjects and anecdotes that is bound to provoke the readers to think. Readers can download the ananda publishers all book list from the Ananda website, www.anandapub.in and buy old bengali books online.
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