Usually when I travel along the Bombay road, I pause at this place for breakfast. So, after years of breakfast at this place, it has become a ritual now.And the same goes for the food.
Aloo Parantha,Dahi, A Subzi and Chae in Glasses- one glass enough for two.
And Rajdeep, being one person, who is usually miser with his comments said after having the Aloo Parantha, “This one is so full of flavour and tasty.”
Sometimes Kolaghat seems to be an extension of the city.The number plate of the cars which are in the parking lot belong mostly to Kolkata.And it seems to be a breeze coming down to this place. It is the road from here that we usually do not take, will take us out of the city.
Out on the parking lot we have a smoke and then I adjust the saddle bags and ride further.
A little ahead from the dhaba we turn left.
It has become hotter and uncomfortable now. The road too appears to be potholled. And the oily paranthas that we had, adds to the discomfort. As we move ahead, slowly, over the potholled road, suddenly the progress seems to be very slow. This road is actually a diversion and work on this portion has not yet commenced and so there is a two way traffic on it. The trucks which come from the opposite direction look huge and the SUVs behind me look strong.
And we and the motorcycle look timid and small in this scale of things.
As I keep thinking about these and about better roads and better weather, all the time overtaking the vehicles ahead, that we witness the first droplets of rain. However the rain disappears in the next hundred metres and the thoughts of taking out the raincoat is shelved again. In the mean while the diversion has ended and we are on National Highways again.
