One of the strangest side-effects of growing up and leaving the world of my parents behind is that, after countless bar crawls and mornings feeling like the Cryptkeeper, I find myself missing the rigid frivolity of a Bengali party. There’s something masochistic about this. Few occasions are as deeply rooted in secret rules of engagement (and
When you return from an exotic destination like India, there are certain questions that will always be asked. The food? Rich in the north, eye-wateringly spicy in the south. The weather? Stifling at times, but you don’t really mind because of the richness of life that surrounds you. What about money? Did you live like

