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  Winter is the coldest season of the year between autumn and spring . The name comes from an old Germanic word meaning “ time of water “ referring to rain and snow in middle and high altitudes. In temperate weather countries there is a bit of anguish as the ice and snow creates a menace and a lot of time is expended in adding salt and melting it or in clearing the pathway of the garage. A lot of writing by famous playwrights including the Bard of Avon have dedicated their compositions to winter. Here in India the Nobel Laureate Tagore has also dedicated many of his compositions to winter .  In India winter is very severe in the Himalayas especially in the states of Uttarakhand , Jammu & Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh where snowfall enmeshes the roads in a white blanket.  In the state of Bengal through which runs the Tropic of Cancer winter is considered fun times . The Himalayas which border North Bengal are a treat to watch  from the hill station of Darjeeling....

It has been a pretty memorable winter in Kolkata . While the early phase in the first half of December has been pleasant , the chill started picking up from the third week and by the end of December and still onto the third week of January the temperature has often been going below 10 deg C. The night of 25th December has been particularly memorable as we went to attend Christmas Carols and an evening of entertainment by the children of Tollygunge Club. The program was to bring in cheer into the life of orphaned and deprived children and I thought that the gesture was indeed thoughtful. We followed it up with dinner at the Belvedere . This was the restaurant serving Continental food and the same has been relocated to above the clubhouse. Flooring has a reflective marble style and the food has been really improved upon. Coming back to the main theme , I picked up my new car too on December 25th. There was quite a celebration and a small party organized by the distributors of Maruti...