In this three‑minute vlog, the speaker rides a newly introduced fully‑booked auto‑rickshaw through the bustling streets of Kolkata during the city’s spring festival, which locals treat as a Valentine’s Day celebration. He highlights the surge of yellow‑saree‑clad women, the omnipresent masks despite the ongoing COVID‑19 concerns, and the vibrant, flower‑filled atmosphere. The narrator frames the scene as a testament to Kolkata’s indomitable spirit—unaffected by politics, religious tensions, or pandemic restrictions—and contrasts it with the cold, isolated winters of Canada and the United States, urging international viewers to share in the city’s joy. He also mentions a few local characters (e.g., “Sugi” the food vendor, a man in a red Punjabi outfit) and the informal term “George Tipuja” for the festival, positioning the video as both a cultural showcase and an empathetic bridge for viewers feeling lonely abroad.
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Hey everybody, how are you doing? I am smiling inside the mask. See me smiling? You can, everybody can. Uh, the thing is that what I'm going to like to show you is I've been traveling in an auto, fully booked auto in Kolkata. And, uh, this is the one of the now the latest thing that you can book a whole auto, which was never a case in Calcutta. Calcutta people used to always cram up in one auto and, uh, I kind of go on a share, on a share basis and stuff like that. So now it's become totally okay. So I'll show you the road hopping so that you don't you get to see a lot more people. Today is Kolkata's Valentine's Day. There you see some young girls dressed up in sarees. Everybody is dressed up in sarees. Today is actually Shaurshuti Puja, and look at those girls dressed up in sarees. And you will see everywhere young girls dressed up in sarees. And dressed up in yellow sarees, to be precise, and they are floating around. So today's traffic is rather too much. Oh no! But you see, people are wearing masks even despite wearing sarees. They are dressed up and there are lots of flowers over there. It's a very, very happening city. Despite the COVID issue that is the back of the mind, people are still enjoying life because there is another in a saree dressed up and there is another girl in a yellow dress. You can see most people are wearing masks and I don't know, I just saw a huge group of girls wearing sarees. So I immediately— there's a little girl in a yellow dress. So Chaurasi Puja is all about yellow. It's called Bashanti Puja which Means heralding the spring. That is Basunto. There is another girl. Okay, so there she is, single girl wearing a yellow dress. Everybody's in yellow. So it's a yellow day. It's a lovely yellow rose day in Calcutta and bright and sunny as you can see. There is too much happiness around and yeah, don't don't give me blue laser. I am enjoying this happiness, the sun, this air of festivity. See, look that. Those the couple, they're wearing a sari, but wearing a mask on top of that. But they're dressed up, you know, dressed for the hill. You can see everybody is dressed up, right? I mean, I'm not. I'm not dressed up so much, but everybody else is dressed up and but wearing mask. So the spirit of Kolkata is something that I liked in my video. The spirit of India, the spirit of Kolkata can never be killed by any kind of food, any kind of government rules, any kind of politics. Any kind of you know like any kind of political agenda separating Hindu Muslims and being a patron of the spirit of Kolkata can never die. So you guys have you know don't try to kill the spirit. The spirit of India is so so alive, you guys. So that's about it. This is a three minute video and you're still traveling with me. I'll let you watch a little bit more Kolkata. So that you get the vibe, you get the sounds and the sights. And all those who are suffering in desolate snow in Canada and US-ish, in the desolate countries, like it's so sad and depressing, can't go. Look at the flowers, they are for Valentine's Day. So if you just watch this, I'm sure you will feel very nice after watching this. You will feel at least, you know, like be able to connect with the Sound because I, I, I kind of die to hear the sound. I'm hungry for the sound. I'm now in the middle, at the eye of the storm. I mean, this is Sugi guy, Sugi guy, okay? He's my lifesaver. I keep ordering from Sugi. So right now the guy in the red Punjabi, red kutta, he's obviously going to meet his girlfriend on a George Tipuja day. And George Tipuja is officially, unofficially the Bengals call that as Valentine's Day because on Valentine's Day people are like The police is on the prowl to catch couples, but on Toshikudi nobody is caught, so people can go anywhere they want. And look at the colors this guy is wearing and his bike and everything else about him. Oh God, I'm sure you must be enjoying this color, looking at the color. That's an Uber and, uh, flats all around. I just want you to dunk yourself in the color So that you don't feel lonely. I am enjoying over here, and I want to share with you as much as I can the enjoyment so that you don't feel lonely in Canada. Thanks for watching, guys. Keep keep watching, and we will see more and more videos as I go out. Keep watching. Bye.
