Keya Sarkar: The sacrosanct afternoon siesta

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I can’t remember having felt it in all my years of working in 9-to-5 jobs. But ever since I came to Santiniketan the afternoon nap has become kind of sacrosanct. Probably because the afternoon siesta is not frowned upon here (as by industrious Gujaratis in Mumbai), but in fact, actively encouraged. Many an evening conversation starts with enquiries about the quality of the afternoon nap or, as the Bengalis say, “bhaat ghoom” (rice-induced sleep). I remember when I was first initiated into this art of falling asleep right after lunch, I would bark at those who called ...

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Keya Sarkar: The sacrosanct afternoon siesta