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This Bengali ritual is a cure for loneliness

As an antidote to loneliness, the Bengali adda culture has no equal. Adda is a way of life and key to happiness for many Bengalis.  Adda can be characterised as the practice of friends gathering together for extended and informal conversations. People can spend hours in adda sessions. Some of the traditional spaces of adda would be parlours of middle-class houses, […]