THE WINTER is the most keenly awaited season of the year. It
is welcomed by the rich as well as the poor. It gives pleasant relief from the
burning heat of June and August. It lasts from November to February. People put
on warm clothes according to their status. Those who cannot, sit beside the
fire do drive cold away. Everybody likes to have a cup or two of tea, in the
morning and the afternoon. Many people take a dozen or even more cups every day.
But too much of everything is bad, and this is also the case with tea. This is
the season, when dry fruit is sold like hot cakes. Heaps of almonds and walnuts
are sold away in the market every day. But only the rich can afford to buy
these things. As for the poor, they have to satisfy themselves with gur and
ground-nuts. Eggs become every dear during this season. But they are good for
health, and dozens of these are bought by those who enough money in their
pockets. The Basant usually brings this season to an end.
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