Day 22 (May-3) : Shantiniketan - Rabindranath’s dream

   After leaving Kolkata, we went to Shantiniketan. NH-2 (Durgapur expressway) is quite good as it is part of golden quadrilateral but 2B from there to Shantiniketan was very narrow and broken in parts. Thankfully there was not much traffic. I being the official cleaner of the car, have the right to comment on the condition of the traffic:) When we reached Shantiniketan, it was already evening. We hired two rickshaws, and took a tour of the place. It is a beautiful campus. Bought some books, bags and stayed in a hotel called Banshori, near the university. While going to the hotel we saw a cycle rickshaw puller parked in dark and playing beautiful flute. When we were returning after buying some gifts, we saw a student standing next to him and teaching him. He was playing even better and the sound of flute in the dark surrounded by trees was really heavenly. The food was excellent. As it was dark, I couldn't take any pic. I got a nice picture of lightning bolt on the way to Shantiniketan.

Lightning on the way to Shantiniketan