Albert writes:- Podder came with a basket on their heads and stick in their hand some where in the sixties. Later they started using cycles . The older bakers prepared many things. They used to have different types of bread too. We had the square bread, the katri pao, the round pao with circles over it. Then we had the kakon or the bangles, They also made bolinans, and wafer type of biscuits . I forgot the name, During my childhood days we could get four annans (25 paises) five bread. The katri pao I do not remember the price. Regarding the nistekaram. They would come to the house and sell fresh fish. Come month of september and the kormot would pour in the market. October month saw king fish and the kol'lis, the black promfret and the tuna fish. The nice big king fish would be sold for five rupees. I may be higher. Mackerals would be in the market sometimes even in the evenings. four annas ten. The fisher folks never used ice and so at later noon the fish would be sold at throw away price. There was no sea fish in the rainy season and so we depended on pond fish.
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