Winter

After the Late Autumn, comes Winter with it's big fog, mist and cold. This is the season of harvests. During this season, days are shorter and nights are longer. Sabbager, cauliflower and other vegetables are found in abundance.

The Bengali months 'Poush' and 'Magh' comprise this season. Though 'Poush' and 'Magh' comprise the winter season, actually it lasts longer than those two months. Generally, its begins in the middle of the November and lasts till middle of the February.`

In winter cold wind blows from the north. People puts on coarse or woolen clothes keep the body warm. Winter brings mist and dew. Dew drops fall on leaves. they glitter like pearls in the rays of the morning sun.

Winter is the season of pessimism and negation. It is the season of fog, mist and chill. by the touch of the icy hands of winter the leaves and seeds of the trees die out. Nature gives a deserted look. Trees look like skeletons bereaved of their leaves.

The nights are longer than the days in winter. Mists hang like a thick veil and make the sun invisible. Though the night is over, darkness still reigns all around. Sometimes it is bitter cold. But it is a terrible season for the poor because they can not afford money to buy warm clothes. Many people in the villages make fire to warm themselves.

Winter is not altogether bad for us. It is the season of vegetables. Varieties of vegetables are available in this season.Various kinds of cakes are made in this season. Cakes of winter is exceptionally tasty and popular to all. Another attraction of winter season is the date juice. Many delicious food are made in winter.

Winter in Bangladesh is not altogether bare and dreary. Bean-fields are refreshingly green, and so are the mustard fields. When the mustard plants are in flowers the fields look yellow. All these present a charming sight.