One older Bengali coworker even expressed amazement that I followed the “old-fashioned” tradition of wearing a loha – a gold-plated iron bangle that serves as a wedding ring among Bengali women – on my left wrist daily. ............On the third hand (yes, yes, I know), the last time I wore sindoor to the office, my boss wanted to know if I needed a band-aid for the cut on my head. 
Mwanamke mmoja mtu mzima mfanyakazi mwenzangu mwenye asili ya Bengali hata alinishangaa kwa kuwa nilikuwa nafuata utamaduni "uliopitwa na wakati" wa kuvalia bangili ya loha - bangili iliyopakwa dhahabu ambayo hutumika kama pete wakati wa harusi miongoni mwa wanawake wa Ki-Bengali - katika mkono wangu wa kushoto kila siku. …………Katika hatua nyingine (ndiyo, ndiyo, najua) mara ya mwisho nilipojipaka sindoor na kwenda ofisini, bosi wangu alitaka kujua kama nilihitaji kupewa bandeji ili nijifunge kidonda nilichokuwa nacho kichwani kwangu.