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Visiting the Slum in Howrah

5/1/2013

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On Sunday, I visited the slum in Howrah, a suburb of Kolkata. The people in the slum are definitely much different from the street people on Sudder Street in the tourist section of Kolkata. Being poor does not mean they don’t know how to be polite and kind. As I walked through the slum, I met and spoke with people about their lives and their work. Of course, when the children and people see a camera, they automatically got interested and wanted their photos taken. I met an orphan young boy who decided to follow me around and pointed out things that he thought would be interesting for me to see.

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Today, I met with the Sisters and asked them to bring the children and families in for me to process their paperwork and have their photos taken. I am hoping to get them done and the children enrolled within the month.

It is getting very hot here. I am taking 4-5 showers a day to stay cool and to keep the dirt off my body. On top of that, I am doing my best to keep the “butmas”, a Bangali word for naughty, of Sudder Street and in Kolkata at a distance so that I don’t take a cricket bat to their heads for saying vulgar things and touching us in a creepy way. Today, at Jo Jo’s, a restuarant near my hotel, I almost did just that when a creepy Indian man who touched me in a very creepy way on my back. Luckily for him, the waiters kept me from taking a chair to his head. By the way, these Indians in the tourist’s areas work in teams, trying to antagonize tourists and distracting them so the others can steal while we are being distracted.

Well, that is all for today. Tomorrow, I go back into the slum and teach. I definitely like my current classroom much more than any of the modern classrooms I have taught in the past. We don’t have much, but we definitely have more heart and love for learning even if we are not learning much.

Take care and wishing all a wonderful May Day.

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