Images of Kolkata - Calcutta

Our India adventure has been moving along at a great clip! Since our last post...

• We have visited Mumbai and Pune.
• In the part of Mumbai known as Thane, there was a wonderful extended visit with longtime friend Andi Eicher, and our first opportunity to meet his delightful family--Sheba, Asha and Enoch.
• While in Thane, we also made some very special new friends--Anshuman, Alankrita, and (newborn) Anindita Singh. It's a very small world because Anshuman hails from Adra.
• Another highlight in a different area of Mumbai was a visit to the classroom of former 3rd grade student Keya Banerjee. Keya is doing a fabulous job with her 44 fourth graders in one of the schools of the Bombay Municipal Corporation.
• In Pune, we were treated royally by Frene Irani. The hospitality in her lovely flat was second to none, and she made sure we saw why she loves her home town.
• Upon arrival back in Mussoorie, we have begun the process of moving into our third apartment. At last, we are in the place that we will call home every year when we come to India. It's a small flat, but it will make a lovely home indeed.
• We attended the wedding of GEMS kindergarten teacher Soni in Sainji village.
• In the process of trying to hang curtains in our new flat, Lynn fell and broke her left wrist. That resulted in surgery yesterday to install a titanium plate at Max Hospital in Dehradun... and that's where we are now. We've spent two nights in the hospital, where I am serving as Lynn's "attendant". We will be discharged and go home either this afternoon or tomorrow morning.

Apart from a likely future post about our new flat, and maybe one about Soni's wedding, there won't be time to blog about what we've listed above. We do have four more sets of images from our visit to Kolkata to share here. 

Thousands of people from poor rural areas of India continue to flood into Kolkata in an effort to better their lives. Many of these folk create homes and establish businesses on city sidewalks. So, the first slideshow is entitled Living and Working on the Streets of Kolkata. The second set shows some of the Beautiful Faces we saw on Kolkata Streets. The third captures a few of the myriad ways of Moving People and Goods on Kolkata Streets. The final slide show is just a potpourri of Kolkata - Calcutta images.