Tapestries Of Calcutta

The name of Calcutta, India, has been changed to Kolkata. I shall use the name Calcutta as that was the name of the city while I was there in 1989.
The following is some of my experiences in Calcutta. It is a surreal place:
A woman approached me with a babe in arms. My baby's hungry, needs powder milk, she said, holding out her hand. I was totally in shock. I told here that I would take her to buy milk. At the store, Indian men were laughing. She'll just sell it back! one man said. I still

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