Kolkata (West Bengal) - February 20th, 2007

I visited the BBD Bagh by the Old Court House. This place was the main administrative center for the British in India. Also went to see the Nehru Children's Museum. Three floors of display cases of world dolls plus displays very colorful telling the story of the Indu epics, the Ramayana and the Mabhabarata.
In the afternoon I was supposed to go to the volunteer job but I felt exhausted before getting there. The high level of pollution in the streets and traffic noises besides the poverty and beggers constantly approaching me in the way to Mother Theresa's place, was suddently too much to handle, so I decided to cancel it.
My roommates have been volunteering and told me some of the stories so it's pretty depressing and takes a lot of gutsy stomac to do this labor of love.
Later in the evening I went to a cultural center that happened to be showing that evening "Lorca", the film about the time of Civil War in Spain while the poet Lorca was encarcerated and killed. I was shocked to see how many people they killed without a valid reason.
I believe I was the only foreigner wtching that film amongst one hundred Indians. It's the 6th year they are offering the International Communication event thru films. While I was enquiring about, the cameraman was filming my conversation. It was important for them so see a little interest from the international side.