Mother House Kolkata (Calcutta)

54/A Lower Circular Rd, Kolkata (Calcutta) , West Bengal, India - Phone: 033 245 2277

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    A Holi-day on Holiday

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    Calcutta is India's second biggest city (Behind Mumbai) and long time capitol during the British occupation. Despite only really coming to prominence in that time it has a pretty rich & storied history that with it's many colonial style buildings is much more visible than elsewhere in India. Travelling through India I had heard nothing but bad …

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    Highlight was Mother Theresa's Motherhouse

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    I really enjoyed Kolkata it was a real Cosmopolitan feel to it in comparison to everywhere else so far. Their doesn't seem to be any rickshaws in the center though instead it's all bright yellow cabs and old buses. These cabs and buses are great (I really am a petrol head) I love all the colors and take a trip on one of the buses to head over the …

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    Indian Streets

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    Kolkata to us conjured up images of old British heritage intertwined with poverty. It ended up being a lot more than that. Lying near the border of Bangladesh, Kolkata is a Bengali city which contends for your attention everywhere you go.

    It was an abrupt introduction to India with another late arrival and no accommodation. We were on our …

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    India - Kolkata and Closing Thoughts

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    ... the poor, the sick and the forgotten, it became clear to me just how heroic this woman was.  Walking into the Mother House - where Mother Teresa is entombed - in the middle of bustling Calcutta one is struck by the simplicity of the place. The ...

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    Last Day In India

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    ... with the maker taking great pride in his work.  We used the afternoon to prepare ourselves for Africa before paying a visit to Mother House which is where Mother Teresa carried out her missionary work in Kolkata and her tomb lies.  This was ...

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    Kolkata Day 3

    ... for your consideration: some hindu faux pas's: - do not call a woman you do not like a cow. today: - mother house (mother theresa's mission + tomb) (very moving- steena cried) - muslim quarter - bengali restaurant 1 - bengali restaurant 2 ...

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    Kolkata and the end of our Northern India leg

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    ... was a riot of colour, the Marble Palace, claymodellers village and for me the highlight – we visited the Mother House of the Missionaries of Charity where Mother Teresa had dedicated her life working amongst the poor and sick ...

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    Calcutta Volunteer Work with BaalDan.org

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    ... off to my hotel to pass out. Friday 23-November: The next morning I got up a little early and visited the Mother House...which is the headquarters of the Missionaries of Charity which is best known as the relgious order started ...

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    Highlight was Mother Theresa's Motherhouse

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    ... .  The markets were lovely, I enjoyed just having a wander through.   My friend Mary and I visited Mother Theresa's Mother House which was so peaceful, we visited Mother Theresa's room which was very simple and very humbling with litteraly her ...

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    Ultimo dia de voluntariado

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    ... . Como es de imaginar, la despedida ha sido triste. Para empezar el dia, a las 7 cuando nos juntamos todos los voluntarios en la Mother House principal te despiden cantando una cancion que dice: 'We love you, love you, love you, we wish you, wish you, ...

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    Ruiditos y sonrisas

    ... , para que contaros! felices de la vida! Lo que me aportaron estos ninos era su sonrisa... que es mucho! En Pren Dam, la mother house en la que estoy, me dan sus gimoteos (a modo de perro perdido). Tengo una mujer favorita dentro de la casa. Todavia no ...

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    Antonio sera mi Relaciones Publicas

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    ... un poco tetricas. De Antonio me acordare siempre. Por lo demas... hoy he quedado con Tania para ir al Mother House a elegir 'la house' donde queremos hacer el voluntariado. Yo tenia bastante claro que queria estar en la casa donde estan las personas ...

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    Ya solo quedamos yo y Antonio

    ... y otro de telares. Es increible este ultimo. Una fila enorme de hombres que tejen las sabanas, los saris, cortinas para todas las mother house del mundo. Hay que verlo. Ademas tienen una piscifactoria y una huerta. No les falta de nada. A la tarde fui ...