Meeting room

Numerous district dignities, representatives, as well as the Exchange Project Coordinator and Pro-VC spoke before we were asked to say a few words about our experiences and how this project might relate. Here's me at the microphone. The Registrar is interpreting for us as some of the guests spoke only fluent Bengali and wanted to understand everything. Notice my new shawl!

Howrah SHG

February 2nd 2008
Saturday-- Wow, what a day! Left at 10, our earliest start so far, and headed out of Kolkata, over the second Howrah Bridge (so-called because it leads from Kolkata into the District of Howrah, still in the State of West Bengal; the first is a cantilevered bridge built by the British). Out into the countryside to Amta. There, we visited with and observed the work of the Self Help Group ... read more

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The Indus Valley civilization, one of the oldest in the world, dates back at least 5,000 years. Aryan tribes from the northwest invaded about 1500 B.C.; their merger with the earlier Dravidian inhabitants created the classical Indian culture. Arab in... ... read more

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