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Having recently returned from Calcutta, where the extent of the poverty was almost inconceivable to me, I now have even less sympathy for pathetic preppies who have to beat up each other to feel authentic.
Indians applauded the decision of Lord Ripon to allow Indian magistrates to try British defendants in criminal cases, but attempts at social reform such as protecting child brides against rape by their husbands were fought by traditionalist Hindus from Calcutta and Pune with cries of “religion in danger. ”
Henry D'Souza, archbishop of Calcutta, said a patient in West Bengal claimed that a tumor disappeared after he was blessed by Mother Teresa.
For modern painting, try the art galleries around Connaught Place in New Delhi and Mumbai’s Pundole and Chemould Galleries, not to forget the Academy of Fine Arts in Calcutta.
At the very least, the stance has helped keep the AIDS infection rate among Calcutta's prostitutes (going rate: 50 cents) at about 5 percent, compared to about 50 percent for those in Bombay.