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Mother Teresa order began in India's humble Creek Lane

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There is little about the three-storey house in Creek Lane in the east Indian city of Calcutta to suggest that this was where Mother Teresa founded her now world-famous Missionaries of Charity order...

Destinations: India | Calcutta (Kolkata)
Topics: People | Religion

Kolkata's Rickshaws

Agence-France Presse AFP - Global [28,188]

KOLKATA, India, Aug 19, 2005 - India's communist West Bengal state says its plan to ban hand-pulled rickshaws in Kolkata is a long overdue step to end a backbreaking, "inhuman" form of work. But the...

Destinations: India | Calcutta (Kolkata)
Topics: People | Traditions
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