July 28th was spent at the Loreto Day School, headed by Sister Cyril, an amazing Irish no-nonsense nun. The school is a mix of students from various socio-economic backgrounds. The school teaches a group called the Rainbow kids, who may be orphans, children of prostitutes, or homeless. Sister Cyril encourages all her students to give back to the community. Older students work one-on-one with the Rainbow kids during the week. It was a privilege to meet with Sister Cyril and have to discuss the education system in India frankly with us.
Later that afternoon, we went back to the American Center in Kolkata for an exhibition of traditional scroll paintings. Rabindranath Tagore, the great Bengali poet, writer, artist, etc. was revealed in poetry readings and a dance performance set to his music.
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