It's come time to leave India and, on reflection, we find it difficult to summarize our experience. First, our brief stay in Kolkata didn't allow us to explore too much, but the visit to The Motherhouse is worth noting. It was from here Mother Theresa worked to serve Kolkata's poor and dying. It was the home she lived, died and was ultimately laid to rest in. Her contributions were immense, as were those of M Ghandi's, in this countries history. They may have selected diffenent arenas in India in which to work, but their goals and especially way of living were very similar. This became apparent when we saw Mother Theresa's room. It was nearly identical to Ghandi's room in Mumbai that we had seen at the beginning of our Indian journey. Austere in composition each room reflected the life of each person. "Poverty is freedom" was a quote from Mother Theresa, but could have just as easily been attributed to Ghandi. Like bookends our visits to these places revived and augmented our knowledge of two great people who had much to do with this countries independence and survival. It's character and diversity however made everything in the middle perplexing, frustrating and impossible to understand. Namaste!
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