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The Children of the Railway Platform

The Children of the Railway Platform

It was the social awareness program, a four credit course, towards the end of the first year that gave me an opportunity to work with this NGO serving the underprivileged in the streets of British Calcutta. On my first day, I had expected that unlike the slums in trans-yamuna delhi and Bombay’s Dharavi, the little kids here won't be able to communicate in Hindi. But, to my surprise, they were not only fluent and in Hindi but at times they would speak even Oriya.

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Spiked Jager – Discovering the 7 sins in Europe - An IIFTian on Exchange

Spiked Jager – Discovering the 7 sins in Europe - An IIFTian on Exchange

“Nothing is Illegal in Europe”, I had heard this line many times, and it was to see this Europe that I signed up for. I packed my bags and left New Delhi on the morning of January 1st for what was going to be a defining three months. In what can only be labelled as irresponsible behaviour I left to the airport after having attended a party on campus. I hadn’t packed my bags and worst of all I didn’t pack my shoes. Eight hours and a lot of sleep later I had realized that I was going to land in Frankfurt at the peak of the European Winter wearing slippers. Thus started my exchange program by nicking a pair of socks off the flight and wearing a jacket that was hardly helpful even in the Delhi winter.

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