Mother Theresa's Home for the Destitute and Dying

I wrote in an early post about the Kali Ghat. In an irony that is worthy of India, Mother Theresa's home shares a wall with the Temple. Kali the destroyer, primal mover and tranformer on one side - all chaos and color and noise, and the Home on the other. We were able to visitt the home and witness the work that the Sisters of St Joseph still do to minister to those dying with no resources. In the men's ward, cots are lined up in long rows, reminiscent of the scenes from wartime MASH hospitals; the men are quietly lying there, some obviously close to death, others still able to smile a greeting. A young woman is massaging the legs of an emaciated young man with deep set hollow eyes. His legs are almost bone, and she gently moves her hands from knee to foot and back. His eyes close and perhaps he sleeps.

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