The boat in the foreground was our river tour boat. We were doing this tour in conjunction with Calcutta Walks, the tour group we walked Dalhousie Square earlier in the week. The weather was pleasant as it was much cooler on the river.
We had breakfast (the fruitcake was amazing!) and lunch on the boat.Our first destination was the Jute Mill. Jute is a sustainable fiber that has a lot of potential for our site. There was a rhythmic "tum-ta-tum-ta-tum-ta-tum" here on the top of the roof, standing on a viewing platform.
Inside, the sound turned anxious with floating specks of jute fiber and machine cacophony.
Alas, I cannot provide you the feeling of being there -- the thudding and clacking of machinery, but perhaps this video can give you an idea...The fragrance throughout the entire (interior) complex was one of fabric dipped in mineral spirits. No... that's not quite right.
We anticipated seeing a crafts village... but, the village which belonged to the Jute Mill was the crafts village and it was simply uninspiring. Our boat guide made a quick call and we steamed over to the community of Akra to see a brickyard.
A fisherman's boat above. Lest you forget that you're in a democratically-elected Communist state...
The brickyard... each of those bricks are cast by hand...
The oven. We're standing around it.
When we got back to Kolkata, most of us spent the afternoon shopping :DIn the interest of present-day time synchronization, Day Seven was Thursday, March 26th.
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