by Guantanamera
It wasn't a good sign, but in fact, the hotel was much better quality than some of the other options available in this section of Calcutta, so I decided to make the best of it...
I really enjoyed watching on cable tv the nonstop Tom & Jerry classic cartoon marathons that they would run on the Indian cartoon network, almost all episodes produced by the incomparable Fred Quimby...!
Meanwhile, just outside my hotel, a family of four was eeking out an impoverished existence living on the very sidewalk itself, with nothing but a sheet of plastic to keep the elements at bay...
