Days before her canonization into sainthood, the City of Joy celebrates the revered ‘Saint of the Gutters’, as she was fondly called.
As the world celebrates Mother Teresa’s 106th birth anniversary on Friday Aug 26,2016, Kolkata basks in the warmth of her human traits.
Painter Nemai Sengupta met the Mother 45 years ago in a flooded suburb of Kolkata, and shadowed her till the day she died. He painted over a 1,000 pieces, including one which bears her handwritten blessing.
Nineteen years after her death, Mother Teresa is more alive in the hearts of a significant number of Kolkata residents, than she has ever been.
People admire her not only for her contribution to humanity, but also for her charismatic personae.
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