24 hours in Calcutta

Drive into Calcutta from the airport. On the way learn that Winston Churchill said of this city: "I am glad I have now been to Calcutta, because it means I never have to go there again".
22:30 During the drive, nearly crash twice due to cars ignoring lights, trucks barrelling up wrong side of road. Horns create a mind-numbing cacophony.
22:35 Pass aftermath of road accident with taxi completely overturned, in a narrow street: blood is splashed across the asphalt.
23:45 Go to bed at hotel with large gin and tonic.
09:30 Visit Futurehope, a charity that works with Calcutta's thousands of streetchildren: abandoned, homeless and feral kids.
09:40 Meet nine-year-old Jamal. Hear how he was found lying in the railway station, where he slept with a razor blade under his tongue. He used the blade to defend himself from attackers.
10:10 Meet 12-year-old Kesar, who was burned hideously when his

mosquito net caught fire: a fire that killed his mother who was lying next to him. He was found in the station sniffing glue and smoking heroin. He plays football with us.
10:50 Meet 15-year-old Ravit who was found aged seven living on street having been continuously raped for years by predatory homosexuals: his syphilis was so bad he had to sit on a bucket of potassium permanganate for six weeks.
10:55 See the wooden sculptures that Ravit now carves. He is a charming and friendly boy.
11:00 Just about manage not to cry.
11:40 Go for tour of Calcutta, 'the city of joy'.
11:50 On way through suburbs pass a begging leper, with no fingers; see people living in plastic shacks by side of the road.
12:00 Learn that we are in 'the posh part of town'.
13:00 Visit flower and spice market where peasant girls in gorgeous saris sell beautiful garlands of orange marigold.
14:15 Crawl through traffic and