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shuktara 2016-05-23 - Guria gets gaiters

Guria gets knee gaiters!

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Pappu, chairman of shuktara, took Guria to Mobility India along with David and Milli mashi, one of the Lula Bari house mothers.

This is Jacinta's last week as a volunteer physiotherapist in Kolkata and she made an appointment for 23rd May so Guria could be fitted with knee gaiters.

Guria was very excited by the whole process, which meant measuring her legs. Luckily, as they had one pair in her size, we were able to leave quite quickly. The next step is to get a standing frame which is being tailor-made for Guria and will be ready to pick up on 6th June.

A standing frame provides an alternative position instead of Guria just sitting or lying, it will support her in the standing position.

Read more about Guria.

2015 Kali Puja - shuktara Lula Bari - Guria and Prity

Visiting Lula Bari on Kali Puja

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2015 Kali Puja - shuktara Lula Bari - Guria and Prity

Guria and Prity

Kali Puja is the holiday after Durga Puja, celebrated right before Diwali, the festival of lights. The exterior of Bengali houses are lit up with dozens, sometimes hundreds of little candles and fireworks start going off as soon as the sun goes down.

A visit to the girls' home, Lula Bari, was a wonderful way to celebrate the festival of Kali, the goddess of Kolkata. A few visitors from abroad were invited to meet the girls and young women of shuktara, sharing sweets and laughter.

2015 Kali Puja - shuktara Lula Bari - Muniya

Muniya

2015 Kali Puja - shuktara Lula Bari - Louise and Muniya

Tamina

2015 Kali Puja - shuktara Lula Bari - Moni

Moni

2015 Kali Puja - shuktara Lula Bari - Alison and Muniya

Muniya

2015 Kali Puja - shuktara Lula Bari - Guria, Pappu and Lali

Guria & Lali

2015 Kali Puja - shuktara Lula Bari - Guria, Pappu and Lali

Guria & Lali

2015 Kali Puja - shuktara Lula Bari - Guria

Guria

2015 Kali Puja - shuktara Lula Bari - Guria

Guria

2015 Kali Puja - shuktara Lula Bari - Louise, Muniya and Christi

Muniya

2015 Kali Puja - shuktara Lula Bari - Lali

Lali
shuktara 2015 Durga Puja - Sunil

Celebrate Durga Puja 2015 with shuktara!

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Durga Puja is the biggest and most extravagant festival in Kolkata. For weeks everyone watches the pandals (temporary, fabricated structures) being slowly constructed. The one aspect common to all of them is a huge elaborate sculpture of the Hindu goddess Durga. During this Puja everyone at shuktara goes "pandal hopping" to view and enjoy the creative depictions of the goddess and her temporary home.

Sunil is never happier than when there is puja going on – and the biggest and best puja of all is DURGA PUJA!

Ashok
Pappu and Ashok
Pappu with Bapi, Ipshita and Rajesh
Ashok and friends
Lali with Minudi and Tamina
Prity
Ramesh, Sunil and Tamina with two of our mashis - Minu and Sabita
Ashok
Ramesh
Ashok
Rajesh
Lali
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The Shuktara Cakes team goes to Shankarpur

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cojean in Paris who sponsor Shuktara Cakes Training Centre have sent Lau over to Kolkata to work with the team for one year. As they have had a busy week and Lau just arrived, they decided to go to Shankarpur to get to know each other and plan the year ahead.

Of course, any trip away means that Sunil automatically gets included!
Here are some of the photos they took…

shuktara - Sunil
Sunil having fun in the waves

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Sanjay and Pappu
shuktara sanjay
Sanjay on the beach