Friday, August 6- Four of us went to Shristhi which is an NGO that helps children learn English, Math, and other subjects. Most of the children are from the slums. The NGO has branches all over India. The one we went to in Delhi is near JNU. This one had three schools. The first one, which is the biggest had children from the ages of 6 and 12, the second one had children from the ages of four and six. The last one was in the actually slums. We got to see all three. The one in the slums was hardest for us to see but it was also nice to see the NGO reaching out to kids to teach them. The kids in the last school were very good at math, most of them were from West Bengal which means they did not know Hindi and had to learn Hindi as well as English and other subjects. After having lunch with German girl who worked at the NGO a previous year we left. I think I would like to work for the NGO. Three of us and another student, who was finishing her registration at JNU, went to Khan Market. We ate at a cafe and looked at a bookstore. We also looked at a dvd store and other stores.
Saturday August 7,
Eight of us went to Old Delhi. We were supposed to meet at the Metro Station however we did not know there were different gates for the Station we were meeting at, so we decided to meet at Chandni Chowk. After we all got together we went to the Red Fort or Lal Qila in Hindi. The Red Fort is in Shahjahanbad, which the Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan named after himself. Shah Jahan had the Taj Mahal built. Now, It is called Old Delhi since the part that the British built is called New Delhi. There was a lot of people at the Red Fort but it was really nice to see it. For Independence Day, August 15, they do a celebration at the Red Fort. After the Red Fort, we went to the Jama Masjid which is the biggest mosque in India. After the Jama Masjid we walked around the bazaar but since there were a lot of people and it was very hot we didn't stay long and decided to go back home.
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