This year I'm taking a course called WRITE 298: Creative Non-Fiction Writing. It's my favourite course this semester because I essentially get to write blog posts for school and so all the assignments are FUN. Yes, I am describing school work as fun. That's how great it is. So, throughout the year (it's a full year course, wonderfully enough), I'll be sharing some of my writings. Here's our first assignment: a description of place. Despite the short time my DTS outreach group spent in Kolkata, that city still stands out vividly in my mind - perhaps more vividly than other place I've been. So, even though I haven't been there in a year and a half, and have hardly any pictures to look back on, it was easy to remember and write about. The Fabric of India The first glimpses of the city are overwhelming, and I’d almost be glad for the barrier of the taxi window between me and this new place, if it wasn’t for the stuffiness of the incense-choked