he then rolled the stretcher into the orange flames of calcutta's electric crematorium. overcome with grief, he muttered a prayer to his dead friend. pray not grain of hatred remains mingled among your ashes. i tried to atone from my sin. if he hadn't been awashed in sadness, he might have heard another voice, the tender voice of the man's son quietly beseeching a higher power, who will show me the way in the world? >> and, you know, this is an incredible amount of rich detail. >> you can watch this and other programs online at booktv.org. >> kay bailey hutchison is next on booktv. from the 13th an annual national book festival in washington, d.c., former senator hutchison presents her book, "unflinching courage." this is about 40 minutes. [applause] >> well, thank you so much. and thank you for coming out early to start getting the flavor of this wonderful treasure that the library of congress puts on for our country and especially our children and our book lovers. so i am so happy, this is my third presentation. as carlos mentioned, i have written two books about ameri

duncan is in calcutta with the latest. >> reporter: people along india's eastern coast are just beginning to discover how much has been destroyed and how many lives lost. >> this damage is really historical. never happened like this. >> reporter: slowly they cut and clear the way, trying to reach isolated areas where there could be more casualties. >> primary concern at the moment is look for survivors. communication has been crippled. >> reporter: phailin slammed in with winds of 150 miles an hour killing at least 15 people. >> phailin was comparable in strength to the 1999 cyclone over the bay of bengal. but as it approached phailin weakened. >> reporter: strong enough to down trees and power lines and damage homes. nearly 1 million people were evacuated from the coast and moved in to shelters on higher ground. >> the large scale evacuation of people has yielded positive results. >> reporter: the crisis is not over. many struggling to get back to their villages won't have homes to return to. nearly a quarter million have been destroyed in one district alone. >> they will go back and fin

. >> mary johnson joined the order to help the poor of calcutta, india. instead her time was riff inwith inner conflict. mother teresa taught nuns not just to abstain from sex but avoid touching anyone for any reason whenever possible >> we were having poor, two sets of clothes. washed one everyday hoped it dried. obedience we never had any say. chastity was extreme. we could write our families once a month. we had to cutoff all relationships with friends we had. we were not allowed to talk to one sister alone. >> nuns were only allowed to visit families once every 10 years. strong connections between nuns were discouraged. johnson began a physical relationship with another nun >> i was very lonely. the sister got close to me and it felt good. it was like someone is paying attention to me. someone wants to know who i am. wants to spend time with me. and at the same time, i knew that i had this vow of chastity where i wasn't supposed to have that kind of relationship. i was supposed to be only for jesus. i felt guilty and conflicted stoovment deprived of c

. >> so after 30 hours on a train, we finally ended up in calcutta. >> narrator: here, gram- negativesere spreading in frightening ways and coming from unexpected places. >> i wanted to experience another culture and put myself in an environment where i was serving, where i was helping people. i think, uh... india ended up changing me a lot more than i could have ever changed india. eight little monkeys jumping on the bed. >> narrator: he had come here with a mission group to work in orphanages. >> the momma called the doctor and the doctor said, "no more monkeys jumping on the bed." >> narrator: one morning, the group headed off to work at one of those orphanages, a mother teresa home. >> it was in the slums of the slums, really, where this orphanage was, so we had to walk through all of these narrow streets that i had never walked through before. >> and we basically took a shortcut through the train station. so you crossed over the tracks and then we were walking adjacent to the train tracks. and as we were going under an overpass... >> i was in the very back, walking, and all of a s