Old Photos- Various Vintage Photos -Part 109

Bulrampore-Hospital---Lucknow-c1870's

Chattar-Manzil-Palace---Lucknow-c1870's

Iron-Bridge---Lucknow-c1870's

Lal-Baradari-Palace---Lucknow-c1870's

Stone-Bridge---Lucknow-c1870's

The-Inside-of-Bailie-Guard---Lucknow-c1870's

Old Photos- Various Vintage Photos- Part 108

Eastern Gate of Qaisar Bagh - Lucknow

Landscape of Ootacamund (Ooty) - Tamil Nadu, c1880's

Vintage Photo of Agra Fort - c1890

Gift of Existence

 There lived a Sadhu who regularly used to give discourses. One day at the end of the discourse he was talking of being grateful to existence. ``Operate from a space of gratitude, `Kritajna'. This will allow us to expand.'' a beggar was sitting in a corner and listening to the discourse, he came up to the Sadhu and said, ``Maharaj, your talk was great. But one thing I am not able to do. You said to be grateful to the existence because it has always showered benediction on you. Sorry! But, existence has not given me anything. I am struggling even for one roti''. 

 The Sadhu said, `` I agree with you, I will give you two lacks, right here, will you be grateful?' The beggar was thrilled. 

``But I want something in return from you'', said the Sadhu. 

``I do not have anything, what can I give you? If I have something I will definitely give you.'' said the beggar. 

``I won't ask you anything that you do not have'', said the Sadhu. The agreement was made.

 The Sadhu said, ``I will make arrangements for the two lacks; you please give me both your eyes. 

 The beggar was astonished. ``What will I do with these two lacks without my eyes! I don't agree to the deal,'' he said. ``I prefer my two eyes to the two lacks''. 

 The Sadhu said, ``but you said you don't have anything and were cursing existence.'  This is a beautiful story. Two eyes he had, then two hands, two legs, stomach etc., He is already a multi millionaire. But all these gifts we do not see. For the beggar, money was very important. That we can see is such a great gift of existence. We can hear. We can walk. All are great gifts. If you say you are unhappy, it is ridiculous. In fact we should dance and celebrate that existence has given us so many gifts.

 We are normally focused on what is missing in life. The moment you start operating from what you don't have, whatever you have also go into darkness.  

Old Photos-Various Vintage Photos -Part 107

Coolie Woman, Monsoon, Bombay (Mumbai) - 1948

Entrance Gate of the Taj Mahal at Agra - c_1857-1858

Guru Nanak's Temple - Dehra, India, c_1857-1858

Lahore Gate of Delhi with Patiala Raja's Zumbruck (Camel Gun Encampment) - c_1857-1858

Rear View of the Jami Masjid - Delhi c_1857-1858

Ruins of a Mosque Standing on Deserted Rocky Ground - Delhi c_1857-1858

The Bazaar - Mussoorie c_1857-1858

Three Women - India Late 19th Century

View of Delhi form the Palace with Jami Masjid in the Distance - c_1857-1858

Old Photos- Various Vintage Photos - Part 106

A Visiting Nurse Interviewing A Tuberculosis Victim - Pakistan 1951

Animal-Sacrifice-in-Kalighat-Temple---Calcutta-(Kolkata)-c1900

Governor-General of India C_ Rjagopalachari with Lord Mountbatten - 1948

Indian Woman Picking Tea Leaves - Date Unknown

Inhabitants of Kandy, Ceylon (Sri Lanka) - 1890's

King of Sangli Princely State, Maharashtra - c1920's

Lady Mountbatten receives a farewell embrace from Governor-General of India C_ Rjagopalachari - 1948

Man with his Wife - Ferozepur, Punjab 1941

Queen of Sangli, Maharashtra - c1920's 

Old Photos- Various Vintage Photos - Part 105

A family of pavement dwellers rests outside their hut built from tarpaulin and straw stretched over fruit boxes - Calcutta (Kolkata) 1970

A man pouring water into the hands of another - Calcutta (Kolkata) 1962

Mallick's Marble Palace_ Free Meal has been handing out for about 125 Years to Generations to Homeless and Hungry Pavement Dwellers - Calcutta (Kolkata) 1974

Burning-Ghat-in-Calcutta-(Kolkata)---c1900

Chowringhee Street Scene - Calcutta (Kolkata) c1910

East Pakistani refugees, belongings on their heads, make their way toward Calcutta (Kolkata) - 1971

East-Pakistani-refugees-find-a-makeshift-home-in-concrete-pipes-at-a-camp-in-Calcutta-(Kolkata)---1971

Poor people of Howrah (Near Calcutta) live and cook on sidewalks - 1947

Refugee Woman Living in Pipe - Calcutta (Kolkata) 1959

Bengal Club - Calcutta (Kolkata) c1910

Old Photos- Various Vintage Photos- Part 104

Jawaharlal Nehru and Lord Mountbatten Declare Indian Independence in Constituent Assembly, Delhi 15 August 1947

Bal Gangadhar Tilak - Vintage Postcard

Indian Independence Day Celebration in Delhi - 15 August 1947

Jawaharlal Nehru and Lord Mountbatten Declare Indian Independence in Constituent Assembly, Delhi 15 August 1947 b

Lord Mountbatten addressing the Independence Day session of the Constituent Assembly on August 15, 1947

Lord Mountbatten swears in Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru as the first Prime Minister of free India at the ceremony held at 8.30 AM on August 15, 1947

Mahatma Gandhi on the Cover of Newsweek Maganize - 1948

Pro-Japanese, anti-British Indian National Congress leader Subhas Chandra Bose (C) being greeted w. garland of flowers after his arrival in Victoria Station during WWII

Old Photos- Various Vintage Photos-Part 103

Prema Narayan 

 

 

Parveen Babi and Rekha - c1970-80's

Parveen Babi and Shatrughan Sinha - c1970's

Dharmendra and Parveen Babi - 1970-80's